Bank Sohar promotes Omani staff

MUSCAT: As part of its strategic plans to develop the capabilities of Omani youth in order to qualify them for leadership positions within the organisation, Bank Sohar has announced the appointment of Mahira Saleh Al Raisi, as head of Human Resources, and Mutheer Sulaiman Al Kalbani as in charge of Learning & Organisational Development.

Commenting on the bank’s progressive strategy for future development to expand the scope of responsibilities to capable Omani candidates, Sasi Kumar, acting CEO at Bank Sohar said, “We have set in place clear plans and strategies that develop the skills of our talented Omani staff, and achieve higher level of leadership positions within the bank through special programmes to develop and qualify them.

“Both Mahira Al Raisi and Mutheer Al Kalbani have been groomed by the bank to take up higher responsibilities, and on behalf of everyone at Bank Sohar, I would like to congratulate them and wish that they achieve even greater heights within or organisation.”

Emphasising the significance of empowering Omani youth, Munira Abdulnabi Macki, GM – HR and Corporate Support, said, “The new promotion supports the achievement of our business goals which are to enhance operational efficiencies and include younger capable Omanis in man- agement roles. It also forms part of our plans to provide career enhancement opportunities for our talented Omani staff. The new promotions also reinforce our strategies for Omanisation of senior management positions, which will help young and ambitious Omanis build successful careers within the organisation.”

Mahira is an HR professional with an extensive experience of 18 years in human resources management. Having previously worked with HSBC Oman, she joined Bank Sohar in 2007 and has held several positions within the HR Department.

Her strengths lie in the implementation of HR strategies by department accountabilities, leading and supporting of HR policies and best practices across all areas and has succeeded in fields related to HR. She has a Master’s degree from the University of Leicester, the UK in Human Resources Development.

Mutheer has a work experience of nine years in multiple areas in the bank including branch support, payments, relationship banking and human resources. He was heading the Organisational Development Unit in HR prior to taking up his current role as ‘In charge of Learning Centre and Organisation Development’. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from Sultan Qaboos University where he specialised in translation. He has also completed Certified Psychological Occupational Assessor from the British Psychological Society and holds a Diploma in HR Practice from the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD).