Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Finance, H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, during a meeting with Head of the Federal Department of Finance of Switzerland, H E Ueli Maurer, yesterday.
Doha: Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Finance, H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari met yesterday with Head of the Federal Department of Finance of Switzerland, H E Ueli Maurer. The meeting was attended by Daniela Stoffel State Secretary for International Finance, H E Edgar Doerig Ambassador of Switzerland to the state of Qatar, Herbert Scheidt Chairman Swiss Bankers Associations, Thomas Gottstein Chief Executive Officer Credit Suisse Group, Ralph Hamers Chief Executive Officer UBS Group AG, and Philipp Rickenbacher Chief Executive Officer Julius Bar.
On the Qatari side, Saud bin Abdulla Al Attiyah, Deputy Undersecretary of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Yousef Al Jaidah, Chief Executive Officer, QFC, Sheikh Ali bin Al Waleed Al Thani, Chief Executive Officer, IPA, and Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, Chairman, QIB attended the meeting. During their meeting, the two sides discussed ways of strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries, and ways to support and develop the partnership of economic cooperation.
Governor of Qatar Central Bank, H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani, also met with Head of the Federal Department of Finance of the Swiss Confederation, H E Ueli Maurer, who is visiting the country, yesterday.
During the meeting, they reviewed the bilateral relations between the two friendly countries in the financial and banking field and ways to enhance them.