Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation receives Al-Futtaim Automotive group delegation to discuss "Global Management Challenge"

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Published November 4th, 2015 - 08:36 GMT

Abdulrahman Saqr, Director Human Resources Al-Futtaim Automotive Group
Abdulrahman Saqr, Director Human Resources Al-Futtaim Automotive Group

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF), received a delegation from  Al-Futtaim Automotive group, to discuss the aspects of cooperation in the 2016 Global Management Challenge, the world’s largest strategy and management competition for students and professionals.

This year’s competition is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and supported by MBRF as the primary Knowledge partner.

Attending the meeting from Al-Futtaim Automotive group was Abdulrahman Saqr, Director Human Resources, Nasser Al Baloushi, Deputy General Manager Emiratisation and Corporate Affairs and Azza Al-Hashimi, Corporate Affairs Manager. Present from MBRF was Rashid Al Nuaimi, Director Support Services, Shamsa Al Balooshi, Director of Partnerships, Lina Anani, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications and Hussein Mohamed, Head of Communications.

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of MBRF, expressed delight in the Foundation’s partnership with Al-Futtaim Automotive group to sponsor the Global Management Challenge 2016 competition.

“The cooperation is in line with the directives of our wise leadership to encourage innovation in all areas to achieve sustainable development. The Global Management Challenge competition is aligned with the strategic objectives of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation to build a promising generation of future leaders capable of taking forward our communities on the development path at levels,” HE Bin Huwaireb said.

Abdulrahman Saqr, Director Human Resources Al-Futtaim Automotive group, said: “We are pleased to partner with Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation because we believe that this reputable institution will positively reflect on the overall outcomes of the competition as well as create a clear sense of increased value for all participants.”

“We are keen to encourage UAE-based talents with skills and pioneering ideas, and look forward to help them further hone their skills and achieve their ambitions by providing them with training and consulting opportunities, in addition to representing the UAE in the international finals of the competition and gain global expertise of our partners around the world,” Saqr concluded.

Background Information

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation

Launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai in May 2007, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation has since led and implemented pioneering programmes aimed at establishing Dubai and the UAE as the centre for knowledge and research.

MBRF aims to empower future generations and enable them to devise sustainable solutions to facilitate the process of knowledge and research in the Arab World. The Foundation is committed to create knowledge-based societies throughout the region by funding research projects, activities, and initiatives. It nurtures ideas and innovation while focusing on its main pillars which are education, entrepreneurship, and research & development.

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