JEDDAH, 25 December 2005 — The Saudi British Bank (SABB) has appointed Tareq ibn Abdulrahman Al-Shubaily as general manager of human resources to succeed Bleihid N. Al-Bleihid who has recently resigned from the bank’s services.
Al-Shubaily’s appointment as general manager human resources is a result of his dedication, his educational qualifications and practical experience acquired during his work with SABB. The appointment is also a part of the bank’s strategy to develop Saudi qualified cadres to assume leading positions in all banking fields and to create excellent opportunities to enable them in building a better future.
Al-Shubaily joined the bank in 1997 and assumed many positions, last of which was senior executive manager strategy and HR development where he played a key role in developing and enhancing the HR repositioning project.
Tareq expressed his gratitude for the confidence placed by the management in him for managing the human resources of SABB. Tareq hopes he will rise to the expectations of the management and pledged to exert his utmost efforts to continue the development process toward achieving the bank’s strategic objectives.
SABB had won many awards for its continuous support of Saudization plans and for attracting and training qualified Saudi manpower. Among these were the Prince Naif Saudization Shield and IPA Saudization Shield for three consecutive years.