Sheikh Hamad Bin Thamer Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Jazeera Network has appointed Wadah Khanfar as Director General of the Network.
Al-Jazeera Network conmprises all Al Jazeera operations, including: Al Jazeera Channel (the Arabic-language channel), Al Jazeera International (the English channel launching in the next few weeks), Al Jazeera Sports, Al Jazeera Mubasher, Al Jazeera Documentary, and Al Jazeera Net.
The creation of the new Director General post for the Network comes as a step to promote the institutional structure of the Network and improve integration. As Director General of Al Jazeera Network, Khanfar will continue in his post as Managing Director of Al-Jazeera Channel to which he was appointed in October 2003.
Al Jazeera is a Platinum Member of the AIB.