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Complex issues for regional CEOs in focus

DUBAI, March 10, 2016

Trends magazine, in association with the Insead Business School, launched the Top CEO Conference and Awards, which will take place on April 5.
 
The event, which will be held at the Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi, aims at creating an open dialogue among the regional executives on ways to help improve their business and the region
 
The second edition of the Top CEO Awards ceremony will be held on the evening of the same day.
 
The themes of the Top CEO Conference includes Economic Diversification; When tech kills your business; VAT and its consequences; Women in boardrooms; Anti-corruption and transparency; Adapting to the end of American umbrella; education and talent; cybersecurity; and the Aspirations of Youth.
 
The forthcoming Top CEO Awards will celebrate the very best in GCC business leadership. 
 
This year, the C-suite management of listed companies faces an enormous task of creating value for shareholders in an environment where GCC stock markets shed a whopping $200 billion in combined market capitalisation in 2015.
 
Last year, the combined market cap of GCC bourses was more than $1 trillion. It has now slipped to $902 billion, according to research reports.
 
The issues in the minds of regional CEOs range from the drive to diversify the economy, the introduction of taxes and what the technology disruption will bring to old models; to cybersecurity, the growing role of women in business, education and talent; to corporate governance and transparency. 
 
The current global and regional situation is complex and requires CEOs and leaders to be on top of things.
 
Growth is a necessity in order to transform the economy and create jobs, and some companies and CEOs in this region are doing a wonderful job in achieving this. 
 
Recognising these CEOs who are transforming our region for the benefit of stakeholders and society is of increasing importance.
 
Julien Hawari, co-CEO at Mediaquest, the media company organising the event and publisher of Trends magazine, said: “Top CEO is a major awards ceremony held to recognize and celebrate the achievements of the region’s leading CEOs. 
 
"Along with independent auditors, Trends and Insead will ensure the transparency of the process The awards’ stringent and open evaluation procedures make them the foremost leadership awards program in the region and a benchmark for business heads and their companies.” - TradeArabia News Service



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