**Over 160 Employees presented with awards at Annual Celebration**

Batelco, Bahrain’s leading Communications Solutions Provider, held a Long Service Awards ceremony recently at the Sofitel Bahrain Thalassa Sea & Spa Hotel, to award 168 members of staff who have been with Batelco for up to 35 years. The awards were presented for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of service.

Batelco A/CEO Muna Al Hashemi, Batelco Group General Manager HR & Development Shaikh Ahmed Al Khalifa and Batelco Bahrain General Manager HR & Corporate Services Suhaila Alnowakhda plus a number of Batelco’s executive management team were in attendance on the joyous occasion.

Mrs. Al Hashemi said that she was delighted to honour the dedication of the long serving staff members.

“It’s a true testament of the strong sense of family that is evident at Batelco that we have staff that have been working for the Company for more than 30 years. We have many Bahrainis who joined Batelco as students or graduate trainees and have remained with us throughout their working lives.”

“Their contribution to Batelco and to telecommunications in the Kingdom of Bahrain is very commendable. Many have been part of this great industry that has shaped the way we all communicate having entered the industry when mobility and internet were a far sighted dream,” she said.

“We are proud of our people and it gives us great pleasure to commemorate their years of loyalty and dedication to this great organisation,” Mrs. Al Hashemi added.