Paltel Boss to Take Over Zain's Merged Palestinian-Jordan Operations

The Zain Group has announced the appointment of Dr. Abdel Malik Al Jaber as CEO of the Zain Levant Region, which is made up of Zain Jordan and Palestine's Paltel - with immediate effect. In addition to his new role as CEO of Zain Levant, Dr. Al Jaber has been appointed Acting General Manager of Zain Jordan, effective July 15, 2009.

Prior to his new post at Zain he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Paltel Group in 2003.

Having led Zain Jordan for the last 14 months, the outgoing CEO of Zain Jordan, Dr. Ahmed Al Shatti, will now take on a new senior role within the Zain Group.

Welcoming the new CEO of Zain Levant to the role, Dr Al Barrak said, "Dr Abdel Malik Al Jaber is a distinguished leader who has taken the Paltel Group to new heights making the operation a world-class outfit in all facets of its business. We are confident that he will build on this achievement in further building the new Jordanian and Palestinian entity as the leading telecommunications group in the neighboring countries".

Dr Al Barrak noted that the strategic changes of forming a Zain Levant Regional focus and its new management structure will also be responsible for future acquisitions in the Levant.

One the first challenges that Dr Al Jaber will face in his new role is the rebranding of the Paltel Group's many operations including its Jawwal mobile operation to Zain. This will take place later this year at which time Palestine will join and become the 19th country to be part of the world's first borderless mobile platform, "One Network" providing preferential communications and roaming benefits across geographical borders.

Posted to the site on 17th July 2009