CEO

CEO Message

Our 2025 performance tells a clear story: Alba delivered record results while strengthening the foundations that matter most – safety, people and sustainability.

  • Quotes We did not just deliver record results in 2025. We proved that safety and sustainability can scale together. Quotes

    Ali Al Baqali, CEO

  • Our achievements were not only exceptional in scale, but in how they were realised: safely, responsibly and with a disciplined focus on continuous improvement.
  • 2025 at Glance We exceeded the ambitions set out in our four strategic objectives: Be an Albawee, Tapping into Talent, Alba’s Open Space, and e-Al Hassalah Year-2. We surpassed our production targets with a historic output of more than 1.6 million metric tonnes, underscoring Alba’s resilience and its commitment to sustainable growth. We also became the first industrial company to join the Open Innovation Program backed by Tamkeen and managed by Brinc MENA, opening new pathways for collaboration with Bahraini startups and SMEs to co create advanced, future-ready solutions.
  • Our strong fourth-quarter performance underpinned a solid full year outcome, with Alba delivering a Net Profit of US$581.6 million, representing an 18.5% year-on-year increase. These results reflect improving market fundamentals, disciplined cost management and the sustained benefits of our digital and operational excellence initiatives.
  • Our Balance Sheet continued to strengthen, with Total Equity increasing by 8.4% to US$5,546.8 million as at 31 December 2025, supporting the Board’s recommendation of a final cash dividend of Fils 43.51 per share, reaffirming our commitment to rewarding shareholders while preserving financial flexibility for future growth. Operationally, production and sales volumes remained robust, with value added products accounting for 74% of total shipments, underscoring our strategy to enhance product mix and margin quality.
  • Quotes Our journey is clear: Transform Alba from a successful smelter into a benchmark for responsible, industrial excellence. Quotes

    Ali Al Baqali, CEO

  • Our leadership in industrial innovation was further reinforced as we became the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East to deploy the AI powered analytics platform Seeq. This deployment is transforming efficiency, quality and asset reliability across our operations by harnessing advanced AI and machine learning capabilities.
  • Safety & People at the Core of Everything we do Our safety culture reached new heights in 2025. Alba secured six major National Safety Council awards and became the first aluminium smelter globally to achieve the British Safety Council 5- Star certification – a powerful testament to the vigilance, ownership and dedication of our workforce. We also completed a second consecutive year without a Lost Time Injury, surpassing 43 million safe working hours without LTI and reinforcing safety as a non-negotiable value.
  • People development remained a strategic priority. During the year, 56 Bahraini employees successfully completed the Al Jisr Training and Development Programme, designed to build essential supervisory skills and accelerate the progression of high potential nationals. In parallel, 15 standout employees including seven women were recognised with the Inspirational Employee of the Year Award, reflecting our commitment to recognising and empowering talent across the organisation.
  • Quotes Every dinar saved through e-Al Hassalah is reinvested in Alba’s future: in our people, our assets and our decarbonisation roadmap. Quotes

    Ali Al Baqali, CEO

  • ESG, Decarbonisation & Digital Transformation Guided by our ESG Roadmap, we advanced our decarbonisation priorities with the launch of EternAl ACTM, offering customers verified carbon allocated aluminium and strengthening Alba’s position as a regional leader in responsible production. Our Industry 4.0 and AI enablement efforts continued to accelerate, building the digital backbone required for scalable transformation and supporting our ambition to achieve Global Lighthouse recognition.
  • Our e-Al Hassalah programme delivered US$67.32 million in savings in 2025, powered by Lean Six Sigma and AI driven initiatives, well above our target of US$60 million. This performance reflects a strong culture of operational excellence, value creation and disciplined capital stewardship.
  • Looking Ahead We enter the next phase of Alba’s journey with strong momentum and a clear set of priorities to sustain Alba’s growth and reinforce its leadership in responsible aluminium production. In alignment with Bahrain’s 2060 Net-Zero Vision, we’ll continue to embed sustainability across our value-chain from raw material sourcing to product delivery while sharpening our focus on safety, efficiency and talent development.
  • Our focus is unchanged: to position Alba not only as a global aluminium leader but as a benchmark for safe, sustainable and competitive industrial excellence, creating a lasting value for our shareholders, our people, the Kingdom of Bahrain and all our stakeholders.
  • Ali Al Baqali Chief Executive Officer