Zeidan takes over from Sarah Bartlett who has moved to a regional role internally

ABU DHABI, UAE. July 14, 2015

Weber Shandwick MENA, the current Middle East Public Relations Association (MEPRA) Agency of the Year, has confirmed that Ghaleb Zeidan has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Weber Shandwick in Abu Dhabi.

With Weber Shandwick since 2010, Zeidan takes over responsibility for the award-winning public relations firm which is the current 7th Greatest Place to Work in the UAE 2015.

Commenting on Zeidan's appointment, Ziad Hasbani, CEO of Weber Shandwick MENA, said: "Our Abu Dhabi office is an award-winning operation and well renowned for the quality of its work and the calibre of its team. Our office was granted a series of prestigious awards for a number of its communication awareness campaigns. Since its establishment in 2002, our Abu Dhabi office has provided high quality, innovative services and has demonstrated operational excellence in its ability to meet customers' fast-growing and evolving needs  The success is largely thanks to the our unique and talented team is comprised of experienced Arab and foreign experts, who are either born or have been residing in Abu Dhabi for a long time, and who can incorporate UAE centric nuances in their client servicing, content development and programme planning."

A former Deputy Managing Director at Weber Shandwick since 2013, Zeidan has successfully led a number of the local and regional network's largest accounts as well as having grown its Abu Dhabi-based Government Communications practice into the leading practice in the UAE today.

Hasbani added: "Zeidan significantly contributed to the development of the company's operations over the past five years, and played an important role in attaining our successes. With a five-year successful tenure at our company already behind him, I have no doubt that Ghaleb is the right leader to take an amazing team forward into its next exciting chapter."

Zeidan replaces Sarah Bartlett, a Weber Shandwick veteran of 13 years and former Managing Director of its Abu Dhabi operation from 2007, who has taken up the newly-created regional role of Executive Director, Talent, Organisational Development and Brand Communications, Middle East and North Africa.  This role was created to strengthen the company's operations and develop its regional network.

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For more information:
Sandra Awad
Weber Shandwick MENA
+971 2 449 4457
sawad@webershandwick.com

© Press Release 2015