Al Barrak’s successor identified

Zain Group is reported to have selected a former minister of communication to replace Saad Al-Barrak as the company’s managing director, following Barrak’s resignation earlier this week.

“Former minister of communication Nabil bin Salama has been chosen as the chief executive,” Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas reported.

Yesterday Zain said in a statement that the operator’s chairman would convene the board of directors at the soonest convenient time to deliberate on the matter.

It is understood that Zain’s board met today to discuss Al-Barrak’s resignation