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News Ooredoo Leads the Way in Talent Management Vision to Promote “One Ooredoo” Across Footprint Opens New Opportunities for Ambitious Employees DOHA | Ooredoo has been building talent management strategies and programmes across the Group, with a focus on best practice in mobility, leadership development, and creating a common “One Ooredoo” language to identify and develop talent since 2012. In striving to become an employer of choice, Ooredoo is providing a broad range of opportunities across its footprint, with the expansion of a range of “talent management” initiatives in 2015. The company has close to 16,000 employees in the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia, with 45 different nationalities across the Group and strong national teams in every operation. To support these employees, Ooredoo offers a host of employment advantages, including international mobility assignments, graduate positions, women in the workplace initiatives, and specialised programmes for national employees in each of its markets. The company also partners with a number of bestin-class organisations to enrich their talent management practices on the 12 August 2015 latest research and offer innovative and effective training and development programmes. Mohanna Nasser Al-Nuaimi, Chief Human Resources Officer, Ooredoo Group, highlighted the company’s vision to become the region’s leader in talent management: “Ooredoo is an advanced employer because we focus on employee feedback and embrace best practices to develop innovative offerings for our people. Our culture is one of the reasons why we succeed as a business, and we believe in extending our vision of enriching people’s lives to all our employees. By creating more innovative talent practices, we are investing in getting the most from our employees, and in return, giving them top-notch development opportunities. It’s a winning combination that delivers more for our customers and provides enriching roles for all.” Leadership development a priority Effective, innovative talent management is an essential component of Ooredoo’s long-