Summary This roundtable forum brought high-level constituents together face-to-face to discuss how companies in the GCC are working to attract, retain and develop more women into senior corporate positions and the impact it has on...

Summary The Pearl Initiative is proud to collaborate with His Highness The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group (ADSG) to host this important ‘Chief Financial Officer...

Summary The forum highlighted the business case for integrated thinking and reporting and the practical opportunities and challenges that businesses in the Gulf Region are facing to integrate different forms of capital into decision-making and...

Summary On Wednesday, October 28th 2015 in Dubai, the Pearl Initiative, in collaboration with the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) of the World Economic Forum, held a roundtable forum on “Raising Anti-Corruption Standards in the...

Summary The Pearl Initiative and Asharqia Chamber of Commerce held a workshop on “Corporate Integrity, Transparency & Competitiveness”. The workshop discussed corporate imperatives for improvements in governance, risk & compliance to spread good practices across...

Summary Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Pearl Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact held the inaugural Gulf Region Forum on 16...

Summary The two-day intensive programme was tailored specifically for Middle East business leaders and focused on trust and leadership at all levels – including corporate governance, organisational performance and behavioural economics. The Pearl Initiative and...

Summary This forum of senior women in finance and accounting explored how diversity can be encouraged and fostered and how finance functions can play a role in making organisations more diverse. The Pearl Initiative collaborated...

Summary Pearl Initiative & Petrofac held a student lecture on “Ethics, Compliance and Governance” In Collaboration with American University of Sharjah and the School of Business Administration. Dr Robert Grosse, Dean of the School of Business Administration...

Summary On Wednesday, November 12th 2014 in Dubai, the Pearl Initiative hosted a panel discussion on “Global Trends, Collaboration and Advances in Fighting Corruption”. The panel session provided a platform for an open dialogue amongst...