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Dubai World Committed to Leaders Programme

DUBAI — The global economic turmoil offers an excellent opportunity for Dubai’s emerging generation of corporate executives to study and understand the complexities of crisis management and decision-making, according to Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman of Dubai World.

The Dubai World Chairman made the remarks while addressing the 3^rd intake of the group’s senior management executives who are undergoing custom-made leadership development under the Dubai Leaders Programme or DLP in partnership with the Wharton Business School. The 44 participants are currently in the final phase of the year-long programme. One of the participants is from the Dubai Autism Centre, and has been included as part of Dubai World’s commitment to reach out to the wider UAE community.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman Dubai World, said: “We believe that nurturing talent plays an important role in achieving corporate success. The development of leadership skills at a personal level contributes to the growth of the company as well. This is the basis of our commitment to the Dubai Leaders Programme. We believe the global economic turmoil offers an excellent opportunity for this emerging generation of corporate executives to study and understand the complexities of crisis management and decision-making. This initiative furthers our contribution to grooming the country’s future business leaders to the highest level of excellence.”

Abdul Qader Obaid Ali, Director of Dubai World Leadership Centre (DWLC), said: “We are pleased to announce that Dubai Leaders Program has progressed as planned. The programme will help participants further develop their leadership perspective, and better equip them to face any crisis.Dubai World management has enthusiastically supported DWLC, further strengthening Dubai Leaders Programme’s outcome, which is designed to create a cadre of world-class leaders who are able to maintain the pace of Dubai’s growth.”