Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 17 January 2016:

Virgin Mobile has appointed Fouad Halawi as its new CEO to lead the company into its next phase of development in the Kingdom.

Mr Halawi brings with him over 15 years of executive management experience in the telecommunications industry in Europe, Australia and USA, where he successfully launched several new MVNO brands.

He joins from Lycamobile Australia where he was Group Managing Director.

"Virgin Mobile is a fantastic brand and I was delighted to be chosen to head up the business in Saudi Arabia. It is a dynamic telecoms market with excellent potential for growth", said Mr Halawi.

"I am looking forward to working with the team to execute our growth plan for year two. Our mandate is to make mobile better for our members across the Kingdom", he added.

Virgin Mobile recently announced serving over one million subscribers in Saudi Arabia, which was achieved within a year of commercial launch of the operations in October 2014, and is the fastest growth rate for a mobile operator across the GCC in 2014.

Mr Halawi replaces former CEO Karim Benkirane.

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About Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia
Connect Saudi Limited LLC (Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia) is the Saudi holding company for Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa's activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The operating licence for Virgin Mobile is held by its daughter company Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium LLC which has prominent local Saudi Arabian companies as shareholders.

Virgin Mobile is a new type of mobile company in the Kingdom, which is on a mission to Make Mobile Better, one mobile phone and plan at a time. Virgin Mobile Consortium LLC was awarded a licence by the Communications and Information Technology Commission to operate as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator in April 2014.

Virgin Mobile is headquartered in Riyadh and has a state-of-the-art customer service centre in Jeddah.

For further information about Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium LLC, please contact:
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Email: megan.ballantyne@bluerubicon.com

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