New chief executive for Zain

The Zain Group's board of directors has appointed Nabil Bin Salama as chief executive of the group, effective Sunday, 14 February 2010. Bin Salama has a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering from the University of Dayton, Ohio, USA. During 2009, he served as Kuwait's Minister of Communication, Electricity and Water following many years in the public sector and formerly served as general manager of a mobile operator in 1997.