Gulf Banks concludes platinum sponsorship of NUKS-US Conference
KUWAIT: Gulf Bank concluded its platinum sponsorship of the 32nd National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) conference in the United States. The conference took place 26-28 November at the Hilton Bayfront in San Diego, California and is the largest annual gathering of Kuwaiti students outside of Kuwait.
The conference took place over three days and included numerous formal and informal activities. These included: lectures; workshops; a career fair; elections for the new NUKS board; and the opportunity to network amongst themselves and the institutional representatives taking part in the event.
Gulf Bank played an important role in the conference. On the first day the Bank’s representatives Mrs. Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager for Human Resources, and Mr. Tareq Al-Saleh, Assistant General Manager for Investments, led a youth focused discussion at the post-graduate workshop. First, participating students gave presentations on their studies, then workshops on youth, politics, environment, and media were held. Later that evening Mrs. Al-Hajjaj gave an opening speech at the dinner where the Bank’s Graduate Development Program (Ajyal) was showcased in a short video which highlighted the strategic importance the Bank places on nurturing local talent and providing opportunities to Kuwaiti nationals to assume leadership positions within the Bank.
The next day Mr. Tareq Al-Saleh joined the panel of judges in the “Start-Up Panel” where students presented business ideas. The judges then selected the winners who were awarded total prizes of $3,500. During the conference, students were able to register for Gulf Bank’s special raffle prize draw at the Bank’s booth in the career fair.
The raffle winners were announced at the conclusion of the “Start Up” Panel (Tajriba Al Oula). The winners are as follows: * $ 2,500: Hamad Talal Al-Ghareeb * $1650: Hamad Ahmed Al-Sherida and Fahad Faisal Mohammed * $1,000: Yousef Farhan Al-Enezi; Hamid Tiffouni; Ahmed Mohammed Al-Thuwaini;
and Meshal Hady Al-Azmi * $500: Abdullah Nasser Al-Mutairi; Yousef Dherar Al-Sumait; Talal Waleed Al-Oumi; Salman Khaled Al-Kandari; Mohammed Khaled Al-Azmi; Ahmed Abdulrahman AlSeram; Ali Al-Beloushi; and Sulaiman Ahdy Al-Sabej
Mrs. Salma Al-Hajjaj also held a “Gender Diversity and Women in the Workplace” where she discussed the challenges she overcame in her successful professional journey and shared ideas about diversity in the 21st century workplace. The other Gulf Bank workshop by Mr. Tareq Al-Saleh was on the “Global Investments Firms Landscape: Introduction to Asset Management Firms and Investment Banking” who provided an overview of the investment industry, including career options.
Gulf Bank remains strongly committed to supporting youth events and initiatives and doing its part to help empower the next generation of Kuwaitis. For more information on the NUK-USA conference please see their website at: http://www.nuks.org or its social media channels at nuksusa.