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materials offering employee contracts in automatic door and hosted an inclusive graduates join Zain since the program
sign language, while continually training its accessible excel training course launch
staff in sign language, thus facilitating their • Zain Jordan the first telco in the world • Zain Bahrain launched a hotline for
bonding and communication with fellow with a virtual translator for the deaf on People with Disabilities to provide
hearing-impaired colleagues. The library its website and social media channels, exclusive communication access and
also contains video lessons provided by using a plugin that adds sign language have made four retail stores wheelchair
sign language trainers and experts, and using interpreting 3D smart Avatars friendly, with more in progress.
includes a detailed explanation of the • In 2015, Zain Jordan launched the More on Zain’s Disability Inclusion vision
vocabulary and basic expressions in sign Basma+ line, providing complimentary Zain’s influential role in society means the
language. minutes for video calls, as well as company must maintain its pioneering
• Training of 300 employees Groupwide on technical support services to the deaf outlook with respect to creating positive
sign language and hearing impaired, responding to change in the workplace and in all other
• Zain Kuwait added accessible evacuation inquiries areas of its activities. The company is proud
chair for all its offices • Launch of GROW program training fresh to stand as an example for other corporates
• Zain Jordan added handrails for all graduates with disability to prepare to follow and the implementation of the WE
ramps and added a new restroom with an them for the workplace that has seen 14 ABLE initiative reflects its commitment
to develop and implement a sustainable
Disability Inclusion program. Zain believes
it is time that the contributions that people
with disabilities are able to make in our
workforces and in society in general be
recognized, and is pleased to have the
opportunity to raise awareness in this area
through its words and more importantly
through its actions. As one of the first
institutions across the region launching a
dedicated department for the areas of DEI
and notably its ‘We Able’ initiative, Zain has
entered partnerships with notable entities
such as The Valuable 500, as well as being
a signatory into the International Labor
Organization (ILO) Global Business and
Disability Network Charter.

Arthur D. Little Appoints Martin Rauchenwald as
Partner in DACH Financial Services Practice

Arthur D. Little (ADL) announced that Martin
Rauchenwald has joined the company as a
Partner and Leader of its Financial Services
(FS) practice in Austria. With 23 years of
executive-level experience in the financial
services market as both a trusted advisor
and banker, Martin has worked across all
levels of the industry, from leading large-
scale bank transformation programs to
being a private equity investor. He will be
based in ADL’s Vienna office. Prior to joining
ADL, Martin has most recently been an
Investment Partner at Financial Services
Capital Partners in London, a specialist mid-
market private equity investor. At the same
time, he also held board positions at Barion
Payment, Union Financiera de Asturias,

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