MANAMA, Bahrain,July 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat), the investment arm of the Kingdom ofBahrain, has appointed Tony Robinson as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Robinson, a Chartered Accountant, joined Mumtalakat inApril 2011as Investment Manager and Coordinator. His responsibilities included monitoring the financial data of the portfolio companies, supporting the finance department's operations, along with supporting the investment team, and business development. Prior to joining Mumtalakat, Mr. Robinson held a project management position with RAC Insurance inAustraliaand spent 14 years at a leading investment bank inBahrain, where he held the positions of Group Financial Controller, Chief Internal Auditor and Senior Manager of Financial Controls. Commenting on the appointment, Mahmood Al Kooheji, Chief Executive Officer of Mumtalakat, said: "I am pleased to appoint Tony Robinson as the Chief Financial Officer of Mumtalakat.Mr. Robinson's wealth of experience at Mumtalakat and further afield makes him well placed to help continue Mumtalakat's mission to grow the wealth ofBahrain; managing and enhancing the value of the Kingdom's strategic commercial assets and entrenching high standards of corporate governance across its portfolio." Tony Robinson is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England,Wales, andAustralia.