Qatar Chamber has announced that it will hold its first General Assembly Meeting, as well as the election of a new board of directors for the seventh council, on Wednesday, May 10, at the chamber’s Doha headquarters.
In a statement, Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani said if the required quorum is not reached in the first meeting, the second meeting will be held on Sunday, May 28, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, regardless of the number of attendees.
The meeting’s agenda includes the board’s report on the chamber’s activities and financial status for 2022 and the discussion and approval of the auditor’s report on the chamber’s budget, final accounts, and statement of revenues and expenses for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
It also includes discharging the members of the board and approving the estimated budget for the fiscal year 2023, in addition to appointing a new auditor for the current year and determining his or her fees.
The statement said members who are entitled to attend the GAM and vote in the elections are those who have already paid the chamber’s membership fees for 2023 till the date of the first meeting.
Registration will begin three hours before the meeting and the member should attend in person, bringing a copy of the CR and Qatari ID. The member is entitled to attend in person or delegate a proxy. In case of a proxy, the member must be one of the chamber’s registered members, and the power of attorney is certified by Qatar Chamber and approved by the chairman of the Elections Committee. The member may also obtain a power of attorney from the Real Estate Registration and Authentication Department at the Ministry of Justice.
The final list of candidates for the new board of directors included 25 candidates.
All candidates in the insurance, banking, services, tourism, and agriculture sectors won by acclamation. They are Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani in the insurance sector, Rashid bin Nasser al-Kaabi (banking), Ibtihaj al-Ahmadani (services), Sheikh Hamad bin Ahmad bin Abdulla bin Ahmed al-Thani (tourism), and Mohamed bin Towar al-Kuwari (agriculture).
The trade sector included eight candidates competing for five seats: Mohamed Mahdi Ajian al-Ahbabi, Rashid Hamad Hazaa Hamad al-Athba, Mohamed Sultan Abdullah al-Ali, Khalid Klefeekh Khalid al-Hajri, Mohamed Jawhar Saeed Mohamed al-Mohamed, Abdulrahman Abduljalil Abdulghani al-Abdulghani, Mohamed Ali Iskandar, and Ali Jassim Jabr Tawar al-Kuwari.
There are six candidates in the contracting sector who are competing for four seats: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Obaidli, Nasser Sulaiman Haidar al-Haidar, Ahmed Mohamed Sultan al-Jaber, Nasser Ahmed al-Meer, Shaheen Mohamed Lahdan al-Muhannadi, and Ali Abdullatif al-Misnad.
The industry sector also included six candidates competing for three seats: Abdullah Mohamed Abdulrahim al-Emadi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Ibrahim al-Ansari, Fahd Mohamed Fahd Buzwair, Khaled Jabr Sultan al-Kuwari, Ali Hassan Ibrahim al-Emadi, and Mohamed Talib Mohamed al-Khoury.
Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani.
