Monday 2 January 2023 – 21:42
SHARJAH, January 2 / WAM / The Pearl Initiative, a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance institutional accountability and transparency in the Gulf region, held a series of corporate engagement sessions, including virtual and some in-person , in partnership with Gulf universities and colleges and provided an ideal opportunity for young future business leaders to engage with the decisions of companies and stakeholders from across the Gulf and to prepare to lead corporate governance paths and adopt the best of them.
More than 180 students and elite executives from Pearl Initiative partner institutions and prestigious regional companies attended the entrepreneurial sessions. This series highlighted the key role played by the private sector in encouraging Gulf region businesses to achieve growth responsible and sustainable by adopting good corporate governance practices. Participating students interacted with a group of business leaders to learn how they apply good governance principles in their companies. Sessions focused on important topics such as setting goals for sustainable and responsible growth, inclusiveness in the workplace, and promoting integrity, cooperation and partnerships.
In two sessions of the Business Undertaking series, attended by students from Dubai’s Higher College of Technology, Raji Hattar, Aramex’s Chief Sustainability and Compliance Officer, spoke about the company’s environmental commitments and initiatives, and they also saw the speech by Jalil Ghani, General Manager of Corporate Ethics and Compliance at stc Group, in which he introduced students from the University of Bahrain and the University of Bahrain Polytechnic, Ahlia University and Bahrain Institute for Banking and Financial Studies emphasizing the importance of the rules of professional ethics towards the stakeholders.
Featuring students from NYU Abu Dhabi, Gulf Capital conducted a session on the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and focused on the impact of unconscious sexism during the recruitment process and employee retention and on career advancement opportunities.
Reda Abdel Nour / Batoul Kashwani
