Abdullah AlNajjar, executive director of Global Brand and Communications at Al Jazeera, has been elected as chairman of the Executive Committee at the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) based in the UK. 
The board consists of a six-person Executive Committee that comprises public figures from leading media organisations, including Klaus Bergmann of Deutsche Welle, Simon Kendall of BBC, John Maguire of France Medias Monde, Anastasia Ellis of Bloomberg Media EMEA and Alexey Nikolov of RT.
Commenting on his appointment, AlNajjar said: “It is an honour to be elected as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association for International Broadcasting and to serve the members of AIB along with board members and senior executives. I look forward to bringing our diverse perspectives and insights from the Al Jazeera brand to the issues affecting international broadcasting organisations across the world – particularly those that impact press freedom – and advancing the cause of broadcasters and journalists across the world.”
This is the first time that a chairman for the AIB has been appointed from the Arab world and also from Al Jazeera, the first independent international broadcaster based in the Arab world. AIB is not-for-profit, non-governmental trade association that represents and supports international television and radio broadcasters and online broadcasters. It also defends, protects and supports the media professionals.
AIB governance rests with the  Executive Committee, elected from among the membership of the association. The Executive Committee – which has an important role within AIB and is influential within the global broadcasting industry – is elected for a two-year period.




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