“Nothing makes me happier than seeing Emirati women take their role and assume their rightful place in society” These words of the late Sheikh Zayed encapsulate ADNOC’s spirit as a leading light in gender parity. At ADNOC, we are committed to fostering and supporting the development of talented women into business leaders. In the words …
In the UAE, the regulator, Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (ESCA), has stipulated that women must represent 20% of directors on listed company boards. At present, women currently hold only 3.5% of these board seats. At present, women currently hold only 3.5% of these board seats. The gap between the nation’s aspirations and reality presents …
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Human resource leaders have long championed and advocated the benefits of organisational diversity, at all levels. Diversity mapping and management is a journey, requiring different approaches, depending on which stage the organisation is at. These range from building organisational awareness, putting in place policies to support diversity, and proactively creating robust programmes that help develop …
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The Hope (Amal) mission orbited Mars last month – making the UAE only the fifth country to ever reach the Red Planet, and the first Arab nation to do so. If we can make it to Mars, we can get to 20 per cent female representation on company boards. Nasa congratulated the UAE, saying: “If …
The parables of the Prophets Musa and Yusuf (PBOT) show us that core competencies matter: strength before trust for a labourer and guardianship first for a banker.
From growing confidence and communication skills to big-picture thinking, here are 14 ways that taking a board seat at your company in the UAE will help you in your day job too.
The acting CEO of UAE markets regulator the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) on limitless learning, critical thinking and the importance of law to running any area of business.
Esca’s quota of one woman per listed company board was made law last month; Aurora50 believes this will support the UAE’s Vision 2021, attract millennials to your business and meet investors’ diversity requirements.