Few days away from Labor Day, BBK celebrates the loyalty of its staff by honoring 48 long-standing employees at a ceremony hosted by Chief Executive A.Karim Bucheery.

The BBK team members were awarded for their service of 35, 30, 25, 20, 15 or 10 years at the ceremony which was held at the Gulf Hotel. In addition to being awarded with cash prize and recognition plaques, a luncheon was held in their honor, attended by BBK executive management.
At the event, A.Karim Bucheery thanked the employees for their notable contributions to BBK’s development and their loyalty to the organization.  He emphasized on BBK’s strategy to build the Bank’s human capabilities and invest in training in order to retain talented individuals.
Addressing the group, A.Karim Bucheery said, “BBK’s success relies in its pool of talent. Their professionalism at all levels and across every area of operations has shone through at all times. Their loyalty has successfully contributed to the strength of the business where in 2009, BBK was able to achieve record performance despite their complex challenges of the financial sector.”

BBK is renowned for providing attractive training and career development opportunities and have contributed and continues to contribute to the banking talent pool for the financial services industry as a whole in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

A.Hussain Bustani, Assistant General Manager, HR and Administration also stressed on the Bank’s ability to retain its employees’ base specially in light with the growing competition and added “ stemming from its belief in always enhancing the Bank – employee relationship, and never failing to reward employees dedication, loyalty and hard work, BBK continues to introduce rewards schemes incentivizing employees not only to deliver the best service to the Bank’s customers but also building the culture of partnership”

The award ceremony, which is held on an annual basis, is part of BBK’s approach to always reward employees’ dedication and appreciate their efforts and loyalty.

The employees who were awarded were:

• Ebrahim Mohammed Al Ansari
• Essam Saleh Al Shafiey
• Nadeem Abdulaziz Al Kooheji
• Yaser Abdulla Sabt
• Zakaria Abdulhameed Al Busta
• Basem Ahmed Abdulrahman
• Raj Kumar Dugar
• Rashad Ahmed Akbari
• Jumana Al Sayed Ahmed Khalifa
• Nojood Ahmed Jassim
• Huda Abdulla Ghaith
• Elham Rashid Al Ansari