Tamkeen business quiz announces winner of competition for live show co-host

FinMark Communications and Tamkeen today announced the winner of the competition held to select a Masters of Ceremony (MC) to co-host the Tamkeen Business Quiz Show being held in December in conjunction with the Kingdom’s National Day celebrations in order to showcase top companies and talent from within Bahrain’s business community and in particular key industry sectors, which have long made the Kingdom of Bahrain a leading financial and business hub in the region.

The winner of the competition, Hisham Zainal, aged 25, was selected from a group of more than 10 contestants to join Ms. Sahar Qannati, who starred in last year’s event, as hosts of this year’s Tamkeen Business Quiz Show. 

Hisham was selected by a judging committee consisting of well known BTV presenters, Ms. Fay Al Shargawi and Mr. Ali Hussain, in addition to Ms. Hala Sulaiman, Marketing Manager of Tamkeen and Ms. Zahraa Taher, Managing Director of FinMark Communications. He was announced the winner of the competition after demonstrating strong presenting skill and a dynamic and highly energetic approach which will support a successful, fun and spirited competition for contestants and the live audience members at the Seef Mall. 

Commenting on the announcement, Ms. Zahraa Taher, Managing Director of FinMark Communications, said: “We are delighted to announce the MCs for the Tamkeen Business Quiz Show. Sahar and Hesham have the right combination of experience, enthusiasm and a passion for entertaining that will help to set the right tone for the Show and attract interest from a broad audience group. Much like the Show itself, which aims to showcase dynamic Bahraini companies and the talent that exists within them, we are also pleased to provide Bahraini talents, such as Sahar and Hesham, with the opportunity to use their skills and knowledge in order to help promote Bahraini business and industry as well as create an event that fosters positive engagement during the national day period.”

The Tamkeen Business Quiz Show will gather teams of participants from Bahrain’s leading companies and see colleagues from within these organisations join hands in healthy and fun-spirited competition. The industries featured by the Show are Insurance, Telecommunications & Technology, Banking and Industrials.

The Tamkeen Business Quiz Show is supported by Tamkeen, the Title Sponsor for the event and FinMark Communications, the event’s founder and organizer. Additional supporters include: Gold Sponsor Bahrain National Holdings, Silver Sponsor GPIC and Bronze Sponsors Takaful and Chevron. Media Sponsors of the event are Al Bilad newspaper and Daily Tribune, Technology Partners for the show are Al Amthal, Promethean and Talking Pictures. Additional supporters include Design Grafix and Manama Printing.