Al-Dossary named editor in chief of Asharq Al-Awsat

Salman Al-Dossary has been appointed editor in chief of Asharq Al-Awsat international Arabic daily effective July 1. Abdullah Salim Bahamdan, chairman of the Saudi Research & Marketing Group, made the appointment following the approval of the company’s board of directors and endorsement of the Saudi Research & Publishing Company’s board of trustees.
Al-Dossary replaced Dr. Adel Al-Turaifi, who resigned following his appointment as deputy director general of Al-Arabiya Channel.
A management and economics graduate, Al-Dossary began his career with SRMG in 1998 as a freelance journalist with Al-Eqtisadiah before moving to Asharq Al-Awsat as its reporter in Bahrain in 2004. He was appointed editor in charge in the UAE in 2006. Three years later he became assistant editor in chief of Asharq Al-Awsat in its headquarters in London. In October 2011, he was appointed editor in chief of Al-Eqtisadiah business daily.
In a statement on the occasion, Al-Dossary thanked the SRMG’s board of directors and SRPC’s board of trustees for their trust in him to appoint as editor in chief of Asharq Al-Awsat, a leading Arabic daily. He said the paper would continue its policies without change. He also commended the efforts of Al-Turaifi to strengthen the newspaper and wished him every success in his new position.