BAHRAIN: Bahrain Bourse has announced appointment of Mrs. Marwa AlMaskati, Director of Marketing & Business Development and Head of MEIRA Bahrain Chapter, as a Director in Board of Directors in the Middle East Investor Relations Association.
The appointment follows efforts of Bahrain Bourse in promoting and developing best practices in Investor Relations (IR) and enhance transparency across the Kingdom’s capital markets.
Commenting on this occasion, Mrs. Marwa AlMaskati stated, “Investor Relations plays a significant role in the success of a listed company. Since the launch of Bahrain MEIRA Chapter last year, both Bahrain Bourse and MEIRA have been fully committed to developing and further advancing the IR profession in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
“Our role as Bahrain Bourse has been mainly focused on enhancing best practices and advancements of Investor Relations in Kingdom of Bahrain’s capital market and raise awareness across listed companies.”
Andrew Turbak, MEIRA Chair said, “At MEIRA, we take our responsibility as the region’s professional body for Investor Relations very seriously and 2020 provided us with the opportunity to refresh and renew our leadership team.
“I am delighted to see the calibre of MEIRA come through in the Nomination Committee’s slate of new directors. Together, we will continue to promote diversity and inclusion, while driving stakeholder value for all our members, partners and supporters, as MEIRA fulfils its mission to champion best practice as an integral part of capital markets development in the Middle East.”
It is worth noting that Bahrain Bourse and the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) has officially launched the MEIRA chapter in Bahrain during April 2019 with the aim of developing and enhancing best practices in Investor Relations (IR) across the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The founding members of MEIRA chapter in Bahrain include Aluminium Bahrain (‘ALBA’), Bank ABC, Bahrain Telecommunications Company (‘Batelco’), Bahrain Bourse, Ithmaar Holding, National Bank of Bahrain, and SICO BSC (c).
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