QIIB welcomed two groups of students from Qatar Academy to spend a ‘Professional Day’ at the bank’s headquarters recently, where they got introduced to various aspects of Islamic banking, banking operations in general and QIIB’s services and products in particular.
As part of QIIB’s CSR strategy, the bank’s hosting of the Academy students involved several activities, focusing on education in view of its positive effects on various aspects of development.
QIIB chairman Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah al-Thani met with the students and emphasised on the bank’s important role in serving the community and focusing on providing value addition to the Qatari society.
QIIB chief executive officer Dr Abdulbasit Ahmed al-Shaibei welcomed the students and highlighted the important role played by Qatar Academy as a leading educational institution in equipping the students with knowledge based on high academic standards and providing them the skills needed to pursue higher education in different specialisations in order to serve their nation in the best way possible.
During the meeting, the CEO briefed students about the history of Islamic banking, its inception and current status generally and within Qatar in particular as it is considered one of the leading countries in Islamic banking, which is witnessing a great level of prosperity in the banking sector.
He stressed that QIIB will continue its approach to support education in many ways, either by supporting school activities, professional days and training, or through co-operation with universities and educational institutions in order to offer the Islamic banking experience and encourage innovation and creativity. The fact remains that Islamic banking keeps pace with time.
As part of the activities of the professional day, Qatar Academy students visited different bank departments where they were briefed by executives on Islamic banking operations, services, techniques and associated technology, and the importance of cyber security, especially at a time when technology has become the backbone of most industries, activities and services.
At the end of their visit, students and their accompanying supervisors expressed their thanks and gratitude to QIIB for providing them with the rich opportunity to visit the bank and its various departments and see activities at close quarters.
The meeting was also attended by Jamal Abdullah al-Jamal, QIIB deputy CEO and Omar Abdulaziz al-Meer, head (Business Development and Alternative Channels Sector).