QIB Press
Digital Desk
Feb 20, 2017 | 8 Minutes
Doha, Qatar 20 February, 2017: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s leading Islamic Bank, has announced a new initiative to support its Qatari workforce in upgrading their educational levels.
One of Qatar’s National Vision 2030 key priorities is to invest in people by providing them high quality educational and training opportunities appropriate to each individual’s aspirations and abilities. Accordingly, QIB is aligning its Business and Human Resource strategies contributing to the creation of financial experts benefiting the new program participants as well as the Qatari banking system as a whole.
This initiative comes as part of QIB’s Board of Directors and its executive management commitment to nurture local talent and support the national economy. QIB’s Educational Scholarship Program covers three levels of education offering participants the possibility to continue with their studies and obtain a Diploma in collaboration with local universities and institutes, a Bachelor degree or a post-graduation degree (Masters) in collaboration with local and international universities. It is a long term program for all QIB national staff to be implemented in several waves over the next few years.
Commenting on the program’s launch, Bassel Gamal, QIB’s Group CEO said: “As with all QIB’s initiatives, this program is tailor-made to meet the needs of the society we are operating in. We are sincerely pleased to be able to offer to our existing employees, access to high-quality education and support the enhancement of their current skills and the development of new ones. Our people are our most valuable resource and their knowledge and expertise play an important role in supporting our customers’ financial goals and achieving customers’ satisfaction.”
“This program comes as part of QIB’s broader mission of investing in local talent,” continued Bassel Gamal. “Last year, many Qatari students had the chance to complete an internship at various departments within QIB. With our new initiative, we are increasing our efforts to contribute to the sustainable growth of local talent and support the development of a highly qualified and experienced national workforce.”
The new Educational Scholarship program is also expected to contribute to improved workforce planning in the Bank. Through the program, QIB will be able to address any shortage of specialized skills, help employees develop new skills in new emerging areas of expertise as well as create a strong pool of employees for succession planning purposes.