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Labor Ministry Partners with stc Group for Digital Transformation

The Ministry of Labor and Social president of the business unit, stc Group. speed in accordance with international
Development and the stc Group have The signing took place in the presence of standards, as well as wired and wireless
signed an MoU for strategic partnership Minister of Labor and Social Development phone lines and IP telephony services,
in several areas and benefit from each Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi, CEO of stc in addition to the development of fast,
other’s experiences to achieve their Group Nasser Sulaiman Al-Nasser, and effective and high-quality communication
respective goals, which are in line with Assistant Minister of Labor and Social and coordination tools for VIPs through
the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. The MoU Development Mohammed bin Nasser Al- technical support mechanisms and rapid
was signed by Rashid bin Muhammad Al- Jasser. The deal aims at enabling digital response to malfunctions. Al-Jasser,
Jalajel, undersecretary for strategic affairs, transformation, training and qualifying assistant minister of labor and social
Ministry of Labor and Social Development, employees at the ministry, providing data development, said: “This agreement is
and Riyadh bin Saeed Muawad, senior vice and internet solutions and services at high in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030
and supports communication channels
between government agencies on the
one hand and between the citizen and the
private sector on the other hand.” He said
the MoU aims to achieve social economic
development and contribute to the national
economic policy. Meanwhile, Muawad,
senior vice president of the business unit,
Stc Group, said the company’s innovative
technical solutions aim at enabling all
sectors of the Kingdom to digitize their
services as digital transformation is one
of the key pillars of Vision 2030, through
which it seeks to raise the quality of
services provided to citizens. “We are
proud to be part of this huge project that
will benefit the country, and will achieve
the goals of the leadership by localizing
businesses in different fields,” he added.

Alhakbani Appointed CEO at “TAWAL” - a Subsidiary of the stc Group

TAWAL’s Board of Directors announces Transformation Program 2020, and the
the appointment of Eng. Mohammed bin kingdom’s Vision 2030”. Eng. Moham-
Abdulaziz Alhakbani as Chief Executive med Alhakbani as well expressed his deep
Officer from January 12, 2020. Stating on appreciation to all members of the Board
this, “Mr. Amin bin Fahad Al-Shadi, Chair- of Directors at TAWAL for their confidence
man of the Board of Directors of “TAWAL” and support to strengthen the company’s
Company, which is a subsidiary of stc pioneering position and to provide the lat-
Group, as he expressed his confidence est infrastructure services and solutions
in the appointment of Engineer Muham- for the information and communication
mad Al-Haqbani as to his managerial and technology sector within the Kingdom
professional experience in the telecom- and the region. Engineer Alhakbani holds
munications and information technology a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer-
sector. Saying: “He is one of the chief ing and a Master’s degree in Computer
experts in the field, and confident that he Engineering. He has more than 20 years
will reinforce the company’s role in provid- of experience in the telecommunications
ing integrated ICT infrastructure. We wish field. Eng. Mohammed has previously subsidiary mobile network in Indonesia.
him every success in enhancing the com- worked in many positions at stc Group. He In mid-2011, Eng. Alhakbani promoted to
pany’s performance to the highest levels started in 2003 as a Planning Engineer for General Manager of Network Services and
to achieve the company goals in support- the broadband network. After that in 2007, Solutions. Moreover, in 2015, he joined
ing the desired digital transformation in he moved abroad to work as a Project the Enterprise unit in stc Group as VP of
the Kingdom, according to the National Manager responsible to launch stc Group’s Business Operations and then after VP of

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