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MOVES- Isobar MENA <\/b>has announced<\/b><\/a> that CEO Karim Khalifa will step down on 30 April 2019. <\/b>He will be replaced by Ziad Ghorayeb<\/a>, who was made the company\u2019s regional managing director on 1 March. Karim entered the company after Dentsu Aegis Network acquired Digital Republic back in May 2016. Ziad has 17 years experience in the digital marketing industry, and was most recently head of product at Initiative MENA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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