Oman Daily Observer

Sharakah hosts Neil Petch for Ruwad Sharakah event

- BUSINESS REPORTER MUSCAT, MAY 14

Sharakah is hosting Neil Petch, Chairman of VirtuGroup, as a guest speaker in the second edition of Ruwad Sharakah event. The event is considered as a platform for all the SMEs supported by Sharakah to network and potentiall­y form commercial deals amongst them. Its also an opportunit­y for them to meet with Board Members.

Neil Petch is well-known in the UAE and beyond as a visionary entreprene­ur with a passion for helping others establish and grow their own businesses. He founded Virtuzone in 2009 and quickly establishe­d it as the region’s leading company formation expert before launching VirtuGroup, a holding company that has a wider mandate of supporting start-ups from establishm­ent, successful market entry and all the way through exit.

Commenting on this, Abdullah al Jufaili (pictured), General Manager of Sharakah said, “We are delighted to host Neil Petch to inspire the SMEs we s upported. Neil bring a wealth of experience in the field and has acted as an inspiratio­nal figure for many start-ups in the UAE. He is a regular columnist at Entreprene­ur Magazine Middle East. We believe that this would be a valuable opportunit­y for our SMEs to exchange experience­s with the guest speaker towards improving their businesses.”

It is worth mentioning that Ruwad Sharakah firstly kicked-off in December 2016, with approximat­ely 40 SMEs attending the event. Based on the demand drives by Sharakah’s supported SMEs, the second edition will be held in Crowne Plaza Muscat Hotel on May 17, 2017.

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