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CBK Announces an Updated Executives Education Program for Banking and Finance Executives with Harvard Business School for the 11th Year in a Row
Dr. Mohammad Y. Al-Hashel, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Banking Studies (IBS), announced that IBS will again work with Harvard Business School (HBS) to present a special and updated executive education program for banking and financial executives in the GCC region. Many aspects of the program have been restructured to reflect the latest trends in the evolving banking and financial services sector.
The program, which will be held during February 1 – 6, 2020, has been presented for the last consecutive ten years in different GCC countries and in 2020 it will be held in Sultanate of Oman.
Dr. Al-Hashel pointed out that the program is a part of the Kafa’a initiative, which was launched by the Central bank of Kuwait in September 2019. The programs included in this initiative are sponsored by the local banks in Kuwait and organized and executed by the IBS.