Abu Dhabi, 28 February, 2008 - Following its inauguration last September, the INSEAD Centre for Executive Education and Research in Abu Dhabi has launched its first series of open-enrolment programmes. These programmes will cover key management topics on leadership, people and performance management, and finance, and are designed to cultivate the new generation of regional business leaders.
The announcement was made by visiting Dean Frank Brown in the presence of H.E. Mubarak Al Shamesi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Education Council. Since last September, INSEAD has conducted a number of events at its Centre in Abu Dhabi, offering local and regional corporations world-class executive education leadership programmes as well as leading global research with relevance to the Middle East. In addition, INSEAD has organised visits of global business leaders to it’s Centre in Abu Dhabi, most recently including a group of Executive MBA students as part of a unique programme offered jointly by INSEAD and Tsinghua University, China, two of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions.

“ Today’s announcement by Dean Frank Brown represents another milestone in expanding the reach of INSEAD to private and public sector organisations in the UAE and the GCC. The Council is excited about the potential of these developments” said HE Mubarak Al Shamesi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Education Council.

With the new open-enrolment programmes, Dean Brown is keen that “more and more people will be able to undergo the unique INSEAD experience. Having these programmes in Abu Dhabi exemplifies INSEAD’s mission to develop transcultural leaders, fluent in all aspects of the global market place. It provides executives from the region with a unique opportunity to learn, share best practices and hone their international leadership skills.”

Brown, author of recently published The Global Business Leader: Practical Advice for Success in a Transcultural Marketplace, adds “with the support of the Abu Dhabi Education Council, we are committed to developing business education across this dynamic region, offering insight into advanced managerial ideas and worldwide business practices in one of the fastest growing and exciting geographies of the world.”
Focusing on real life business issues, the intensive open-enrolment programmes range from three to five days and are conducted by prominent INSEAD faculty, who are among the world’s leading academic researchers in business management and advisors to the world’s major businesses. The first programme, Leading for Results, will take place from 21 to 24 April and will provide experienced managers with the tools and frameworks to lead people in an ever globalizing business environment.

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