Alba CEO gets ‘People First Leader Award 2021’

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Aluminium Bahrain Chief Executive Officer, Ali Al Baqali, war awarded the ‘People First Leader Award’ during the GCC GOV HR Awarding Ceremony 2021 held on 26 October 2021 at InterContinental Dubai Festival City – Dubai, UAE.

The award recognises Al Baqali for his creative initiatives, since his appointment as the CEO in August 2019, towards developing Alba’s national workforce.

His contributions include ‘Al Jisr’ programme for Building Supervisory Skills for high-potential non-supervisory employees and preparing them for leadership positions.

He also developed training programmes to initiate recruits, Business Engagement Plan to utilise the knowledge of Alba-sponsored MBA graduates and a Master Training Plan for employees across the plant. CEO Ali Al Baqali said: “Success doesn’t come by accident; it is the product of hard work and persistence.

Alba can only be strong thanks to its people, and our future is tied up to investing in our people.” “Our vision is to be the number one Aluminium supplier for the generations to come and this can only be achieved by our people.”

Alba boasts one of the largest national workforces in the Kingdom of Bahrain, with around 3,200 employees, of whom 84% are Bahraini nationals.