Executive Management

Timothy “Tim” J. Murray,
(Chief Executive Officer)

Tim Murray has been Chief Executive Officer of Alba since October 2012. He has been with Alba since 2007 when he joined as General Manager of Finance. During his time at Alba he has held the roles of Chief Finance & Supply Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer.

Tim holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Susquehanna University. He is a CPA and member of the American Institute of CPAs. He has attended various Executive Management Programs at Wharton and University of Chicago.

Tim has played an instrumental role in the transformation of Alba’s Safety Culture through the implementation of the “ZERO Accident Principles”. In 2017 Tim was recognized as a “CEO Who Gets It” by the US National Safety Council for his contributions on Safety, Health and Environment.

In 2017, he led the “Line 5 Recovery” where Alba set the benchmark for the safest and fastest recovery of a Potline. Over the past 5 years under his “Project Titan” initiative he has improved Alba’s operating performance by approximately $250 per metric tonne.

Tim has played a pivotal role in the training and development at Alba including the company’s MBA sponsorship program. He also led Alba’s IPO in 2010 when the company became listed on both the London and Bahrain Stock exchanges.

Outside of work Tim enjoys spending time with his family, reading and vacationing in Cape Cod Massachusetts. In addition, he also serves as Chairman of St Christopher’s School in Bahrain which is considered one of the top international schools in the MENA region.

Waleed Tamimi,
(Chief Admin Officer)

Since September 2017, Waleed Tamimi is the Chief Administration Officer at Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), where he spearheads the Company’s Administration departments consisting of Public Relations, Human Resources, Training, Operational Excellence, and Alba Healthcare Centre.

Prior to his current designation, Waleed was the Director of Administration, and before that he was the Senior Manager of Strategic Supply & Planning, charged with overseeing the company’s procurement requirement of all major raw material and corresponding logistics. Moreover, Waleed was responsible for the management and development of Alba’s raw material and freight suppliers’ network in addition to managing all trading & selling initiatives for excess procured Alumina and surplus production of Calcined Petroleum Coke.

In 2013, Waleed served as Operational Excellence Manager where he led the operational excellence initiatives alongside the continuous improvement strategy and roadmap. Moreover, Waleed was responsible for the development, establishment and initiation of an Enterprise Continuous Improvement and Cost Cutting Programme (Titan Programme), based on the Lean-Six Sigma methodology. The developed Programme is a company-wide philosophy aimed at improving quality, reducing lead time and bringing in sizable cost reduction levels.

Prior to his roles with Alba, he was General Manager of Business Improvement Group at Rezayat Group of Companies in Khobar, Saudi Arabia where he led a strategy building initiative at Rezayat Group, resulting ultimately in the establishment and direct utilization of Balance Score Cards. He also led the development, establishment and initiation of an Enterprise Excellence Program. The developed system was called Rezayat Achieving Competitive Excellence (RACE) and is a mix of the Six Sigma philosophy, the Lean Manufacturing methodology and Continuous Improvement principles.

Waleed holds an Executive MBA from the French Arabian Business School / ESSEC in addition to a BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University in the USA. He is also a Certified Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Master Black Belt. Waleed has served for 20 years in different capacities for a number of companies in the USA and in the Middle East ranging from an Implementation Consultant in a software start-up company in San Jose, California to a Six Sigma Black Belt in a world-class Aircraft Manufacturer (Lear-Jet, Bombardier).

In his free time, Waleed enjoys reading and spending time with family and friends.