MCN announces appointments

Fadi Salameh, CEO and President of MCN said,

"I am delighted to make a very important announcement regarding two exciting appointments at MCN. Oussama Jamal and Eyad Abdul Khalek are joining the group as Regional Operations Directors, Media Operations, MCN. Both Oussama and Eyad are well renowned media specialists in the region, and their joining our team in senior operational positions will be a huge boost to our group's media endeavors."

Oussama and Eyad have moved to MCN from Starcom MediaVest Group where both held top positions as Media and Operations Directors for the Group. They have tremendous business growth records and have unique experiences and perspectives on synergizing media operations, optimizing both buying and planning and launching several key initiatives. Both Eyad and Oussama have been key players in areas of product quality, innovation, restructuring, diversification, and building the operations culture throughout the region.

At MCN Media, Oussama and Eyad will work closely with the MDs to support expansion plans, optimize organization structure, drive growth. Enhance and develop the quality of the media product and pursue synergies.

The big picture idea behind the MCN Media development is to align and synergize MCN's media entities - UM7, Inititaive and Magna towards synergistically becoming more dynamic and become the undisputed leaders in the region. Fadi Salameh added "Our ultimate goal is to make MCN media entities the standard of excellence in communication and media."

Middle East Communication Networks is the overall managing company for several key advertising, marketing and media companies in the Middle East. MCN is part of the Inter Public Group of companies worldwide.

The Promoseven Group of Companies which includes Fortune Promoseven and Albert Promoseven is the largest advertising agency network in the region. With 21 offices across the Middle East and North Africa, Promoseven is by far the leading agency network.

Other companies within the MCN fold include Universal Media Seven (UM7, as they are known popularly) - a leading media buying, planning and media architecture development company. MCN also includes Promoseven Weber Shandwick (Public Relations), Magna, Al Sadaf, and Dynamix.