Banking & Finance Club Overview
Overview of the Club•Mission Statement & Objectives.•Officers & Members.
Club Activities•Executive Speaker Series.•Workshops (Investment Contest).•Research Project.•Global Case Challenge.
Agenda
Overview of the Club- Mission Statement
Mission Statement:
"Building effective social and business networks where we can meet professionals in the Financial Industry, cope up with current market trends, build a platform where we can share knowledge, and effectively represent Hult IBS in the Finance Industry."
Overview of the Club- Officers & Members
Members:More than 20 active members from Hult Students.
President, Hult Banking & Finance Club Vice-President, Hult Banking & Finance ClubHaitham M. Hamid Jose Luis Bajos Romero
Dr. Omar FisherStrategic Advisor to Chairman of Methaq Takaful
“Islamic Banking As A Solution To
The Current Credit Crisis”
Executive Speaker Series
Mr. Robert GardenManaging Director, Middle East, RBS
"Crisis; What Crisis?"
“Securing high-level executives for speaker series at Hult IBS”
Mr. Declan HegartyManaging Director and Head of Business,
HSBC Middle East
“Global Banking Industry”
Executive Speaker Series- Continued
"Managing Businesses In An
Economic Downturn"
Ms. Claire DuceAssurance Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
“Corporate Governance and
Doing Business in the UAE"
Ms. Sharon DitchburnManaging Partner, Capital Advantage
Workshops- Investment Contest
A total of 65 Hult students were competing in this game. Dubai participants totaled 13 students and we reserved a seat in the top 10 performers every week.
An initiative taken by Hult Finance Club in Boston. The contest allows investors to improve their skills through collaboration, competition and aggregated wisdom.
Finance Research Project- Banking Industry
Banking Industry In Dubai
Taxes & Investmen
ts
Financial Crisis
Islamic Financ
e
Transparency Regulations
Finance Research Project- Who did we meet?
Global Case ChallengeDubai 2010
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The Global Case Competition is an initiative taken by Hult Consulting Club in Boston.
A global case where over 300 of the world’s best and brightest young MBAs competed to develop innovative and effective strategies for leveraging leading-edge technologies to educate and empower the world’s poorest children.
The project is a consulting project for OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), the world largest non-for-profit organization which is aimed at providing low-cost, low-power laptop for every child in the world.
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Organizers
Ahmad Al-Ashkar Haitham M. Hamid
Zahid HowladarOrganizing Committee
Szilvia Konya Organizing Committee
Founder of the Global Case Challenge.President, Hult Consulting Club.
Head of the Organizing Committee, Dubai.President, Hult Banking & Finance Club
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Sponsors & Partners- Globally
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Panel of Judges
Dr. Giulia D'AmicoHead of Development, OLPC
Mr. David John Brennan
Mr. Kaj-Erik Relander, Emirates Investment Authority.
Mr. Suhail Bin Tarraf Mr. Ravi Kumar Dubai World Emirates NBD Bank. Etisalat Academy.
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Panel of Judges- Continued
Dr. Tahir AkhtarIXL Centre in Dubai.
Dr. John KerrickProfessor of Business Strategy.
Mr. Hasan MakansiTECOM Investments.
Mr. Russell SyTECOM Investments.
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Media & Participation
Marketing & Media support from DIAC.
More than 9 media companies attended the event, including: Gulf news, Shabab 20, Akhbar Al-Arab, Channel MiddleEast Magazine, and more.
The event had more than 100 attendees.
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Team CUD (Canadian University)
Team BANNAZ (El Banna Family)
Team Hult Catalysts (Hult
IBS)
Team Hult United (Hult IBS)
Team Prestonian (Preston
University)
Team PUMBA (University of
Pune)
Competing Teams (UAE)
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Team SPJAINIOUS (S.P. Jain)
Team Futurists (Strathclyde University)
Team HOPE (Strathclyde University)
Team Szabistians (SZABIST)
Team Dana Burj (Zayed
University)
Competing Teams (UAE)- Continued
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Great exposure for the Hult Brand with two ALP companies.
1ST Global case competition held in 4 locations.
More than 14,000 web hits from more than 112 countries.
1st case published by Hult.
About 325 participants, globally.
33 of the top 100 MBA schools participated.
More than 2,000 Man Hours of consulting to OLPC.
Facts- Globally
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