The 30% Club GCC is a regional volunteer effort of multi-sector leaders working together towards better representation of women on boards and in senior level positions. We work in collaboration to accelerate pace of change and support the growth of a healthy pipeline of talented and capable women that are ready to serve in senior positions across various sectors.

We strongly believe that business-led change is the right way forward; and as such, we support women to realize their potential through mentorship, executive education, research, and we also advocate good governance to support women to serve on boards.

The 30% Club GCC chapter was established in 2015.

30% Club GCC Educational Initiatives

30% Club Scholarship launched at Edinburgh Business School - Edinburgh Business School, the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University announced the launch of a new scholarship in partnership with the 30% Club GCC. The winner will enrol on the Edinburgh & Dubai MBA programme with focus on entrepreneurship, available for the first time from September 2018. 30% Club GCC members can visit the link for further information.
Hawkamah- In partnership with 30% Club GCC, Hawkamah are offering 20% off the price of all courses for members of 30% club GCC. Each registered individual will enjoy a year of individual membership benefits including exclusive access to events, publications and research. Members wishing to take part in this offer, should contact the 30% Club GCC team for further information.
The University of Manchester & 30% Club GCC Women in Business Scholarship - The University of Manchester – Middle East Centre is pleased to announce its collaboration with the 30% Club GCC. To mark this special occasion and to support our goal to encourage more women to pursue education and careers in business, we are offering “The University of Manchester and 30% Club GCC Women in Business Scholarship” at a 30% discount to female candidates applying for Manchester Global MBA at The University of Manchester. Applicants must qualify under the categories of eligible criteria when applying for the Machester Global MBA. The University of Manchester and 30% Club Women in Business Scholarship will be awarded to one successful candidate for the January and July 2018 intakes, nominated by the 30% club and qualifying under one of the categories listed in the eligibility criteria.

Please also visit our Business schools section for further details on each of the Scholarships listed above.

30% Club GCC Research

Closing the Gulf's gender gap - The Arabian Business article which includes contributions from a number of the 30% Club GCC members and outlines how GCC states fell behind in closing the gap between women and men last year, but governments are striving to re-tip the scales.
View from the Top - A research report from Deloitte in association with the 30% Club GCC Chapter, was released at the Arabian Business Women's Forum on 24th May 2016.

30% Club GCC Newsletters:

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Members

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FOUNDING MEMBER

HE Sheikha Hanadi Al Thani

Chairwoman & Founder

Amwal
FOUNDING MEMBER

HRH Maha bint Mishari bin Abdulaziz AlSaud

Director

Al Faisal University
FOUNDING MEMBER

HRH Sheikha Hessa Al Sabah

Chairwoman

Arab Businesswomen Council
FOUNDING MEMBER

HRH Sheikha Hind bint Salman AlKhalifa

Director, Bahrain

Chamber of Commerce & Ind.
FOUNDING MEMBER

Sami Al Mufleh

Founder & CEO

Hills Group
FOUNDING MEMBER

Omar Fahoum

Chairman & CEO

Deloitte & Touche (M.E.)
FOUNDING MEMBER

Nabil Habayeb

President & CEO

GE Middle East
FOUNDING MEMBER

Badr Jafar

CEO of Crescent Enterprises

& Founder of Pearl Initative
FOUNDING MEMBER

Lubna Qassim

General Counsel, Member of UAE Gender Balance Council

Emirates NBD
FOUNDING MEMBER

HE Maryam Al Suwaidi

Deputy CEO

Securities & Commodities Authority
FOUNDING MEMBER

Tarek Elmasry

Managing Director

McKinsey Middle East
FOUNDING MEMBER

Abdul Aziz Al-Sowailim

Chairman

Ernst & Young Middle East

FOUNDING MEMBER

Aisha Al Kharusi

Chief Marketing Office

Alizz Islamic Bank, Oman
FOUNDING MEMBER

Lubna Al Kharusi

Founder

Dira Hotels
FOUNDING MEMBER

Manal Al Abdwani

Chairperson of Board of Directors

Muscat Electricity Distribution Company S.A.O.C.
FOUNDING MEMBER

Wissam Moukahal

Executive Chairman

Macquarie Capital Middle East LLC
FOUNDING MEMBER

Hoda Abou-Jamra

Founding Partner

TVM Capital Healthcare
MEMBER

Fathi Ben Grira

CEO

MenaCorp
MEMBER

Mutlaq Al-Morished

CEO

Tasnee
MEMBER

Khaled Sifri

CEO

Emirates Investment Bank
MEMBER

Hussein Shobokshi

Board Member

Shobokshi Development & Trade
MEMBER

Fadi Ghandour

Chairman & Managing Partner

Wamda Capital
MEMBER

Nadim Najjar

Managing Director

Thomson Reuters, MEA
MEMBER

Talal Al-Zain

CEO

JisrCapital
MEMBER

Stefanos Thomatos

Regional Head of Sales

Bloomberg
MEMBER

Dr. Ashraf Gamaleldin

CEO

Hawkamah
MEMBER

Taine Moufarrige

CEO

ServCorp. Ltd

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The 30% Club is run by a Steering Committee that is made up of senior men and women who volunteer their time and skills.

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Farah Foustok

Founder

Lazard
Jumana Abu-Hannoud

Co-founder

SOS Children's Villages International
Rana Ghandour Salhab

Member

Deloitte
Cynthia Corby

Member

Deloitte
Catherine Beckett

Member

Dentons
Sadaf Buchanan

Member

Dentons
Jeehan Balfaqaih

Member

Brunswick
Heather Salmond

Member

Brunswick
Dr. Nadia Qassim Bastaki

Member

Eithad Airways
Fahmi Alghussein

Member

Amwal
Hana Al Syead

Member

W4SG
Reada Al Sarayreh

Member

CH2M

Victoria Stead

Member

Heidrick & Struggles
Nicoletta Papakyprianou

Member

Thomson Reuters
William Reichert

Member

K&L Gates
Emmanuel Laurina

Member

State Street Global Advisors

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EDUCATION

Main aims

This group aims to help identify and develop a pipeline of professional women to increase female participation on GCC boards.

A partnership with Hawkamah has been developed to encourage both men and women to attend their Director Development Programme. This programme lays the foundation for Board membership. The 30% Club GCC member firms have special places allocated to them.

Work is ongoing to develop further links with Universities and Business Schools to support development of experienced and qualified women. The first to be developed is with LinKS@Wharton.

Work is also being undertaken to encourage schools across the region to participate in team sport and debating.

contact

Please contact: farah.foustok@lazard.com

Farah Fastouk
MENTORING

Main aims

Mentoring is a proven way of helping both men and women to develop, where ever they are in an organization and it is important for those aspiring to senior positions. This group has worked with Reach, a not-for-profit organization based in the Dubai International Finance Centre, dedicated to helping young professionals unlock their potential through structured mentoring. The 30% Club GCC and Reach are collaborating to provide a dedicated segment of support to those who aspire to become board members. Mentors and mentees come from the 30% Club member firms

contact

Please contact: catherine.beckett@dentons.com

Catherine Beckett
RESEARCH

Main aims

Understanding what is currently happening helps us understand the change that needs to be brought about to make a difference. This group aims to undertake work to help improve gender diversity across organisations.

Together with Deloitte, the first piece of work to be undertaken was ‘A view from the top – What business executives really think about women leaders in the GCC’. There is more work to be done to disseminate the messages from this research.

Scoping will soon start to undertake a ‘literature review’’ which will work to map all the efforts and organisations that are currently active across the region with the purpose of improving diversity at work.

contact

Please contact:

rsalhab@deloitte.com & ccorby@deloitte.com

Rana Salhab
MEDIA & EVENTS

Main aims

This group produces a quarterly newsletter and maintains a calendar of events taking place across the region. Through our Chairs and Steering Group Members they help get the 30% Club message out. They also organize the 30% Club annual event and control our branding and messaging.

contact

Please contact: Raeda.AlSarayreh@ch2m.ae

Raeda Al Sarayreh
INVESTORS

Main aims

This group has developed a set of actions that companies can take to improve female participation on boards. They aim to work with Chairs and Member Firms to encourage the top 20 listed firms in each country in the region to improve the presence of women on boards and in senior level positions..

contact

Please contact: H.Alsyead@olayangroup.com

Hana Al Syead
SEARCH FIRMS

Main aims

This group aim to encourage broad support and advocacy from the executive search community in the wider GCC region to identify and engage with female and diverse candidates, and to help client organisations to increase diversity on boards and in senior level executive positions

A code is being developed which will be owned by The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC). A consultation period to see how the code works will be undertaken before it is put into practice.

A database of ‘board ready’ women is also being developed and it is intended that this will be accessible via an app.

contact

Please contact: vstead@heidrick.com

Victoria Stead

01 March 2018
Leading change - The Future of Women in Finance

Four Seasons Hotel - DIFC
Leading change - The future of Women in Finance event, supported by the 30% Club GCC, is taking place on 1st March 2018 at the Four Seasons Hotel DIFC.

We invite you to attend the event where you will hear from leading industry professionals on how the region is currently positioned in relation to women in finance along with gaining further insights on the future of women in finance in the Middle East and the imperative role that you can play to continue leading this change.

Speakers include ( 30% Club GCC Chair and Steerco Members):
- - Cynthia Corby, ACCA Member and Partner at Deloitte Middle East
- - Dr. Ashraf Gamaleldin, CEO of Hawkamah
Register Now to book your place at this event.

Please RSVP to: eventme@accaglobal.com
31 January 2018
30% GCC & Edinburgh Business School

Dubai

30% Club GCC in collaboration with the Edinburgh Business School, will host an event featuring renowned speaker and academic, Professor Heather McGregor CBE; Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School, co-founder of the 30% Club, author and broadcaster, and wrote under the pseudonym Mrs Moneypenny in the Financial Times for seventeen years.

A champion of diversity in the workplace, Professor McGregor inspires women to set personal goals, take the next step to control their own fate, and change the future.
20 June 2017
Volunteer and Working Groups Meet & Greet

Bloomberg, Al Fattan Currency House, DIFC, Dubai
The 30% Club GCC are organizing a "Volunteer and Working Groups Meet & Greet" session on June 20th, 2017 at Bloomberg premises, Al Fattan Currency House, DIFC from 16:00 - 18:00. As we are growing in numbers this would be a great chance to bring everyone together under one roof and plan for the second half of the year, before we all break away for the summer. The primary objective of the meet up is to provide everyone with:
- an opportunity to meet face to face
- understand the organizational structure of the 30% club
- review and re-align the objectives of the different working groups and
- allocate volunteers to the different working groups based on personal interest.
For those of you who have expressed their interest in volunteering and wish to attend the event please send an email to: bindu@mindfulme.me confirming your attendance, so that we facilitate the space accordingly. We hope you can make it and look forward to meeting you soon.
12 October 2016
Brunswick and 30% Club GCC Women in Leadership Breakfast

The Capital Club, DIFC, Dubai

Susan Gilchrist, Group Chief Executive of Brunswick, Invites you to the Women in Leadership Breakfast Event.

An Introduction will also be provided by Farah Foustok, co-founder of the 30% Club GCC.

Please RSVP to gulfevents@brunswickgroup.com
25 September 2016
30% Club GCC & Bloomberg

Dubai

30% Club GCC & Bloomberg invite you to join a conversation on business leaders driving change.

Sunday, September 25th, 2016.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Bloomberg Dubai Office, DIFC, Al Fattan Currency House Level 10.

Please RSVP to Catie Faison 30percent@bloomberg.net

(Limited Spaces Available)
24 May 2016
Arabian Business - Women's Forum

Four Seasons Hotel, Jumeirah Beach Dubai

The GCC Chapter of The 30% Club Powers Arabian Business Forum on gender diversity

Dubai, UAE- 24 May 2016: Business leaders across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries today took part in The 13th Arabian Business Forum, in association with the 30% Club GCC Chapter, a global business-led initiative committed to achieving better gender representation in senior leadership positions of organisations.

Lubna Qassim, Executive Vice President, Group Company Secretary and group General Counsel of Emirates NBD and Founding Chair of the GCC Chapter of the 30% Club, opened the conference with a keynote speech on diversity and the 30% Club GCC Chapter.

Ghassan Turqieh, Consulting Partner and human capital leader at Deloitte in the Middle East delivered a presentation entitled: ‘View from the top: What business executives really think about women leaders in the GCC’ in which he discussed the key findings of a GCC study conducted by Deloitte in collaboration with the 30% Club GCC.

“We are honoured to be associated with this important event,” said Raeda AlSarayreh, Director of Corporate Affairs at CH2M MENAI and Steering Committee member of the 30% Club GCC. “We are continuously working together to support the efforts of GCC governments and companies to increase women’s participation in the workforce in the belief that gender balance on boards further contributes to improved board performance.”

Other eminent speakers from the 30% Club GCC included Hoda Abou Jamra, Founding Partner, TVM Capital Healthcare Partners and Catherine Beckett, Partner, Dentons, among other to discuss an array of topics including how to encourage greater female entrepreneurship in the Gulf.

To learn more about the 30% Club GCC and how your firm can support this initiative, please contact: info@30percentclubGCC.org

View from the Top - A GCC study conducted by Deloitte in association with the 30% Club GCC Chapter, was released at the Arabian Business Women's Forum on 24th May 2016. Please download the report here.
23 May 2016
The Presence & Effectiveness of Emirati Women On Boards

Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa, Dubai
08 May 2016
Hawkamah Corporate Governance Forum

Dubai
11 November 2015
30% Club Gulf Cooperation Countries Official Launch

Dubai

Contact

Farah Foustok: farah.foustok@lazard.com
Philippa Benfield: pb30clubgcc@zoho.com
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GCC

EDUCATION

Main aims

Farah Fastouk

MENTORING

Main aims

Catherine Beckett

RESEARCH

Main aims

Rana Salhab

MEDIA & EVENTS

Main aims

Raeda Al Sarayreh

INVESTORS

Main aims

Hana Al Syead

SEARCH FIRMS

Main aims

Victoria Stead

Leading change - The Future of Women in Finance

30% GCC & Edinburgh Business School

Volunteer and Working Groups Meet & Greet

Brunswick and 30% Club GCC Women in Leadership Breakfast

30% Club GCC & Bloomberg

Arabian Business - Women's Forum

The GCC Chapter of The 30% Club Powers Arabian Business Forum on gender diversity

The Presence & Effectiveness of Emirati Women On Boards

Hawkamah Corporate Governance Forum

30% Club Gulf Cooperation Countries Official Launch