PP Kuwait Investment Outreach 2015

KUWAIT
November 3, 2015
Grosvenor House, London
Patrons
H.E. Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah
Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs
Dr. Sheikh Meshaal Jaber Al-Sabah
Lord Jonathan Marland
Dr. Mohammad Al-Zuhair
Director General
KDIPA
Co-chair
UK-Kuwait Business Council
Executive Chairman
Kuwait National Fund for SME
Development
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Speakers
H.E. Hind Al-Sabeeh
Couns. Abdulrahman Al-Nemash
Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
Minister of State for Planning and
Development
President
Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority
Matthew Lodge
Prof. Moudi A. Al-Humoud
Ambassador
United Kingdom Embassy to Kuwait
Rector
Arab Open University
H.E. Sheikha Intisar Al-Sabah
Prof. Kazem Behbehani, OBE
Founder and CEO
Lulua Publishing
Director General
Dasman Diabetes Institute
Salem Al-Ali, CFA
Dr. Ahmad Bishara
Assistant Secretary-General
Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority
Deputy Director General
KFAS
Faisal Ali Al-Mutawa
Bader A. Al-Sumait
Chairman & CEO
Ali Abdulwahab Al-Mutawa
Commercial Co.
CEO
Global Investment House
Dr. Hanan Al-Mutawa
Ghosson Ghassan Al-Khaled
Executive Committee Member
Supreme Education Council (SEC)
COO
ACICO
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Speakers
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Ghusain
Anas J. Meerza
Vice Chairman
Kharafi National
Group CEO
National Technology Enterprises Company
Muhannad Al-Sane
Nader Al-Awadhi
Chairman & CEO
Al-Riyada Finance & Investment
Co. KSC
Senior Partner
NEN / DLA Piper
Adel Mohammed Al-Roumi
Henadi Al-Saleh
President
Partnership Technical Bureau
Chair of the Board
Agility
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa
Basil Al-Salem
Entrepreneur
CEO
Kuwait Food Concepts
Mohammed Jaffar
Nouf Al-Mutawa
CEO
Talabat
Partner & MD
Bon Group
Mona Al-Mukhaizeem
Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki
Managing Partner
Sirdab Lab
Chief Business Development Officer
Kuwait Life Sciences Company
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Speakers
Khaled Talaat Emam
Marc J. Bertino
Branch Manager
IBM Kuwait
Managing Director, Trading & Offset
GE Global Growth & Operations
Fahad M. Al-Falah
Stephen Bennett
Managing Partner
Menafile
Executive Chairman
Inspirational Development Group
Sir Edward Lister
Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor,
Policy and Planning
Special Guest Speaker
The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham
UK Minister of State for Trade and
Investment
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Moderators
Michael Thomas
Peter Meyer
Executive Chairman
Pathfinder Middle East
Chief Executive
Middle East Association
Russell Byrne
Jane Kinninmont
Co-Founder and CEO
Education Consortium
Senior Research Fellow &
Deputy Head of MENA Program
Chatham House
Yousef Khaled Al-Marzook
Executive GM & Editor in Chief
Al Anba
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Program
08:00 Registration
Panelists:
08:30 Welcome & opening remarks:
Stella Klauhs, CEO, Peninsula Press
H.E. Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Minister of State for
Cabinet Affairs
Matthew Lodge, Ambassador, United Kingdom Embassy to Kuwait
08:35 Panel 1: A new business environment in Kuwait
The Emir of Kuwait, H.E. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has laid
out a challenging vision: to diversify the economy away from its current
heavy reliance on petroleum, transforming the Gulf nation into a global
business and finance hub. GDP diversification and greater privatesector dynamism are essential if Kuwait is to maintain its current
strong financial position and continue to offer citizens improving
standards of living and social benefits. New laws have been passed to
help increase the participation of foreign firms in the country, in
particular in the multi-billion dollar Kuwait Development Plan.
Mohammed Jaffar, CEO, Talabat
Basil Al-Salem, Chairman & CEO, Kuwait Food Concepts Co.
Nouf Al-Mutawa, Partner & MD, Bon Group
Muhannad Al-Sane, Chairman & CEO, Al-Riyada Finance &
Investment Co. KSC
Fahad M. Al-Falah, Managing Partner, Menafile
Moderator:
Russell Byrne, Co-Founder & CEO, Education Consortium
10:50 Q&A
11:05 Bonus Breakout Session: Is the development of STI a condition
for flourishing entrepreneurship?
Dr. Ahmad Bishara, Deputy Director General, Kuwait Foundation for
the Advancement of Sciences
11:20 Coffee Break
Opening remarks:
Dr. Sheikh Meshaal Al-Sabah, Director General, KDIPA
Panelists:
Henadi Anwar Al-Saleh, Chairperson of the Board, Agility
Nader Al-Awadhi, Senior Partner, DLA Piper Kuwait
Faisal Ali Al-Mutawa, Chairman & CEO, Ali Abdulwahab Al-Mutawa
Commercial Co.
Bader A. Al-Sumait, CEO, Global Investment House
Moderator:
Jane Kinninmont, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Head of MENA
Program, Chatham House
09:30: Q&A
09:45: Bonus Breakout Session: Paving the way for a stable secure
business climate.
Counselor Abdulrahman Nemash Al-Nemash, President, Kuwait AntiCorruption Authority (KANCOR)
Salem Al-Ali, CFA, Assistant Secretary-General, KANCOR
10:05 Panel 2: Entrepreneurship at the heart of Kuwaiti DNA
For many decades, Kuwait has been virtually synonymous with
petroleum. Wealth from oil has spurred unimaginable economic
growth and social progress, but has sometimes tended to crowd out
Kuwaitis’ traditional entrepreneurial drive. Now the country is seeking
to return to its roots, when there was no oil and Kuwaitis were known
throughout the region as excellent merchants and business innovators.
A new generation of Kuwaitis is pushing open new doors, so the
challenge is to build the right framework to help transform this
potential into reality.
11:35 Panel 3: Education, innovation and excellence
Building a strong culture of excellence in education, scholarship,
research and the arts is key to developing Kuwait. The country needs to
ensure an environment that is both inclusive and diverse, fostering a
spirit of community among national, regional and global counterparts.
Many of the nation’s leading institutions serve the needs of Kuwait and
the region engaging with academia, business, and community
partners.
Prof. Moudi Al-Humoud, Rector, Arab Open University
Dr. Hanan Al-Mutawa, Executive Committee Member, Supreme
Education Council (SEC)
Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki, Chief Business Development Officer,
Kuwait Life Sciences Company
Mona Al-Mukhaizeem, Managing Partner, Sirdab Lab
Moderator:
Michael Thomas, Executive Chairman and CEO Pathfinder
12:30 Q&A
12:45 Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Kazem Behbehani, OBE, Director General, Dasman Diabetes
Institute
13:00-14:00: Lunch
Opening remarks:
Dr. Mohammad Al-Zuhair, Executive Chairman, Kuwait National Fund
for SME Development
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Program
14:00 Panel 4: Alliances for the future – a platform for
development
There is often an impression that Kuwait does not need foreign
direct investment, but in fact the KDP calls for substantial FDI in
various areas. There is a long, close relationship between Kuwait and
the UK, and many UK firms will be interesting in participating in the
KDP, but Kuwait today is open to investment from all around the
world – Europe, America, Asia and other countries in the region. This
panel will focus on how and where Kuwaiti and international
companies can best work together as Kuwait seeks to diversify.
Moderator:
Peter Meyer, Executive Chairman, Middle East Association
Opening remarks:
Lord Jonathan Marland, Co-chair, UK-Kuwait Business Council
17: 00 Closing remarks: presented by Lord Marland
H.E. Sheikha Intisar Al -Sabah, Founder & CEO, Lulua Publishing
16:00 Q&A
16:15 Bonus Breakout Session: Up close with a Kuwait entrepreneur
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Entrepreneur
16:30 Keynote speaker:
The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham, UK Minister of State for Trade
and Investment
Panelists:
Sir Edward Lister, Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor, Policy and
Planning
Muhannad Al-Sane, General Manager, Al-Mowazi Financial &
Economical Consulting Co.
Stephen Bennett, Executive Chairman, Inspirational Development
Group
Khaled Talaat, Branch Manager, IBM Kuwait
Marc Bertino, Managing Director of Trading & Offset, GE Global
Growth
Moderator:
Yousef Khaled Al-Marzook, Executive GM & Editor in Chief, Al Anba
14:45 Q&A
15:00 Bonus Breakout Session: Technology’s contribution to
Kuwait’s Development Plan.
Anas Meerza, Group CEO, National Technology Enterprises
Company (NTEC)
15:15 Panel 5: Kuwait mega-projects in the context of the KDP
Unveiled in 2010, the US$125 billion Kuwait Development Plan (KDP)
was heralded by the government as historic and aimed at
“decreasing the country’s dependence on oil.” Now the country’s
development goals have been updated with the 2015-2020 KDP.
Building on the original plan, the new KDP presses ahead with megaprojects that include airport, metro, GCC rail link and port
infrastructure, amongst many others, while seeking to speed up
implementation. The government is looking to public-privatepartnerships (PPP) to attract local and international investors.
Opening remarks:
H.E. Hind Al-Sabeeh, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Minister of
State for Planning and Development
Panelists:
Adel Mohammad Al-Roumi, Director, Kuwait Authority for
Partnership Projects
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Ghusain, Vice Chairman, Kharafi National
Ghosson Ghassan Al-Khaled, COO, ACICO Industries Company
Preliminary program, for planning purposes. Please note that all panel subjects and speaker lists are provisional.
Panel themes may be subject to change. Speaker lists include confirmed, invited and suggested names.
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