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Shantelle Nagarajan

posted on May. 28, 2025 at 12:12 pmMay 28, 2025

Current Global MENAT strengthens team with new hires

Shantelle Nagarajan

posted on May. 28, 2025 at 12:12 pmMay 28, 2025

In an effort to continue its growth trajectory and enhance offerings, Current Global MENAT has made five appointments to its team.

Current Global MENAT

From left to right: Mohammad Al Sayed; Aya Khaddam; Nick Watkins; Aastha Kurup; Peter Jacob

Current Global MENAT, part of Middle East Communications Network (MCN), has made five new appointments in the last two months following several major client wins and continued development of its capabilities.

Nick Watkins, former ARN News Editor and contributor to The National and Gulf News, joins as Senior Editor charged with leading the agency’s storytelling capabilities and earned media engagement strategies.

Mohammad Al Sayed joins as Account Director from Gambit Communications, while Aya Khaddam comes in as Senior Associate from Brazen MENA.

Murdoch University graduate and MEPRA Outstanding Student Campaign winner Aastha Kurup has been appointed Junior Associate. Sohailla Ossama

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Tags:Aastha Kurup appointments Aya Khaddam Current Global MENAT MCN Middle East Communications Network Mohammad Al Sayed News Nick Watkins Peter Jacob PR Sohailla Ossama

the authorShantelle Nagarajan

Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.