On Monday, May 15th, Alexandria Business Association and ExxonMobil Egypt celebrated the graduation of 15 young technicians in the fields of plumbing, carpentry, and satellite dish maintenance.

The ceremony took place at Vocational Training and Employment Center VTEC. During his opening speech, Mr. Mohamed Hanno ABA chairman explained how the young men benefited from the training programs. In addition to the technical training, the trainees undergone work readiness and occupational safety and health programs to be ready to enter the labor mark.

In his speech, Mr. Youssef Hafez – ExxonMobil Egypt Public and Government Affairs Manager and board member, introduced the role played by ExxonMobil to support technicians, through their partnership with Alexandria Business Association. The ceremony was ended by the closing speech of Mr. Adham Koretam – ABA Executive Director, emphasizing the importance of the strategic partnership with ExxonMobil Egypt in supporting technicians and clarifying the role played by Alexandria Business Association through Training and vocational employment center in the implementation of training programs to support young people.

Certificates of completion of training in the fields of plumbing, carpentry and satellite dish maintenance were distributed on the trainees, in addition to the tools needed to complete their technical career, as gifts from ExxonMobil Egypt.

From ABA side, the ceremony was also attended by:

• Medhat El-Kady, ABA Vice Chairman
• Mohamed Mehrem- ABA Vice Chairman
• Hayssam Elkayar- ABA General Secretary
• Sherif Hegazy- VTEC Advisory Committee member
• Ahmed Farouk- VTEC Advisory Committee member
• Khaled Aziz- VTEC Advisory Committee member
• Amira Adel- ABA Head of CSR Department
• Youssef Roushdy- VTEC head of training department
• Marwa Hendy- ABA CSR coordinator

From ExxonMobil, the ceremony was attended by:

• Omneia Harb (Public and Government Affairs Advisor)
• Ramy Abdelfattah (Mex Lubricants Plant Manager)
• Sherwet Amin (Mex Lubricants Lab Chemist)
• Mahmoud Abdelshafy (Mex Lubricants Operations Manager)