Gulf Air Group gets new chairman + board: Bahraini sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat has named Khaled Hussain Taqi (bio) as the new chairman of Gulf Air, it said in a statement. Taqi replaces former Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed Alzayani (Linkedin), who had served as chairman since 2017. Taqi joined Mumtalakat in January as the fund’s managing director for its local impact investments division. He was earlier with Osool Asset Management, where he last served as chief investment officer.

AND- Mumtalakat also named new members of the board, including Shaikh Fahad bin Abdualrahman Al Khalifa (LinkedIn), Sara Ahmed Buhiji (bio, CEO of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority), Fatema Bashar Al Hasan (LinkedIn), Ali Moosa Shafiee (LinkedIn), Tarek Abdulaziz Sultan (LinkedIn), Charlie Foreman (bio), Faisal Ali Al Jalahma (LinkedIn), and Alaa Abdulkhaleq Saeed (bio).

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