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As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
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Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Unicredit CEO on reasons to be optimistic about Europe, Italy and the banking sector
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Host Mustafa Alrawi discusses the state of the banking sector with Jean Pierre Mustier, the chief executive of Italian lender Unicredit, who was in the UAE capital for the launch of its new corporate and investment banking branch at ADGM. Also in this episode, leadership coach Suhair Fakhoury of the International Coach Federation's Abu Dhabi chapter explains how a greater focus on talent development can help companies in the Arab world become more efficient and productive.
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Can the World Bank and IMF still lead us toward a prosperous future?
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Episode 40: Mustafa Alrawi and The National's Editor in Chief Mina Al-Oraibi, recently returned from her trip to Washington for the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings, discuss how a new world order for trade and investment is emerging, amid an era of unprecedented upheaval, which is no longer dominated by the multilateralist approach led by the US and other developed nations.
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Deliveroo - disrupting logistics as well as the F&B sector
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Host Mustafa Alrawi learns from food delivery app Deliveroo's regional GM Anis Harb that its business model - which gives restaurant owners and consumers more choices - has also created a logistics sub-sector, that the UAE's food and beverage sector is still working out how to deal with VAT's introduction and the secret behind Amazon's winning formula.
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
London luxury property - the asset class so beloved by Gulf investors
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Host Mustafa Alrawi and Chris Nelson, Assistant Business Editor, talk to London luxury property developer Northacre's chief executive Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro about the outlook for prime real estate in the UK capital amid softer market conditions and uncertainty following the Brexit vote.