Mazen Hayek joined MBC Group in October 2006. HAYEK’s role as MBC Group’s Official Spokesman is coupled with PR & Commercial responsibilities with the objective to nurture mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders, namely the Press/Media, Sr. Government officials, Top business decision-makers, Advertisers/Clients, Media Buying Units/Ad/PR Agencies, Suppliers and End-consumers.
Today, MBC Group consists of MBC1 (General Entertainment Channel), MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour Movie Channels), MBC3 (Children’s Entertainment), MBC4 (World Family Entertainment), MBC ACTION (Action Programs, Series and Movies), Al Arabiya (the 24-hour Arabic language News Channel), MBC Persia (24-hour Movie Channel Subtitled in Farsi), MBC Drama & MBC+ Drama (Pay-TV on Orbit Showtime Network). In addition, MBC Group offers Online portals www.mbc.net www.alarabiya.net, Video-On- demand, Push/Web TV and other New Media offerings; it also owns two Radio stations in Saudi Arabia: MBC FM (Gulf Music) & Panorama FM (Contemporary Arabic Hit Music); a weekly entertainment magazine Haya MBC; and O3 Productions.
Prior to joining MBC Group, HAYEK was the Managing Director of Manning Selvage & Lee Public Relations ("MS&L/Dubai"), an entity of the Leo Burnett Group MENA (part of “Publicis Groupe”). During his tenure, HAYEK oversaw the Agency's delivery of PR counsel to a wide range of industry-leading clients and led MS&L’s regional office, overseeing a strong team of PR consultants.
Holder of a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Political Science and Public Administration from the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), Beirut-Lebanon, HAYEK is also a former Master of Arts (MA) student in Political Studies at the American University of Beirut (AUB)..
