![[Aurora50 template] Mariam Balfaqeh](https://aurora50.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022_06_03_EWD_8-Mariam-Balfaqeh.jpg "[Aurora50 template] Mariam Balfaqeh")
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.
![[Aurora50 template] Fatima Al Fahim](https://aurora50.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022_06_03_EWD_3-Fatima-AlFahim.jpg "[Aurora50 template] Fatima Al Fahim")
2020 Aurora50 alumna Fatima Abdalla Al Fahim is appointed to the board of Arkan Building Materials.
A new ownership governance law has come into effect for family businesses in the UAE, which account for 90 percent of private companies.
As 18 UAE private companies – including Dubai Holding, Mars and PepsiCo – commit to putting women at the top, Aurora50 gives its view on building the pipeline of female business talent
Some of Pathway’s ADNOC participants speak about what the board accelerator has done for them personally and for their careers.
Investment research firm MSCI upgraded First Abu Dhabi Bank’s (FAB) environmental, social responsibility and governance rating from A to AA in April, putting it in the ‘leader’ category – in part due to the bank joining Aurora50 as a corporate partner for the Pathway boardroom accelerator programme.
Listed companies in the UAE must now have at least one female director on their boards, market regulator ESCA says.
