Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development is a government entity that spearheads the support and development of SMEs in the UAE. His role is integral to the strategic planning and management of the organisation in alignment with the Executive Council’s objectives.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
His Excellency Abdullah Saeed Al Darmaki CEO, Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development
SME Advisor is delighted to announce that during 2015 we will be working with some of the leading names in the SME space - key figures who have kindly agreed to take part in our prestigious Editorial Committee. This panel will play a vital role in channeling the feature content of our magazine and ensuring that we are more topical than ever - analyzing and discussing the ‘real world’ issues of tangible value to our readership and bringing industry-leading expertise across the publication and its raft of prestigious related events. We are delighted to introduce the following SME personalities:
Policy makers
Professor Val Lindsay MSc (Otago), MBA (Victoria), PhD (Warwick) As a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), she has a keen interest in teaching and research in the areas of international strategy, exporting, services internationalization, entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, networks and clusters, and economic development.
Thought leaders At the helm of the BPG Group since 1991, he is responsible for consolidating the Group’s interests across advertising, public advocacy, public relations, design, activation, media asset management and digital verticals, in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Entrepreneurs Avi Bhojani CEO, BPG GROUP
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