Day: January 12, 2023

Illustration of person writing in a notebook, with a cup of coffee and smartphone in front of them. Picture Pixabay/ Mohamed Hassan

Your board bio: Storytelling to connect the dots

Leave a Comment / Editor's pick, Opinion / By Suzanne Locke

A board bio is a one-page summary that tells a story about you, writes Dr Rony Touma of executive and board search firm Spencer Stuart.

A photo of young and smiling Arab businesswoman gesturing while giving presentation. Emirati business people are wearing traditional clothes of those and abaya. Multi-ethnic colleagues are listening to her very carefully. All are in brightly lit office.

Private sector hires close to 30,000 Emiratis

Leave a Comment / Editor's pick, News / By Suzanne Locke

Some 28,700 Emiratis have taken jobs at private companies since the launch of the Nafis employment programme, figures released this week show.