In line with the company's ongoing plan to steadily enrich its national cadre base in order to achieve further sustainable growth and to ensure the advancement of women's progression and equal participation in all spheres, ASRY, the leading ship and rig repair yard in the #ArabianGulf, has recently announced the appointment of Ms. Layla Mukhtar as the new Internal Audit Manager and Fatima AlRayes as the Legal Affairs Manager.
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| Ms. Layla Mukhtar |
ASRY Managing Director, Mr. Mazen Mohammed Matar, welcomed the new managers and commented “ASRY has made a great success attracting skillful and experienced national female competencies to join our management team, and we look forward to their positive contributions”. He added “This appointment comes in line with ASRY’s longstanding commitment to advancing the principles of Bahrainisation of jobs, diversity, and gender equality”.
“As part of a continuing effort to enhance women's role in the company's development process, and as an active partner in the women empowerment movement, ASRY has always sought to advance women's equal participation in various fields to enhance their role as key players in the nation-building process”. Mr. Matar confirmed
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| Fatima AlRayes |
Ms. Layla Mukhtar is a certified Public Accountant from the New Hampshire Board of Accountancy and holds bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems from University of Bahrain with an overall work experience of 15 years in the audit and risk assessment fields with reputable firms such as Bahrin Airport Services Company (BAS) and Ithmaar Bank.
It also worth noting that Ms. AlRayes holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from University of Bahrain and has more than 12 years of experience in the field, as she served as a legal counsel in several private sector fields, mostly being in the Islamic Banking sector. Prior to joining ASRY, she held different positions with a number of reputable firms such as Ithmaar Bank, Bahrain Islamic Bank, and Talal Abu Ghazal Legal (TAGLegal), besides her experience in the Human Resources field and Internal Audit.
