Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies Sends 18 Emirati Bankers to University of Virginia for Leadership Training

Dubai-UAE: June 27, 2016 – The Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS), a regional leader in banking and finance education and training, selected 18 senior and executive Emiratis bank managers to attend a two-week executive development program at Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.

Concluding its seventh offering, the Leadership Development Program (LDP) equipped the Gulf region’s top executive managers with leadership skills and strategic perspectives necessary to keep pace with an increasingly global and competitive environment. 

Devoted to personal and professional growth, the program incorporated a variety of leadership development techniques including case study analyses, simulations and skill assessments to explore real-time business challenges and solutions and test new management strategies while actively developing business acumen, new ways of thinking and leadership competences.

The candidates were selected from Emirates NBD, Emirates Islamic, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, RAK Bank, Noor Bank, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and Union National Bank. 

Jamal Al Jassmi, General Manager of EIBFS, said: “We congratulate the high achieving participants for successfully completing the intensive Leadership Development Program. Through our sustained partnerships with prestigious international academic institutions, such as Darden School of Business, EIBFS will continue to offer world-class training and academic programs that develop and enrich the leadership cadre of the UAE.”