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Spencer Green
Chairman, GDS International

Sales and the 'Talent Magnet'

A lot is written about being a ‘Talent Magnet’, either as a company, or as President. It’s all good practice – listen, mentor, reward, provide clear goals and career maps. Good practice for the employer, but what about the employee?
24 May 2011

Focus Areas

Cover Stories

Leaving on a jet plane

Flying used to stress me out. It wasn’t the thought of being thousands of feet in the air, defying gravity, flying at ridiculous speeds. It...

Banking on success

If money talks, Abdel Hamid Shoman is making a lot of noise. As CEO and Chairman of Arab Bank he has presided over an astonishing 58 percent...

Up, up and away

With business aviation booming across the region, BM spoke with Ammar Balkar, President and CEO OF the Middle East Business Aviation...

Roundtables

Vendor Perspectives

  • The Power of Integrated Backup, Recovery...

    Backup and archival continue to be key issues for enterprises large and small. The reasons are fairly simple. First, information growth continues to explode. In fact,...
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  • Come fly with me

    Embraer’s portfolio of executive jets has evolved over the years and is now composed of four models, the Phenom 100, the Phenom 300, the Legacy 600 and the larger Lineage...
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Industry Analysts

  • Breakthrough Innovation

    Dr. Hitendra Patel, Professor of Innovation and Growth at Hult International Business School and a leader of Monitor Group’s Innovation practice examines how many companies...
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  • Money and morality

    Now managing funds in excess of $800 billion, Islamic financial institutions are predicted to become even more popular. Geoffrey Gresh takes a look at the realities of...
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Executive Interviews

Sukuk surge

The global sukuk market is big business. With a value predicted to hit $70 billion by mid-2008 and continue on to as much as $225 billion by 2010, the major financial institutions are starting to take notice. BM spoke with BarCap’s Arul Kandasamy ...
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Spaced out

Dave Sonnen, IDC’s Senior Consultant for Spatial Information Management, discusses the potential for spatial technologies in the utility industry – including the development of tools, the associated benefits and how SIM is no longer a specialized ...
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Keeping the lights on

Extreme weather, earthquakes and political instability are all factors that can have a major effect on Middle Eastern companies. BM speaks with Chris Green, Chairman of the Business Continuity Institute, about the importance of being prepared when...
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Next Generation MENA Oil and Gas Summit
12th - 14th Apri 2011

MENA accounts for two thirds of proven global oil reserves and is regarded as the world’s most influential oil province, eclipsing all other regions by some margin. Over the next five years, the region will see strong growth in hydrocarbon production as the world becomes increasingly reliant on oil supplies within the region.