Bringing our Nesma community closer through shared communications • Issue No. 50: Febuary 2018

Nesma Training Center: A Destination of Intelligence and Education

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Issue No. 50, Febuary 2018 - NESMA INSIDER 1 FEATURED ARTICLE Nesma Training Center: A Destination of Intelligence and Education

esma Training Center (NTC) hosted “The Little Trader” project by NIntellectual Elite Enterprise. “The Little Trader” is a children’s business fair that aims to train and educate youngsters in developing entrepreneurship and marketing skills in the areas of business principles, merchant ethics and presentation skills.

Additionally, NTC signed an agreement with Hanan Nature Foundation, which is the Director of the Brain Gym Academy, an affiliate of the Saudi Chess Training Federation. NTC will be hosting ladies, youth and kids’ chess training activities for one year.

Other agreements were signed with Omnyate Foundation for special needs childcare and Kanyama program for kids education. NTC will be providing Omnyate and Kanyama with the space for children’s activities and programs.

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awaddah International Group for Hotels and Umrah Services is Mone of the leading Hajj, Umrah and hotels companies in the Holy Lands, with offices in Makkah, Madinah and .

Since 1996, Mawaddah has offered Hajj and Umrah pilgrims with a memorable religious experience through managing a chain of hotels of various classes that are furnished to cater to various categories of visitors.

Mawaddah works through a network of travel agents and tour operators across the world. When pilgrims arrive at the airport, they are assisted and provided with transportation and get ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ ﻣﻮدة اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﻴﺔ accommodation at the Mawaddah hotel ﻟﺨﺪﻣﺎت اﻟﻔﻨﺎدق واﻟﻌﻤﺮة of their choosing. On completion of their visit, pilgrims are transported back to the airport for their return journey to their countries.

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Mawaddah International Group is licensed by the Ministry of Hajj (License No. 154) to issue visas for packages to its clients within a mere 24 hour period, allowing Mawaddah to offer its clients a ‘one stop solution’ for all their Umrah-related needs. The company has recently started working on unifying all the company’s hotels in both Makkah and Madinah and it’s also working on receiving its certification from the International Organization for Standardization (IOS).

Mawaddah is currently expanding in newer markets including: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Maldives, the UK, France, the United States and nations in Africa. Ahmed Bakran, Group Sales & Marketing Manager, says, “We have been successfully expanding our global network and continuously building and strengthening our market share around the world.”

About the General Manager

Mohammed Al-Ansari joined Nesma Holding in 2001 as the Director of the President’s office. He then became the Manager of the Western Region at Nesma & Partners. Finally, in 2015, he secured his position as Mawaddah’s General Manager.

Al-Ansari’s current objective for Mawaddah is to standardize the quality of its services by acquiring the 9001:2015 ISO certification. In the long term, Mohammed Al-Ansari aims to make Mawaddah the best company in the Hajj and Umrah services in Makkah and Madinah.

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Nesma Airlines Hail Operations Reach 200,000 Passengers

As part of a national project plan by the General Authority of Civil Aviation, Nesma Airlines launched its first flights from Hail International Airport to King Khalid International Airport in with a total of three flights per week.

Nesma Airlines’ Spokesperson and Public Relations Manager, Raghdah Al-Sulimani, commented, “Currently, Nesma Airlines has 12 destinations operating from Hail Central Airport and has completed a year in its operations in the Northern Airports with more than 8,000 flights, carrying 200,000 passengers.”

New Jollibee Opens in Riyadh

Jollibee celebrated the opening of its newest branch at Villagio Mall in Riyadh. Jollibee Villagio Mall is the KSA’s 14th store and the 2nd in Al Batha district, downtown the Saudi capital. The opening ceremony was attended by Jollibee’s General Manager, Faisal Bamhrez; Jollibee’s Operations Head, Ronel Nape; Turki Basabrain, HR and Admin Manager and Saleh Ali Alharthi, the Executive Director of Villagio Mall.

Al-Turki Appointed as Vice President of the Saudi Arabian Shooting Federation

Nesma Holding’s Executive Manager, Group Support Services, Noura Al-Turki, has been appointed Vice President of the Saudi Shooting Federation.

In addition to Al-Turki, the Board of Directors of the Saudi Shooting Federation includes Fares Saadi, President, Mazen Al-Jubeir, Musab Al-Muhaideb and Rakan Al-Fadl.

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BAYAT Hotel by Nesma Orbit

Nesma Orbit’s Riyadh team finished working on BAYAT Hotel by Crystal in Khamis Mushayt, south-west Saudi Arabia.

Nesma started working on BAYAT project in November 2015 with a project scope including the hotel’s gym, a spa area with a pool, bathrooms and a countertop, restaurants, coffee shops and a hardscape with marble and porcelain.

Nesma Holding Sponsors Ertkaa Campaign

Nesma Holding sponsored Ertkaa campaign in Al Lith, a city in region, south- west of Makkah. The campaign, conducted Nesma Trading Receives the “2017 Best by the Community Partnership Unit in the and Top Performance Contractor Award” Department of Girls’ from Schlumberger Education in Al Lith, aims to educate families about Nesma Trading’s Facilities Management Division received the ways to communicate “2017 Best and Top Performance Contractor Award” among all with their children’s contractors working with Schlumberger. The award was given schools in order to spread during the contractors’ SQ and HSE performance meeting in the culture of partnership Schlumberger’s , in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. among schools, families and the society. Additionally, Nesma Trading’s Schlumberger project team achieved one million safe man hours without lost time incidents.

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N&P Supports Students and People with Disabilities

Nesma & Partners has been certified as “Bronze” by Mowaamah for having a work environment that is suitable for people with disabilities.

Mowaamah is a project owned by the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development and it adopts the best practices in creating work environments suitable for people with disabilities.

Further, Nesma & Partners’ QA/QC Department Manager, Ahmed Bakhour, met with sponsored students at ITQAN Institute.

Nesma & Partners is sponsoring a 2-year training program for 19 Saudis at ITQAN Institute in the field of quality control.

The Inspection Technology and Quality Assurance National Institute (ITQAN) provides a 2-year vocational diploma in the field of quality control in five main areas including Mechanical Inspector, Welding Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Civil Inspector and Non–Destructive Testing Inspector.

N&P Toastmasters Club Participates in the 11th Annual Speech Contest

The 11th Annual Speech Contest of Nesma & Partners’ Toastmasters Club was conducted on January 27.

The winner in the international and humorous speeches was Saif Rahman, Training and Development Unit Head and the winner in table topics and evaluation speech was Mohammed Kadari, HR Consultant. Congratulations!

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FACES OF NESMA Growing with Nesma: Mohamed Alboji

Mohamed Alboji is In 2001, Alboji joined Nesma Holding as a Nesma Holding’s Data Entry Officer. Then he was promoted Technical Support to join the Customer Services Department in Supervisor in the IT 2004 before he was promoted to Customer Department. Services Supervisor in 2008. Finally, in 2013, Alboji joined the Information Technology His job tasks include Department as a Technical Support following up with all Supervisor. the IT requests made by Nesma Holding’s Speaking about what he learned from his employees in addition to requests from experience at Nesma, Mohamed Alboji says, Nesma Group companies. He also transfers “I learned about the meaning of transparency requests to the authorized employees in the IT and commitment, in addition to the department in order to solve different technical importance of respect and humility among problems. the staff. Here at Nesma, we are one family.”

Nesma Holding Celebrates 2017 Achievements

A general assembly meeting was held at Nesma Holding including the attendance of Nesma Holding’s President, Sh. Saleh Al-Turki.

The assembly shared the company’s 2017 successes along with a number of employee achievements.

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Around & About Nesma

Safety awareness activities at KAAR Project, Nesma & An induction training session for new joiners at Nesma Partners. Training Center in .

Students from the French School attended a two-day career program at Nesma & Partners to get familiarized with the different jobs in the company.

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Congratulations! Certification Moustafa Youssef, Senior Project Mohammed A. Engineer, Nesma & Partners, passed the Project Management Newborns Alsadah, Senior Accountant, Professional Examination. A new baby girl for Nesma Havatek, Roldan Hiangan, received a Marriages Senior Personnel certificate of Specialist, Nesma & VAT Law and Partners Practice By Certified Management Accountants, Australia. A new baby boy for Kholoud Suhail, Ahmed Hassan Chef, Nesma Azzam, Project Catering Engineer, Nesma & Partners, passed Marriage of the son of D. the National Dhanaraj, Multimedia Officer, Fire Protection Nesma & Partners Association exam to become a certified Fire Welcome to Nesma Inspector. Welcome New twin boys for Mohammed Mahmmoud to Khaled Suleiman Dawood, Site Manager, Mohamed Ewais, Finance Nesma & Partners Hanafy, Project Manager, Engineer, Nesma Mawaddah Employees of the Month & Partners, International passed the Group. Ewais Project Management Professional has a Bachelor Examination. degree in commerce and a Diploma in Investment and Funding Munerah Ajab Alnaimi, Personnel from Ain Shams University in Specialist, Nesma & Partners, Egypt. He also has 12 years attended a “Work Contracts” experience with Nesmal Egypt workshop at the Sky Global Training Institute. Ayub Hariri, Assistant Cook, Nesma Catering

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