Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) has announced that Fraser Curley resigned as its CEO on Sunday with immediate effect due to personal reasons, according to Tadawul website.
Hassan Kabbani succeeds him and his appointment effective from the very day has been accepted by the company’s board of directors.
With 23 years of executive telecommunications experience in the Middle East and Africa, Kabbani joins Zain KSA with very strong credentials.
To date, he has held the post of CEO of five successful telecommunications operations, playing a pivotal role in business transformation, and helping them to achieve extraordinary growth.
Kabbani headed mobile operations in Egypt, Algeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, and Syria, and prior to these CEO positions, he performed key commercial and customer focused roles in a leading mobile operator in Lebanon.
Prior to joining Zain, Kabbani was adviser to the chairman and board member of a major regional telecom group as well as a board member of a mobile operator in South Africa.
Kabbani assumes the role of Zain KSA CEO at a pivotal moment in the company’s evolution and will place a greater focus on developing new areas of growth, enhancing the customer experience and service offerings as well as strengthening relationships with all other stakeholders.
Kabbani succeeds Curley as Zain CEO
