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Thursday, 13 August 2020

Moves: Court of Cassation, TPay Mobile, Prime Holding

MOVES- Judge Abdallah Shoda was sworn in yesterday before President Abdel Fattah El Sisi as the new head of the Court of Cassation, the nation’s highest appeals court, according to an Ittihadiya statement. Shoda (bio) served as the court’s vice president since 1998. He now succeeds Abdallah Assr, who served as president since July 2019. El Sisi was granted the power to appoint the heads of the Court of Cassation, the Council of State (Maglis El Dawla), the State Lawsuits Authority, and the Administrative Prosecution Authority under amendments to the Judicial Authorities Act in 2017.

TPay Mobile has appointed Dheeraj Soni (LinkedIn) as the company’s chief operating officer, a company statement (pdf) said on Wednesday. Soni has served as former president and chief commercial officer at Docomo Digital Payments, as well as senior vice president at Swisscom.

Gihane Halawa (Linkedin) has been appointed the head of investor relations at Prime Holding after previously serving as the head of investment banking at subsidiary Prime Capital, according to a press release (pdf).

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