Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, recently promoted Khaled Mersal to manager, Power Expansion Project.

Mersal joined Alba in 2008 as a shift engineer under the Graduate Engineers training programme for power operations, said a statement from Alba.

He was promoted to power operations superintendent in 2016 then as the acting manager Power Expansion Project since August 2016, it said.

Mersal has a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering Technology and a M Sc. in Engineering System Management from Kingston University, London, UK. He also holds an MBA from the College of William & Marry Virginia, US.

Alba’s chief executive officer Tim Murray said: “We are committed to promote Bahraini nationals from within to leadership positions for the future success of the company.”

“Mersal, a Bahraini national, will be key in driving the construction of PS 5, which is critical to the success of the Line 6 Expansion Project. I am confident that he will deliver excellent results and wish him all the best in his new role,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service