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…
Interview by Charlotte Chedeville, WIL Forum’s Project Manager Naseba Global WIL Economic Forum places a particular emphasis on social impact, promoting collective action to build a more sustainable future. In addition to name famous headline speakers, the agenda features many social entrepreneurs, change-makers and game changers. Leading up to the forum, we will be publishing…
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…
By Gillian Jones-Williams, Consultant, Al Naboodah Group As a female Managing Director and owner of my own business consultancy for the last 20 years, I am keen to support women’s development and champion the diversity and inclusion agenda. I recently asked women to celebrate Women’s International Day by commenting on the value that they add…
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 Patty Ann Tublin, Emotional Intelligence, Communication and Relationship Expert For more information on work-life balance strategies, check out what Barbara Corcoran of SHARK TANK fame wrote about my Amazon best selling book: “Dr. Patty Ann rolls up her sleeves to tackle what just may be the last frontier for women who yearn to create…
By Dr. Sabah al-Binali, Chief Investment Officer; CEO – Credit and Advisor to the Chairman, SHUAA Capital; Contributor, The National A whole lot of economic vision plans have come out in the last decade or so. It seems to me, however, that only Saudi’s Vision 2030 actually addresses the issue of managing an economy post…
Alia was born in Pakistan and raised in North America (Canada and the United States). Her entrepreneur ways sowed its seeds as early as 2000 when she set up a media and marketing company in Los Angeles. In 2011 she furthered her Islamic studies in Jordan, at Amman’s Qasid Institute. Alia moved to the United…
Suraj Padmanabhan from Thumbay Group received the HR professional of the year (private sector) award at the MENA HR Excellence Awards held at Sofitel The Palm Dubai on May 1st, 2017 as part of the 12th Human Capital Forum. He was awarded for his exceptional performance in aligning the HR function with the organisation’s strategic…
By Bayt.com What makes a high performing HR team? An HR team brings a lot of added value to your company. Not only do they take over the entire recruitment, onboarding and training processes, but they can also be your employees’ advocates, as well as brand ambassadors, to ensure an all-around happy workforce and successful…