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During this meeting we will present
you with a thorough report regarding the association’s
functioning and activity during its first years of existence.
Yet, before letting the numbers talk, it should be emphasized
that the first and maybe best QBA’s deed is that it managed to
impose its name. Our association has succeeded in gaining the
recognition and respect of local as well as foreign economic and
politic actors. And that happened thanks to the constant support
of the economic public entities in Qatar lead by HIS Highness
the Emir and, to the competence and dynamism of its members, and
to a qualified staff.
Now that our association has went
through its first years, it’s up to us to keep on the effort to
lead it to maturity, where it should become the institution that
cannot be ignored when it comes to business, investment
opportunities, and economic growth in Qatar.
At times where a severe financial
and economical crisis is storming the world, we thank god for
giving our beloved Qatar the natural wealth an d the wise
leadership that protected it from the huge effects of the
crisis, and as the preferred answer to facing the repercussions
of this financial situation seems to be more interaction and
cooperation between public and private sectors, institutions
such as QBA are more needed than ever. For it’s in the very core
of QBA’s mission to lay a bridge between private and public
sectors, to put, in one hand, the expertise and experience of
Qatar’s most pro-eminent businessmen at the service of the
economic and social Qatari community, and to translate, in the
other hand, the orientations and strategies planned by the
government into the private sector. That’s what QBA was doing by
wise choice before the crisis, and now every country in the
world will need its own QBA in order to deal with the current
hardships.
Just as QBA was up to the task in
the period of rapid economic growth and prosperity that
blossomed practically the same time it was born, QBA will do its
share in face of the challenges raised by the current recession,
to consolidate Qatar’s economical and social fabric in hard
times, and to improve its growth and development in better ones.
1.
Conferences: since its establishment QBA has
participated and organized more than 50 local regional and
international economic conferences and forums .with the aim of
promoting Qatar as a business and professional hub in the region
and introducing an d approaching modern economic issues and
tendencies, following are several business forums that QBA has
organized:
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The 9th Arab Businessmen Federation
Business Forum.
·
Connecting the leadership forum
·
Conference on corporate governance
·
Investment Funds Conference
·
2nd Qatar Economic Forum
·
Networking events for financial professionals
·
The third Businesswomen in Islamic countries
Business forum
·
The 2nd Arab-South American business
Forum.
2.
Delegations: QBA has hosted more than 450 highly
distinguished business foreign delegations that vary in
representation from heads of states, prime ministers ,ministers
of business and trade, chairpersons of business associations and
chambers of commerce, from a spectrum of countries that cover
the international business community such as,
germany,france,usa,Italy,spain,uk,turkey,belguim,Switzerland,
Romania,Cyprus,japan,china,singapore,korea,Malaysia,U.A.E,Bahrain,Kuwait,Iraq,Lebanon,Egypt,Syria,Palestine,Jordan,morocco,and
Algeria.
3.
Seminars: a business service aiming at raising the
business and professional conscience in the Qatari community and
introducing international and regional business issues and
trends:
·
upgrading local technical and managerial skills,
·
Future of services in Qatar following the order of
WTO & FTA,
·
Seminar on the challenges and strategic business
opportunities that face the Qatari Private Sector
4.
MOU’s: within its role of promoting and
introducing the Qatari private sector to the international
business community and creating links and opening gateways for
qatar’s business community with its counterparts in the regional
and international arena qba has signed (number) of MOUs with
business associations and chambers of commere
from:germany,france,spain,Italy,south America,korea,singapore…
5. Research and economic reports:qba has participated in
issuing business reports promoting Qatar as a booming robust
economy and highlighting its private sectors role in the
development through supporting and collaborating with famous
economic monthlies such as: fortune,oxford business group,
business week.
6.
Initiatives: QBA has engaged in initiatives that develop
interaction and cooperation among key sectors and associations
that serve the same goal in creating a healthy business culture
and supporting the business development of Qatar such as the
cooperation with Carnegie Mellon business school in their yearly
entrepreneurship program, an MOU with the board responsible for
the development of SME’s in Singapore, and the collaboration and
fostering of AIESEC.
7.
Within its role of creating a link between the members of
the private sector and the Qatari government and business
authorities ,qba has participated in several committees
initiated by the ministry of economy and commerce such as:the
committee for activating economic policies the committee for
sme's growth development
8.
Memebership:QBA has expanded cautiously its
membership throughout these five years in order to maintain
the same selective and high caliber presentation ,.it started with 8 memebers and is now bringing
together 32 members of the most influential and distinguished
Qatari businessmen,QBA has been joined in 2009 by three new
respected members: Dr.Hussien Al Abdullah CEO Al Rayan Bank
,Mr.Nabil Abu Issa Vice President Blue Salon Group.and
Mr.Micheal Collis CEO Aamal Holding
The assembly also witnessed the following
decisions:
1.
Ratification of the Auditors Report
2.
Discharge of the board members
3.
Ratification of the Budget
At the end of the meeting the following
QBA Board Members were elected for a new term:
1.
Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Bin Faisal Al Thani ,Chairman
2.
Mr.Hussien Ibrahim Al Fardan,1st Deputy to the Chairman
3.
Sheikh Khalid Bin Thani Al Thani,2nd Deputy to
the Chairman
4.
Mr.Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa,Secretary General
5.
Sheikh Nawaf Bin Nasser Al Thani
6.
Mr.Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Misnad
7.
Mr.Omar Bin Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Mana
8.
Sheikh Hamad Bin Faisal Al Thani
9.
Mr.Sherida Bin Saad Bin Jibran Al Kaabi
Later to QBA’s general assembly’s Meeting
,QBA’s board members held a board meeting with a single
with the aim of electing the executive committee of the
association and following are the results:
1. Sheikh Faisal Bim Qassim Al Thani
2. Mr.Hussien Ibrahim AL Fardan
3. Mr.Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa
At the end all QBA Memebers conveyed
their Highest regards and Utmost respect and gratitude for His
Highness the Emir Of the State of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin
Khalifa Al Thani ,and His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al
Thani the Heir Apparent ,and His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin
Jassim Al Thani,Prime Minister and minister of Foreign Affairs. |
