MANAMA: Batelco has promoted of Suhaila Alnowakhda to the post of general manager human resources Bahrain.
Ms Alnowakhda, who joined Batelco in 1992 as a management services analyst, completed a BSC from the Bahrain University while holding down her full-time job.
In 1998, she was transferred to the remuneration and benefits department where she built up a wide experience in human resources policies and procedures before completing a post-graduate diploma from Sheffield Hallam University, UK in 2005 through the British Council Bahrain.
Since 2005, Suhaila has held a number of senior roles in the HR Department including senior manager HR Bahrain with the responsibility for recruitment and manpower, HR operations and systems, HR policies and reviews, industrial relations, and buildings projects and support.
"Suhaila's impressive work ethic in accomplishing her wide ranging tasks prompted Batelco's executive management to promote her to the role of general manager where she will have full responsibility for all human resource issues for the Bahrain operation under the direction of Batelco group general manager Shaikh Ahmed Al Khalifa," Batelco chief executive Bahrain Gert Rieder said.
"We are delighted to appoint Suhaila to this vital role. She has had a very accomplished 18-year career at Batelco and we have no doubt the she will continue to distinguish herself in this challenging role," he added.
"The company is proud to provide equal opportunities for its entire staff and make available world-class training opportunities by investing more than BD1 million annually to ensure that relevant development programmes are available," Shaikh Ahmed Al Khalifa said.
"This recent appointment is part of ongoing developments at Batelco and comes as a direct result of a strategy to develop and build Bahraini competencies to assume leadership positions.
"We are immensely proud that we have a wealth of talented female executives in our company, and that the number of them in senior roles continues to rise.
"A significant number of female employees are currently being groomed to become Batelco's future leaders across the company," Shaikh Ahmed added.
