Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Foundation has introduced that Mohammed Al-Turki is stepping down as its CEO to give attention to private tasks and his profession as an impartial movie producer and businessman.
The physique, which was created within the wake of Saudi Arabia’s lifting of its cinema ban, oversees the Jeddah-set Red Sea International Film Festival and can also be charged with serving to to construct a cinema ecosystem within the nation.
The basis mentioned the seek for a successor was underway and that within the interim, former Red Sea Film Foundation board member Mohammed Asseri was stepping in as performing CEO of the physique.
Al-Turki will proceed to help the management group in an advisory position.|
“We look back at the past three years and the building blocks that have been worked on relentlessly by the team at Red Sea Film Foundation and share our gratitude for Mohammed Al-Turki who played a key role in leading the team and the Foundation to where it is today,” mentioned Red Sea Film Foundation chairperson Jomana Alrashid.
“We look forward to watching his career as one of Saudi’s most prominent film executives continue. We also look forward to welcoming new leadership to the Foundation alongside our existing team which remains spearheaded by our Managing Director Shivani Pandya Malhotra.”
Al Turki mentioned his time main the muse had been “an honor and a privilege”.