Gulf Air executive Nooruddin Jabbar has been accepted as a Fellow by the prestigious Young Arab Leaders (YAL) organisation for the Arab American Business Fellowship (AABF) programme.

The airline's world wide call centre’s operations manager, Nooruddin is the only Bahraini selected for this year’s AABF fellowship, a highly competitive fellowship programme open to all Arab countries to which only 15 candidates are admitted each year.

The selected candidates undergo an 18-day training programme in the US at various major international corporations, who are hosts of this programme. They will also be spending four days in Washington DC meeting with US government officials, policy makers, members of think-tanks and cultural exchange organisations.

“Nooruddin is a promising young Bahraini, who has the potential to grow further in his career. This programme will be a great learning experience for him,' said Ruth Birkin, Gulf Air director, Customer Services.

YAL is the region's foremost development platform for business, public sector and civil society leaders, which has partnered with Business for Diplomatic Action (America's leading private sector-led public diplomacy initiative), the US Centre for Citizen Diplomacy (USCCD) and the National US Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) to organise the AABF programme.

The programme, which has been endorsed by the US Chamber of Commerce, aims to provide insights, which will ultimately help shape the future of the national economies in the Arab world.-TradeArabia News Service