DOHA: The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) hosted its 14th networking event for Business and Financial Professionals last week, in partnership with the Qatari Businesswomen Association (QBWA), Alfardan Corporation and the Swiss Business Council. The event brought together several professionals from QFC firms and the wider business community to network and explore mutual commercial interests.
As the private sector continues to expand in Qatar, the QFC recognises the importance of offering the nation’s burgeoning business community a valuable opportunity to make connections and foster relationships. Yousuf Mohamed Al Jaida, Chief Executive Officer of the QFC, Amal Al Athem, Board Member of QBWA and Catrine Sutter, Founding/Member Executive Committee of the Swiss Business Council Qatar welcomed guests at the opening of the event. “The fastest and surest way to build solid business contacts today is through networking,” said Yousuf Mohamed Al Jaida. “But networking is not only about making new connections, it is also about building lasting and mutually beneficial business relationships,” he added.
“Over the past decade, we have been involved in many professional gatherings both in Qatar and abroad and we have held various networking events for our firms. However, this is the first time that non-QFC firms join one of our networking events and I am confident that this collaboration with our event partners will further contribute to diversify and grow Qatar’s business community,” he explained.
“As the QFC celebrates its 10-year milestone we continue to look at ways to improve our service provision to our firms, local and international, and the contribution we make to the wider business community in Qatar. This has, and always will be, an important part of the QFC’s strategy to strengthen and facilitate the success of Qatar’s private sector, today and for the next 10 years and beyond,” he said.
“Qatari Businesswomen Association is pleased to partner with QFC in this important event; we believe that these events help all of us build stronger networks and therefore, learn, exchange and create valuable partnerships that support our country,” said Amal Al Athem.
“We are happy to have been able to get a legal status as a non-profit organisation in Qatar through the QFC. We are grateful to see the support the QFC offers the professional community of women in business in Qatar and the Gulf. Only with their support can we gain the confidence and recognition needed to continuously grow,” said Catrine Sutter.
Omar Alfardan, Managing Director of Alfardan Corporation, said, “Alfardan Corporation and the Qatar Financial Centre share the common aspiration of building a world-class local financial and business environment through various strategic initiatives such as those aimed at helping shape and nurture the country’s future business leaders. The recently concluded 14th Networking Event for Business and Financial Professionals was the embodiment of this ideal and more.”
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