RIYADH, 4 March 2006 — Prince Faisal Bin Salman, chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group, has appointed Belaihid Naser Al-Belaihid as the human resources manager of the company.

Al-Belaihid has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and has 22 years of experience in many leading positions in government, health care services and banking.

He started his career as manager of human resources at the National Information Center after graduating in 1983. He then worked for 13 years in the King Faisal Specialist Hospital as the manager of the employment department. Most recently, he was manager of human resources at Saudi British Bank.