Commercial Bank empowers future leaders to reach their potential

Doha, Qatar: Commercial Bank, Qatar’s first private bank, has recognised the achievements and development of talented staff who completed the Future Leaders Executive Training Programme with a certification ceremony held in the Westin Hotel, Doha.

First launched in 2009, the Future Leaders Programme is one of Commercial Bank’s proprietary educational and professional career advancement programmes, and is delivered in partnership with HEC Paris in Qatar, a member of Qatar Foundation and the region’s leading hub for executive education.

The certification ceremony marks the end of a fourteen-month intensive training programme for twenty-two Commercial Bank employees and two employees from the Bank’s Turkish subsidiary, ABank. The programme was designed specifically for Commercial Bank by HEC Paris in Qatar to identify and accelerate the development and progression of staff with high potential to senior roles. As the third batch employees to have completed the Future Leaders Programme to date, with strong strategic and leadership capabilities to be able to continue Commercial Bank’s and Qatar’s growth journey.

Speaking during the certification ceremony, Commercial Bank CEO, Mr. Joseph Abraham said: “The Future Leaders Programme is an incredibly valuable initiative as it goes to the core of Commercial Bank’s goal of building the best bank in Qatar and to be the employer of choice. People are our most important asset and the Programme realises people potential by empowering them through world-class training to fast-track their careers towards positions of leadership. The best bank in Qatar needs the best people to lead it, and the Future Leaders Programme develops our employees from within to succeed as future leaders of the Bank and spearhead a knowledge-based economy that is firmly in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030.”

CEO and Academic Dean of HEC Paris in Qatar, Laoucine Kerbache said: “The Future Leaders Programme nurtures and supports Commercial Bank’s employees by providing them with the encouragement, skills and training they need to succeed in positions of leadership. I congratulate the participants in completing this year’s Programme and HEC Paris in Qatar looks forward to continuing our partnership with Commercial Bank in the future by designing and delivering customised training programmes for home-grown executive talent.”