DOHA: KPMG announced that it will host its first Family Business Conference on Sunday, November 3 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai.
The conference, “Family Businesses in the Middle East- Carrying on the Legacy” will include a key note address by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Al Maktoum, Executive Chairman of Shuaa Capital and the Chairman of Dubai International Holding Company.
Over 100 owners and top executives from family business establishments across the Middle East and South Asian region are expected to attend the event. The event will feature a series of presentations by experts and panel discussions with industry leaders from across the region.
The presenters include Christine Blondel, Adjunct Professor of Family Business of Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise at INSEAD who is also the Co-Programme Director of FAME, Jamal Fakhro, KPMG MESA Chairman, and Managing Partner of KPMG’s Bahrain and Qatar practices, Christophe Bernard, Head of Family businesses, and Enterprises, Europe Middle East & Africa region; Sadiq Jafer, Managing Partner, Hadef & Partners’ Dubai and Jesus Casado, Secretary General of European Family Businesses.
Yacoub Hobeika, Head of KPMG’s Family Businesses and Enterprises, Qatar, said, “Family businesses form an integral part of the business environment within the Middle East region.
“There are many success stories where businesses which were established in the smallest of scale have emerged to large establishments, in some instances even into diversified groups with very large operations.”
The Peninsula
