Dr. Jeannette Vinke, Chief Operating Officer at American University of Sharjah, discusses how high levels of female university attainment can be translated into better workforce participation rates for women. Dr. Vinke’s career spans a long corporate tenure at Deutsche Bank, along with time as an academic and university administrator. She is therefore well placed to…
Ahead of the 11th CFO Strategies Forum MENA, we caught up with John Mattone – #1 authority on intelligent leadership, best-selling author and famously known as Steve Jobs’ former coach. A topic you discuss often is how important it is for leaders to be willing to be vulnerable in order to transform their organisations. Why…
Trailblazing Inclusive Internship Program launched by Naseba Global WIL Economic Forum in partnership with the SEDRA Foundation for Inclusion. While gender diversity has been a priority for companies in the region for years, the inclusion of people with disabilities is still a challenge for many. To support the development of an inclusive society, UAE Vice…
Ahead of Naseba CFO Strategies Forum MENA, we spoke to Khurram Siddiqui, EY Partner – MENA Financial Accounting Advisory Services Digital Leader at EY to understand their take on the future of robotics, analytics and big data – and how this will impact the finance function. Can you please introduce yourself? EY is a global leader…
By: Patrick Braunschweig, Senior Project Manager, Horvath & Partners Performance management among CFOs, like anything else within the finance sector, is a numbers game. It ultimately comes down to how well a CFO is serving that single, all-encompassing master of their trade: the bottom line. A high-performing CFO is one that keeps the snapping wolves of…
Innovation and technology have become key enablers of economic growth for any nation in today’s world. The United Arab Emirates knows this very well and is at the forefront of innovation. Particularly, powered by digital transformation, Dubai is well positioned to be the smartest, safest and happiest city in the world. However, with the sudden…
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) will co-host the 2nd Fintech Summit with Naseba, a business facilitation company, on October 30 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The summit will provide a platform for the region’s banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) decision makers to source and evaluate the latest developments in FinTech. The DFSA’s involvement…
By Rana Nejem, Founding Director, YARNU I hear it so often from business owners: “we just don’t have the time to worry about culture right now.” But, the reality is that if you don’t pay attention to your company’s culture you are simply creating more of the same problems and digging yourself in an even…
In an edited version of a piece in CFO Middle East, EY MENA’s Khurram Siddiqui shares his thoughts on why robotic process automation is something that finance departments need to prepare for as part of their future. With increasing mandates to reduce costs, improve the speed, volume and quality of information they provide, as well…
By John Mattone He was arguably the greatest CEO of the modern era globally, his vision magically transformed four industries – personal computer, music, movies and mobile. A legend by the age of 30, tons of pages have been written about his creativity, innovation, intensity and focus. Sometimes called a tough manager and unforgiving, but…