New chairman of OCCI to strengthen public, private partnership

Muscat: “We will seek to further cement ties with the business community and consolidate the partnership between public and private sectors,” Faisal Abdullah Al Rowas, the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) has said.

“We will work in the next stage on the internal and external levels to strengthen governance in the management of the Chamber, while at the same time focus on empowering the sectoral committees,” Al Rowas, said while speaking exclusively with Times of Oman and Al Shabiba.

“The focus will be on decentralisation through the empowerment of OCCI branches,” he added.

“We will further intensify the communication between business owners in various segments like, small, medium and large private companies, including the companies listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange,” Al Rowas said.

“Our priorities will be to enable the various branches of OCCI to play a greater role, in line with the directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, in the development of all the governorates in the Sultanate of Oman.

“The Chamber has a major role in attracting foreign investments and so stimulating joint business councils will also be a top priority that we will strive to achieve,” he further added.

Faisal Abdullah Al Rowas was elected as the new board chairman of OCCI for the period 2022-2026, after getting 11 out of the 21 votes cast in the chamber’s recent elections.

The results of elections, conducted in a secret ballot, were announced by Dr. Saleh Said Massan, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion for Commerce and Industry and Head of the Elections Committee for the period 2022-2026.

Rashid Amer Al Maslahi was elected as First Deputy Chairman and Hamoud Salim Al Saadi as Second Deputy Chairman, while Anwar Hamad Al Sinani and Nayef Hamid Fadhil were elected as members of the Executive Committee.

Saud Ahmed Al Nahari, Zahir Mohammed Al Kaabi and Said Ali Al Abri were elected as members of the Investment Committee, while Mohammed Nasser Al Maskeri, Hussain Abdulhussein Al Lawati and Mustafa Ahmed Salman were elected as members of the Audit Panel.