(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Bank Sohar recently conducted a series of staff promotions, deputing its employees to high-level positions within the organisation.
The decision comes as part of the bank's objectives to advance career opportunities for talented and capable Omanis and non-Omanis so that they will be groomed to assume higher roles within the organisation. It also underscores the bank's efforts at creating an environment of equal opportunity for all, offering career enrichment and employment prospects within the sultanate's banking sector, according to a press release.
Sasi Kumar, acting CEO of Bank Sohar, said, 'Promoting experienced employees to positions of greater responsibility aligns with our commitment to fulfill the government's plans on manpower nationalisation. Over the years we have implemented various programmes devoted to the training and development of talented Omanis who have gone on to occupy positions of authority and leadership at the bank and within the industry as a whole.'
'Therefore, I would like to congratulate our employees on their recent promotions and wish them the best in handling their new roles with the utmost sincerity, dedication and capability,' he added.
Among those staff recently promoted were Mohammed Tahir al Lawati who has been deputed to the position of deputy general manager and head of large corporate banking; Mahira Saleh al Raisi who has been promoted to assistant general manager and head of human resources; Abdullah Ahmed Al Anbori has been designated as assistant general manager and head of information technology; Ahmed Rashid al Salmy is now assistant general manager and head of product development and consumer lending and Elsamawal Abdulhadi Idris Mohammed has been promoted to assistant general manager and head of legal affairs.
Munira Abdulnabi Macki, GM – HR and corporate support, at Bank Sohar, said, 'Empowering qualified nationals and staff for higher roles within the organisation has been among the bank's chief priorities. We have undertaken massive training and skills-enhancement drives to source and streamline professionals from national reserves of talent, underscoring our commitment to the government's goals for optimising home-grown manpower resources. Our initiatives for the optimisation of national human resources have helped the bank achieve 92 per cent Omanisation.'
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