In this week’s guest blog, Jamal Fakhro, Managing Partner for KPMG in Bahrain and Qatar, Chairman of the Board of KPMG Middle East and South Asia sub region & Board

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Imelda Dunlop, Special to Khaleej Times In a landmark decision, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced that five women ministers would be added to the UAE cabinet,

In this week’s guest blog, Badr Jafar, Chief Executive of Crescent Enterprises and founder of the Pearl Initiative, talks about Corporate transparency and how vital it is in today’s digital

Neil Stevenson, Managing Director – Global Implementation, IIRC. Corporate reporting, and the thinking that has to accompany it, are boardroom issues. This is where strategy, performance and the development and

Dr Philip Stiles, University Senior Lecturer in Corporate Governance,Cambridge Judge Business School We all know that trust is vital to any successful business, and research shows that trusted organisations regularly

“If we fail to educate young people, develop their skills and generate the spirit of excellence and creativity in them, we will never, under any circumstances, have a successful development

Irina Kovaykina – Student of the American University of Sharjah On November 12, I had the privilege of attending a panel discussion on “Global Trends, Collaboration and Advances in Fighting