The Crown Worldwide Group has officially begun its operation in Saudi Arabia. The company's first office in the kingdom is located in Riyadh and will provide global mobility and moving services. It will be led by country manager Alexis Saporta.

Mr Saporta, who previously worked with Crown in several European locations, including Italy and Russia, has spent the last 18 months organising the Riyadh office. He and his staff will concentrate on servicing the area's oil, bank and para-petroleum organisations.

Crown, Saudi Arabia, will serve all of the major cities in the kingdom, but mainly Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Dammam, Jubail and Yanbu.