cnbc correspondent joins difcweek line-up
Eithne Treanor will moderate Hawkamah conference on corporate governance
Eithne Treanor, CNBC’s special correspondent to its new Gateway to the Middle East programme, has joined the 100 speaker line-up for DIFCweek, and will moderate the Hawkamah conference on corporate governance on Wednesday November 21.
The Hawkamah conference, organised by Hawkamah – The Institute for Corporate Governance, will have transparency in financial markets and in the region’s family businesses as its themes.
The full-day event is one of a number of headline conferences, lectures and seminars during DIFCweek, organised by Dubai International Financial Centre, and held November 17 – 23.
Treanor has 20 years experience as an international journalist, the last ten of which she has specialised in finance and business as well as a focus on the oil and energy market. Her TV experience spans major international networks including ABC News, BBC World, Sky News and Bloomberg and CNBC Europe.
CNBC has signed a multi-million dollar, three-year agreement with DIFC. The partnership, which runs through to 2010, will entail cross-platform activities including on-air, online and event driven elements across CNBC channels in the US, Europe, Asia, India and Australia.
DIFC will associate itself with CNBC's new half-hour monthly magazine news programme, Gateway to the Middle East.
DIFCweek, the first event of its kind in the Middle East, will focus on Financial Opportunities for the Third Millennium. The week of conferences will address every principal topic in the international financial arena.
The timetable of events for DIFCweek is as follows:
Saturday November 17:
• DIFC Economic Forum on emerging markets, developed with the support of Economist Intelligence Unit.
• DIFC Lecture presented by Steven Levitt, the bestselling author of Freakonomics.
Sunday November 18:
• Islamic and Ethical Finance, in association with The Wall Street Journal
• DIFC Boutique Event on Contemporary Art Investment, presented by Michael Moses, co-creator of the Mei Moses Index, the industry benchmark for measuring art as an asset.
Monday November 19:
• The FT/DIFC World Financial Centres Summit (day 1)
• DIFC Boutique Event on Carbon Trading, presented by Rod Beckstrom, a board member of Environmental Defense.
Tuesday November 20:
• The FT/DIFC World Financial Centres Summit (day 2)
• The Gate Lecture presented by Jeffrey Sachs, economic advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
Wednesday November 21:
• Hawkamah Conference on corporate governance
• DIFC Boutique Event on Human Capital, presented by Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School.
Thursday November 22:
• Middle East Capital Markets Forum, in association with Institutional Investor.
