Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia announced that the CEO Mr. Fraser Curley has submitted his resignation from his position on September 1, 2013, with effect from September 1, 2013, due to personal reasons. Moreover, the Board of Directors accepted the appointment of Mr. Hassan Kabbani starting from September 1, 2013. Mr. Kabbani headed mobile operations in Egypt, Algeria, Sub Saharan Africa, Yemen, and Syria, and prior to these CEO positions, he held key commercial and customer focused roles in a leading mobile operator in Lebanon.

Prior to joining Zain, Mr. Kabbani was Advisor 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.