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title: Mastercard appoints West Arabia comms director
description: Mastercard has named Sami Alshorafa as Communications Director � West Arabia, overseeing Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan and other Levant countries. Based in
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# [Mastercard appoints West Arabia comms director](https://insights.telummedia.com/pr-news/mastercard-appoints-west-arabia-comms-director)

 Written by [Telum Media](https://insights.telummedia.com/pr-news/author/telum-media) | Jul 16, 2025 4:00:00 PM

Mastercard has named Sami Alshorafa as Communications Director � West Arabia, overseeing Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan and other Levant countries. Based in Riyadh, Sami was most recently Director at APCO in KSA and UAE for nearly five years.

 Prior to this, he served in a range of comms roles across the globe, including with Strategic Ampersand and the Ontario Provincial Government in Canada, as well as with FleishmanHillard and Burson in the UAE.

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