ALDAR Properties, Abu Dhabi‘s leading property developer, received world-renowned business professors, Gary Hamel and Julian Birkinshaw today at the Rotana Hotel & Towers to deliver their insights to innovation in management skills. ALDAR’s Leadership Excellence Applied Diploma (LEAD) Program targets future Emirati leaders, aiming to inspire a new generation for the UAE of tomorrow.
Abdullah Zamzam, Chief Corporate Support Officer, ALDAR Properties comments, "This program highlights important aspects of leadership and management such as the best practices in management for delivering the most effective results, and techniques to achieve innovation into the management field. I am very pleased with this inaugural Leadership Lecture and am proud to have these two internationally acclaimed professors here in Abu Dhabi, who are bringing pioneering management philosophies into our market by reaching our young generation who will be our next leaders.”
Gary Hamel is on the faculty of the London Business School, and has been heralded by The Journal of Business Strategy as one of the 20th Century's most influential business thinkers. He has authored 15 different articles for the Harvard Business Review. During the lecture, he focussed on topics such as innovation in management, and best management practices.
Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of strategic management at London Business School, tailored his topics to include: leadership in multinational organizations, and ‘Giant Steps in Management.’
"The ALDAR LEAD program is delighted to have this successful event organized for the students of LEAD, and are looking forward to making these kinds of lectures a part of our regular curriculum. Part of what the LEAD program is committed to offering is competitive insight into management and business," stated Stuart McClean, Senior LEAD Program Manager.
ALDAR has launched the LEAD program in partnership with Cambridge University and Knowledge Horizon. The initiative has won the sponsorship support of such leading Abu Dhabi institutions as Al Fahim, the General Secretariat of the Executive Council, Dolphin Energy, the Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi, and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, all of which share the vision for UAE nationals to become leaders in their fields in the UAE.
About ALDAR Properties:
ALDAR Properties PJSC is a premier real estate development, management and investment company with headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE. ALDAR was established to create world-class real estate developments for Abu Dhabi, while providing stable and profitable investment portfolio for all our investors and stakeholders
ALDAR Properties PJSC is spearheading the development of Abu Dhabi; entrusted to create multi-billion Dirham civic projects to develop the capital, establishing new sectors for commerce, housing, retail and leisure. ALDAR’s vision is to establish Abu Dhabi as the United Arab Emirate’s most dynamic forward-thinking real estate market by creating unique and prestigious developments that can be used as a benchmark of quality, whilst adhering to the cultural and natural heritage of the city.
Since its inception in 2004 through a share offer (IPO) of AED 1.5 billion (USD 408 million) on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market, ALDAR has already announced more than USD 65 billion worth of developments. The ALDAR issue, the largest IPO in the history of the UAE at the time, was 448 times oversubscribed and raised an unprecedented AED 373 billion (USD 102 billion) in demand. ALDAR’s market capitalization is AED 25.8 billion (USD 7.0 billion) as of April 16th 2008.Total retail area across all developments is currently over 1.5 million square meters..
The company is owned by leading Abu Dhabi institutions, founder shareholders and individual investors. The current property portfolio includes major developments and re-developments within Abu Dhabi Emirate such as Central Market, Al Raha Beach, Coconut Island, Noor Al Ain, Al Gurm Resort, Al Mamoura - the Mubadala Development Company and Environment Agency Abu Dhabi Headquarter Building, and the YAS Island project which is to include a Warner Bros and a Ferrari theme park.
ALDAR’s first international expansion was announced in August 2007 via a tie-up with South Johor Investment Corp (SJIC) in a deal that represents the largest foreign real estate development in Malaysia. This was followed in October 2007 with plans announced to build a mixed-use development in Kazakhstan.
