• Some 250 people attend a knowledge forum on leadership, entrepreneurship and ethics at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of the Ismaili Council for the UAE
    15 February 2014 | Ismaili Centre Dubai

    Opportunity through leadership, entrepreneurship and ethics

    Some 250 people attend a knowledge forum on leadership, entrepreneurship and ethics at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of the Ismaili Council for the UAE
8:00 PM
16 February 2014
7:45 PM
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The Ismaili Centre Dubai
United Arab Emirates

15 February 2014 — The role of leadership in implementing ethical business models that benefit all stakeholders was the focus of a knowledge form held at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai. Panelists and keynote speakers representing a cross-section of industry leaders engaged with the audience on the importance sustainable growth and business development. The forum looked at managing financial, social and environmental risks, obligations and opportunities both from an idealistic and practical standpoint.

Prominent speakers included Apparel Group chairman Nilesh Ved, Sultan Ali Allana, Chairman of Habib Bank Ltd and Director of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, Rashid Doleh, co-founder and managing partner of MSquared Shopping Centres, and Harjeev Khandhari, Executive director of Al Dobowi Group. The event was moderated by Soha Nashaat, Strategic Advisor to the Executive Chairman of Shuaa Capital. Approximately 250 people attended the event, including Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum Al Maktoum from the Royal family, Khaled Al Kamda, Director General of Community Development Authority, diplomats from a number of countries as well as representatives of international agencies.