Mazen Hayek, a key figure of MBC Group’s management team of 14 years, will be leaving the broadcaster at the end of the year. “The time has come to say goodbye,” so Mazen Hayek, the public relations manager and the official spokesperson for the Lebanese MBC group, bade farewell to the group after 14 years he had spent in it since October 2006, without abandoning his large family in it, in order to embark on a new professional experience, as he announced Hayek in the statement Monday. Hayek held the position of official spokesman – group director of PR and CSR since October 2006. Waleed Al Ibrahim, chairman, MBC Group said: “The ebb and flow of talent in the content and communications industries are customary. But, Mazen has been a long-serving, exemplary representative of our group and an eloquent spokesperson; he has done us proud in the plethora of business and creative forums, conferences, press gatherings, and events that have taken place over the years.” On his part, Hayek added: “Over the years, I have had the absolute privilege of working closely with some of the best and brightest in media and entertainment, not to mention collaborating with transformative leaders, in the public and private sectors; top business decision-makers; thought leaders; renowned journalists from around the world; and finally, the MENA region’s top personalities, stars and celebrities from the world of art, entertainment and showbiz. Those are the remarkable individuals who have enriched my life, each in their own way, contributed to the many successes we have achieved, and helped mould and inspire me along the way. To them, I shall forever be indebted!” Hayek reviewed the most prominent changes, events and challenges that accompanied his work in the group, starting with the “Challenge” program, then “Who Will Win a Million” with the journalist George Qirdahi to the series “Noor”, the first dubbed Turkish drama with his heroes Nour and Muhannad, to the first televised interview of US President Barack Obama with Any news network after his inauguration in the White House, leading to the spread of “Bab Al Hara”, the most famous, popular and popular series of the Levantine Environment in the Arab world, in addition to the launch of “MBC Egypt” in a huge ceremony inside the historical Salah El Din Citadel in Cairo, in the presence of the most prominent stars of art and society. And the media, then the rise of the “program” with Bassem Youssef, and the Palestinian youth, Muhammad Assaf, won the title of the second season of the Arab Idol program in its Arabic form in 2013, and the subsequent praise and notable titles across the five continents. Then Assaf visited, with the support and sponsorship of MBC, to the United Nations building in New York and his meeting with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, receiving him a diplomatic passport with the title of UNRWA Ambassador for Youth and Goodwill, and accompanying him on that dreamy trip, with other colleagues.
