Month: April 2025

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  Alumni news: Hind Al Ali appointed to board of National General Insurance

  Hind Al Ali has been made an independent board director at National General Insurance.

  A50
  8th June 2022

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  Social capital for board directors – how networking takes you the last mile

  It is social capital that will take you all the way to a board directorship, says Prof Heather McGregor CBE.

  A50
  23rd May 2022

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  Sheikh Khalifa: A legacy of women’s advancement

  Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, co-founder of Aurora50, pledges to continue her family’s work to enable women’s advancement after the death of her grandfather, the late HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

  A50
  23rd May 2022

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  Two candles for Aurora50, many more projects to come

  This month Aurora50 turned two and what a couple of years it has been since our launch in April 2020.

  Diana Wilde
  26th April 2022

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  Six new UAE companies sign SDG 5 pledge

  Some 24 private local and international companies have now signed the UAE Gender Balance Council pledge to ensure women take 30% of C-suite positions by 2025, including DP World.

  A50
  17th March 2022

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  Zawya: How are UAE-listed firms progressing towards gender equity?

  Aurora50 co-founder Diana Wilde tells Zawya the UAE will not know what progress has been made in putting women on boards until after the latest round of company AGMs this month.

  A50
  9th March 2022

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  Alumni news: Mariam Balfaqeh, board member of Takaful Emarat, talks Pathway

  Mariam Balfaqeh, board member of Takaful Emarat, talks about graduating from Aurora50’s Pathway board accelerator programme and how it helped her gain her first independent board seat.

  A50
  8th March 2022

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  Alumni news: Fatima Al Fahim appointed to board of Arkan

  2020 Aurora50 alumna Fatima Abdalla Al Fahim is appointed to the board of Arkan Building Materials.

  A50
  25th February 2022

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  Press release: Aurora50 signs milestone partnership with General Women’s Union

  Aurora50 and General Women’s Union (GWU) sign agreement to help build pipeline of women leaders for UAE boards.

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  3rd February 2022

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  New UAE governance law for family businesses announced

  A new ownership governance law has come into effect for family businesses in the UAE, which account for 90 percent of private companies.

  A50
  25th January 2022

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