Taqa has named Adrian Kershaw (LinkedIn) as its new CFO, effective from 15 February 2026, according to a press release (pdf). Currently CFO of Taqa Water Solutions and previously CFO of Al Ain Distribution, Kershaw is a long-time utilities executive with prior roles at Tabreed and Emirates Global Aluminium. He succeeds Steve Ridlington (LinkedIn), who is retiring.

G42’s cloud and generative AI subsidiary Core42 also tapped Talal Al Kaissi (LinkedIn) as interim CEO, replacing Kiril Evtimov (LinkedIn), who will step down at the end of the year, according to a LinkedIn post. Al Kaissi is currently executive vice president and chief partnerships and government affairs officer at Core42, as well as acting group chief global affairs officer for G42.

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