DOHA: Dr. BjörnKjerfve, Chancellor of American University of Sharjah (AUS), met with Sheikh Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Managing Director of Al Saud Company and Sheikh Saud Majid Al Qassimi, the Deputy Managing Director of Al Saud Company, on Monday to discuss the Sheikh Saoud Bin Khalid Bin Khalid Al Qassimi Chair in Family Business, which was established at American University of Sharjah in 2016.
Through the Chair, which is the first of its kind in the country, AUS aims to become a recognized family business knowledge hub in the national, regional and international context. Also present at the meeting was Dr. Rodrigo Basco, Associate Professor, School of Business Administration and Chairholder, Sheikh Saoud Bin Khalid Bin Khalid Al Qassimi Chair in Family Business.
The Chair’s mission is to foster the university’s sustainable support to family business by creating value for business families and regional communities through conducting research and developing teaching activities that will strive to connect family generations in order to achieve their individual, family, business and community objectives.
“The purpose of establishing this Chair is to honor my grandfather’s legacy. He was a Sharjah businessman who founded a family business back in the 1970s that is now in its third generation,” said Sheikh Saud Majid Al Qassimi. “This is a modest contribution on our part to give back to the community. AUS is a prominent university that is preparing the next generation of leaders in the UAE and the region. We would like to thank His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah for establishing American University in Sharjah, which has become a beacon of education in the region,” he added.
During the meeting, Chancellor Kjerfve said: “At AUS, the Chair aims to add to the intellectual leadership and mentoring available in the School of Business Administration and in the region; establish a prominent regional center for family business research; contribute to the research aims of AUS; and increase importance and visibility of AUS in the regional and international research market.
Dr Basco said, “Through this initiative, we will enlarge and expand the aim of the university as an institution that plays an important role in creating future community and national leaders.” The Peninsula
DOHA: Dr. BjörnKjerfve, Chancellor of American University of Sharjah (AUS), met with Sheikh Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Managing Director of Al Saud Company and Sheikh Saud Majid Al Qassimi, the Deputy Managing Director of Al Saud Company, on Monday to discuss the Sheikh Saoud Bin Khalid Bin Khalid Al Qassimi Chair in Family Business, which was established at American University of Sharjah in 2016.
Through the Chair, which is the first of its kind in the country, AUS aims to become a recognized family business knowledge hub in the national, regional and international context. Also present at the meeting was Dr. Rodrigo Basco, Associate Professor, School of Business Administration and Chairholder, Sheikh Saoud Bin Khalid Bin Khalid Al Qassimi Chair in Family Business.
The Chair’s mission is to foster the university’s sustainable support to family business by creating value for business families and regional communities through conducting research and developing teaching activities that will strive to connect family generations in order to achieve their individual, family, business and community objectives.
“The purpose of establishing this Chair is to honor my grandfather’s legacy. He was a Sharjah businessman who founded a family business back in the 1970s that is now in its third generation,” said Sheikh Saud Majid Al Qassimi. “This is a modest contribution on our part to give back to the community. AUS is a prominent university that is preparing the next generation of leaders in the UAE and the region. We would like to thank His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah for establishing American University in Sharjah, which has become a beacon of education in the region,” he added.
During the meeting, Chancellor Kjerfve said: “At AUS, the Chair aims to add to the intellectual leadership and mentoring available in the School of Business Administration and in the region; establish a prominent regional center for family business research; contribute to the research aims of AUS; and increase importance and visibility of AUS in the regional and international research market.
Dr Basco said, “Through this initiative, we will enlarge and expand the aim of the university as an institution that plays an important role in creating future community and national leaders.” The Peninsula
