Going local
Being a global company driving industrial innovation isn’t the only determinant of success in the Middle East, says Lorenzo Simonelli, president and chief executive of GE Oil & Gas [...]
Interview
Trading opinions
Jules Kappeler, Dubai-based GCC chief executive of trade credit insurance company Euler Hermes, says trade credit insurance can help promote business in a challenging market environment [...]
Change and opportunity
Anthony Mallis, the former chief executive of Securities and Investment Company (SICO), a Bahrain-based investment bank and asset management firm, gives his views on the industry and regional capital markets [...]
People people
Bin Faqeeh marketing manager Nadia Bouslama believes property development should be about creating experiences which excite the senses [...]
Lots of potential
A new auction house in Qatar hopes to raise awareness of the financial and intrinsic value of Islamic and Orientalist artwork [...]
Rich pickings
The region’s well-off are unlikely to cut back on luxury spending even in the face of fiscal belt tightening, American Express MENA chief executive Mazin Khoury tells The Gulf [...]
Securing critical assets
Despite the economic slowdown, spending on critical infrastructure is imperative to national security, says security expert Dr Kevin Rosner [...]
Joy ride
How one UAE startup is taking on the multi-billion dollar logistics industry [...]
Paradise cost
Jennifer Gnana speaks with Peter Smith, the director of Eden Island, a $700 million development in the Seychelles which is attracting investment from the GCC [...]
Boutique banking
Wholesale Islamic bank Bank Alkhair is looking to capitalise on the GCC’s growing demand for debt capital, says chief executive Ayman Sejiny [...]
Projects
