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Bahrain Financial Exchange Appoints Salah Al Abdullah As Chief Corporate Officer

Date 12/01/2010

The Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the first multi-asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, which will be internationally accessible to trade cash instruments, derivatives, structured products and shariah-compliant financial instruments, has appointed Salah Al Abdulla as Chief Corporate Officer.

With more than 12 years experience in a corporate environment, Al Abdulla has initiated, developed and managed organisational structures for various regional companies and as part of his responsibilities at the BFX, Salah will be leading the corporate affairs activities of BFX and will be responsible for the corporate relations, development of the human resource and administrative aspects of the business.

“As part of BFX’s vision in building a strong management team the board is pleased to announce the appointment of Salah Al Abdulla, I extend a warm welcome to Al Abdulla and wish him a successful career with BFX.” said Arshad Khan, Board Director of the BFX.

Al Abdullah commented on his appointment “I am honoured to be taking on the role of Chief Corporate Officer of the BFX and I look forward to being part of this dynamic team and building the profile of the BFX in the region”.