Arantxa Mencía
Business Development Director
Almar Water Solutions
“The first memory that came to my mind, it was . . . I will never, never, forget the day I joined Abdul Latif Jameel, because the same day, my second child was born. We were signing the agreement with a small company we had in Spain (Stakia for Water). Abdul Latif Jameel decided to incorporate that company within the group of companies: Almar Water Solutions was created.
We were with the notary signing the agreement at three-thirty in the afternoon . . . and at five pm, my girl was born! I rushed from the notary to the hospital!
So, the ‘Almar Project’, for me, is also like my little kid! Both of them are three years old; it has been an adventure! And I’m very happy for that.
It has been a very intense three years, but I have to say the most challenging, and the one I have felt the most positive about being part of Abdul Latif Jameel is the ‘Shuqaiq Project.’ It has been a challenge as as Almar we were very new company, Abdul Latif Jameel didn’t know us so much, and one day we arrive with a project of US$ 600 million! An entirely new project of a large desalination plant. But, we have felt, always, backed by the Company, encouraged. And although we had some tough times (it hasn’t been an easy project) we have always counted on the [Jameel] family and they have been backing us and it has been a pleasure to be part of that.”
