Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC), jointly created by Qatar Development Bank (QDB) and Social Development Centre (SDC), has appointed Aysha al-Mudahka as new CEO.

Since March 2011, al-Mudahka has served as executive director of INJAZ Qatar, where she began as a volunteer in 2007. She is an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community – a global network of exceptionally talented young people making a positive impact in their communities.

Al-Mudahka completed post-graduate programmes at Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania as well as Carnegie Mellon University Qatar and is a graduate of Qatar University. She is currently doing her Executive MBA in HEC Paris.

Prior to INJAZ Qatar, she worked at the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and the Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA). She is one of the board members of Injaz Qatar.

Aysha will represent QBIC and Qatar during Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) at the UN in New York on November 19, 2014.

WED, which celebrates the empowerment of female entrepreneurs, is a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest celebration of innovators, job creators and start-ups, spanning 153 countries.

QBIC provides a range of globally-benchmarked services, designed in partnership with leading entrepreneurial experts, to fulfil entrepreneurs’ demands. They include office space, industrial workshops, and administrative, technical and financial support. In addition QBIC will provide an integrated and supportive environment for entrepreneurs from the idea stage - until they graduate as capable and viable projects.

The incubator is part of a wider public and government push to support and encourage Qatari entrepreneurs to build and grow businesses.

Abdulaziz bin Nasser al-Khalifa, QBIC chairman and CEO of QDB, said: “I congratulate Aysha on her appointment and her vast achievements supporting entrepreneurs in Qatar. I greatly look forward to what’s ahead for QBIC under her inspiring leadership.”

“I’m delighted to be joining this project of great national importance, created jointly by QDB and SDC. QBIC offers great opportunities to all Qataris and I look forward to working hand-in hand with them to support the next QR100mn company – a goal firmly in line with the economic development pillar of Qatar’s National Vision 2030,’’ Aysha said.