1 February 2007
Lord Mayor of City of London, the world’s leading international
financial centre, forges high-level business skills links with
Qatar
The Lord Mayor of the City of London John Stuttard next week
launches a campaign to strengthen business education and
professional learning in Qatar as part of a two-day high-level
business visit.
Lord Mayor Stuttard said: “Training in business education - and
gaining professional qualifications - together form a highway to
jobs, development and economic vigour and Monday’s seminar at the
Qatar Foundation’s Education City will be a tangible and practical
start to a new level of cooperation between Qatar and the UK.
“Professional skills are hugely valuable to aspiring business
people in Qatar and around the world because they offer a career
boost that is hard to beat – in effect, a passport to the growing
global industry of financial services.”
Education City is Qatar Foundation’s flagship project bringing
businesses and education leaders together in one setting. Covering
eight million square metres, it includes campuses of world-renowned
universities such as Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar in
combination with Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP).
Also taking part in the 9.00am Monday 5 February seminar will be
British Council Director Qatar Tony Jones, “City of London – City
of Learning” campaign chairman Sir Paul Judge, John Chown of Chown
Dewhurst, Mark Greenwood of the Chartered Institute of Insurance,
Dr Kevin Dunseath of Exeter University, Tracy Elner of Ashton
Commodities, Nankunda Katangaza of the Law Society of England and
Wales and Stephen Shields from the Association of Chartered
Accountants.
The Lord Mayor, who is the annually elected head of the City of
London financial services hub and is the global ambassador for all
UK-based businesses in the sector, will meet Qatar leaders
including His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of
Qatar, Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned
(Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation), Finance Minister HE Yousuf
Kamal, Central Bank Governor HE Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani, Deputy
Prime Minister & Foreign Minister HE Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry HE
Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah and the Vice Chairman of Qatar Gas Mr
Faisal Al Suwaidi, as well as business leaders from both the
British and Qatari community, eg Mr Akbar Al Baker.
Information on the visit please contact:
Maha Uraidi at the British Council on +974 4251810.
Information on the Lord Mayor:
Greg Williams, City of London Press Office, 020 7332 1455, mobile
(via UK) 07889 167 205
Information on the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and
Community Development:
Melantha Hyde-Smith +974 6553264 or visit:
www.qf.edu.qa
Information on Qatar Financial Centre
Steve Martin +9744967755
Notes for editors
1.Lord Mayor Stuttard has launched the new “City of London –
City of Learning” campaign backed by the British Council and UKTI
to link global centres with high-level professional institutions
and universities/business schools in the UK. Nearly 50 UK groups**
have already joined the Lord Mayor’s global campaign and many will
take part in business delegations he leads over the next 12 months
to two dozen fast-growing markets around the world. Seminars,
workshops and presentation events are part of the Lord Mayor’s
overseas visits, while inward visits from politicians and business
leaders would include discussions on the role of financial
education, training and professional qualifications. The campaign
involves City-related UK professional institutes, key university
business schools and training providers that offer post-graduate
and professional qualifications in financial, maritime and business
services, both in the UK and overseas. A separate listing in the
independent Anholt-GMI City Brands Index concluded that London is
the best place in the world to go for a valuable educational
qualification. With the support of the City of London
Corporation and International Financial Services London Lord Mayor
Stuttard has seen and consulted over 40 professional qualifying
organisations, business trainers and universities offering business
degrees and professional services training. Meetings have also been
held with representatives of HM Treasury, UKTI and the British
Council. The Lord Mayor’s campaign steering group includes Sir Paul
Judge (Chairman), Sir Roderick Floud, Professor David Rhind and
representatives of HM Treasury, UKTI, the British Council and
IFSL.
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2. Professional organisations, key universities and training
providers taking part include: Absolutely Training, the
Actuarial Professional (Institute and Faculty of Actuaries),
The Association of Accounting Technicians, The Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants, The Association of
Corporate Treasurers, The Association of
MBAs, The Bar Council of
England & Wales, BPP Professional
Education, The Chartered Institute of
Arbitration, The Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants, The Chartered Institute of Taxation,
The Chartered Insurance Institute,
The Chartered Management Institute, China-Britain
Business Council , The City University (and Cass Business
School), City and Guilds, City of London Solicitors Company,
The College of Law, FTC Kaplan, Government Actuary’s
Department, Industry andParliament Trust, The
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
& Wales, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland,
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries
& Administrators, ifs School
of Finance, The Law Society of England and Wales, London Asia
Capital, London Business School, London
Stock Exchange, London Metropolitan University, London
and Oxford Capital Markets plc, London School of Economics,
Marsh, National Association of
Security Dealers, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Prudential, Reading University
(The International Capital Market
Association), Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors, the Securities & Investment Institute, 7 City
Learning, the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators, and the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers.
3. The Lord Mayor is the annually-elected head of the City of
London Corporation which provides local government services for the
Square Mile, the financial and commercial heart of the UK, and
which is committed to maintaining and enhancing the status of the
business City as the world's leading international financial and
business centre through its policies and services. Its
responsibilities also extend far beyond the City boundaries and
include management of the Barbican Centre, Central Criminal Court
at the Old Bailey, 10,000 acres of open space including Hampstead
Heath and Epping Forest, three wholesale food markets, as well as
acting as the London Port Health Authority.
4. About Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community
Development: Founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin
Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, and chaired by Her Highness
Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, Qatar Foundation is a
private, non-profit organization committed to the principle that a
nation’s greatest natural resource is its people. The
headquarters of Qatar Foundation are located within its flagship
project, Education City, an eight million square-meter campus which
hosts numerous progressive learning institutions and centers of
research, including branch campuses of five of the world’s leading
universities, the Qatar Science and Technology Park, Doha Debates
and RAND-Qatar Policy Institute.
5. The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is a financial and business
centre established by the Government of Qatar and located in Doha.
It has been designed to attract international financial services
institutions and major multi-national corporations and to encourage
participation in the growing market for financial services in Qatar
and elsewhere in the region. The QFC will operate to international
standards and provide a first class legal and business
infrastructure for those operating within the QFC. The QFC was
created by Qatar Law No.(7) and has been open for business since 1
May 2005.
REF: 14/300107gw(004)