Young business leaders urged to activate their potential

Manama, Nov. 18 (BNA): The “Activate Your Potential” forum by the Women’s Professional Leadership Initiative (WPLI) will be held on Monday from 5 to 8 pm. The evening’s programme, open to all male and female developing professionals, will focus on highlighting the tools and resources young professionals need and can leverage to progress towards career success and growth. The event will host Farah Fostouk, Managing Director, CEO Lazard Gulf Ltd, and Founder of Reach, the first non-profit organisation dedicated to the mentorship of women professionals in the Middle East, as a key speaker. She will share her experience with the audience focusing on the importance and role that mentorship in particular can play. Her remarks will be followed by an interactive panel discussion with participation from senior business leaders who will give insight and provide recommendations for aspiring young professional leaders on how to accelerate professional growth and activate their potential. The panel will be comprised of Dana Bukhammas, Director Human Resources, Zain Bahrain, Joe Abourous, Senior Consultant, AM Power, Dana Buhiji, Chief Human Resources Officer at National Bank of Bahrain, and Ahmed H. Janahi, Manager of Community Engagement and Customer Engagement & Support at Tamkeen. The discussion will be moderated by Dawood Al Ashhab, AGM, Human Resources and General Services at BiSB, and an active mentor and member of the Steering Committee of WPLI. “We are delighted to be holding another event as part of a series of programmes launched by WPLI to support the professional growth and development of young female and male business leaders in Bahrain," Zahraa Taher, Managing Director of FinMark Communications, the event’s organiser, said. "There is an enormous amount that promising young professionals can learn from their more established peers and leaders of Bahrain’s business community." Such events are aimed at making the most of the talent and resources that young professionals have around them and as a platform to enable more seasoned professionals to share knowledge, experience and practical advice on how to achieve career advancement, she added.