One of Bahrain’s top businessmen and community leaders, Farouk Almoayyed died yesterday, aged 80, following medical complications.
In addition to being the chairman of Y K Almoayyed and Sons, Mr Almoayyed had a long and illustrious career, with management and leadership positions in a number of top organisations including National Bank of Bahrain, Gulf Hotels Group, Ashrafs, Bahrain Duty Free, Ahlia University, Labour Market Regulatory Authority, Harvard University’s Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East and Georgetown University’s Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies .