Kuwait - INJAZ Kuwait has held its Annual General Meeting, on Thursday, 5 October 2017 at Alghanim Industries headquarters at Al Hamra tower. Meeting was hosted by INJAZ Kuwait’s Chairman Mr. Omar Kutayba Alghanim, and the company’s CEO Ms. Laila Al Mutairi, and was attended by members of the organization Mr. Khalid Faisal Al Mutawa, Mr. Abdulwahab Abdulrahman Al Mutawa and Mr. Dari Al Bader.

The Board of Director’s report was presented for the academic year ending on 30/6/2017, the report indicated that the number of participating students in the organizations’ leadership and entrepreneurial programs are in continuous growth. The 2017 reports showed that 11000 students were trained with the contribution of 831 volunteers, who have provided their professional experience in the financial literacy, entrepreneurship and business management fields.

Financial report was also discussed during the AGM, board members also approved the reassignment of Ernst & Young and Aiban Usaimi and Partners as legal auditor for the year.

With regards to INJAZ Kuwait’s 2018 strategy, several initiatives were suggested by the organization, which entail increasing INJAZ Kuwait’s exposure to the public and private educational institutions by implementing programs for Middle school, High school, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET), and Universities, to enhance corporate volunteering awareness in the private sector. The strategy also includes approaching more companies in the private sector and establishing an active CSR relationship to engage them in our mission, while engaging more students in its annual ‘Company Program’ Competition, which is one of INJAZ-Kuwait’s flagship programs, and one of its most popular programs among students and focusing on the economic concepts for business.

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