08 April 2015
• Organised by Trends magazine and INSEAD Business School, the Top CEO Awards recognise the best leaders in the GCC region.

• Murray was also amongst a group of top 5 CEOs in Bahrain.

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the leading aluminium smelters in the world, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Tim Murray, was named as one ofthe top 100 CEOs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at the Top CEO Awards held recently in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Murray was also amongst a group of top 5 CEOs in Bahrain, which included also Batelco Group's former CEO, Alan Whelan, Bahrain Islamic Bank CEO, Mohammed Ebrahim, Al Salam Bank CEO (and an Alba Board Director), Yousif Abdulla Taqi, and United Gulf Bank CEO, RabihSokaireh.

The Top CEO Awards -- organised by Trends magazine and INSEAD Business School, in association with Hawkama, the regional institute for corporate governance -- honours the very best in GCC business leadership. It recognises top executives or being instrumental in the growth of GCC companies, as well as for "creating jobs, maintaining profitability for their shareholders, applying corporate governance and transforming" the region.

Congratulating Murray, Chairman of Alba's Board of Directors, ShaikhDaij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said:
"We are honoured that Tim has been recognised among the top influential leaders in this Region. Tim is a committed and innovative leader; he has played a key role in Alba's growth strategy and success. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to congratulate and thank Tim for his contributions to the Company and wish him continued success throughout his career."

This award is a high honour for Murray, who has been with Alba since 2007. He was promoted to Chief Finance Officerin 2009 and, in 2012, he was made CEO.

Murray has been instrumental in changing the safety culture of Alba, which has earned the Company many international awards in the field of Safety, Health and Environment. He is known for initiating a Six Sigma culture, improving Alba's approach to sustainability and cost-effectiveness, expanding the Company's supply chain, driving Value-Added sale and adopting a new marketing approach for Alba.

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About Alba
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) - one of the largest and modern aluminium smelters in the world - is renowned for its premium grade aluminium products, technological strength and innovative policies, strict environmental guidelines and high track record for safety. Established in 1971 as a 120,000 tonnes per annum smelter, Alba today produces more than 931,000 metric tonnes per annum of the highest grade aluminium, with products including standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slab, properzi ingots, and molten aluminium.

Alba is listed on both the Bahrain Bourse and London Stock Exchange, and the company's shareholders are Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (69.38%), SABIC Industrial Investment Company (20.62%) and the General Public (10%).
 
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