#1- The Global Research Council has re-elected the Kingdom’s representative Munir bin Mahmoud Al Desouki (Linkedin) as its vice chairman, state news agency SPA reports. The council is a virtual organization, composed of the heads of science and engineering funding agencies from around the world, and aims to promote the sharing of data and best practices for high-quality collaboration among the member agencies. Al Desouki is currently the president of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, and chairman of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution network.

#2- The board of Tadawul-listed Tourism Enterprises Company (Shams) has named Khalid Al Bawardi (bio) as its new chairman, it said in a disclosure to Tadawul. Al Bawardi — who is a member of the Shura Council — previously served as board member at Shams in early 2000s. He was also a board member at several government agencies, including aviation regulator Gaca, Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and others. Shams’ board appointed Abdullah bin Omar Al Suwailem (bio) as vice chairman and managing director. Al Suwailem assumed his position as managing director and CEO in January 2023.

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