McDonald’s Qatar targets 50% female leadership – The Peninsula

McDonald’s Qatar targets 50% female leadership – The Peninsula

McDonald’s Qatar, which currently has women occupying 40 percent of leadership roles in various departments, plans to grow its female leadership to 50 percent, an official has said yesterday on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD).

Addressing a Town Hall meeting at its flagship Town Center branch, General Manager of McDonald’s Qatar Mithqual Abu Nasser said the Company also plans to raise its women workforce from 40 percent to 50 percent in the next four to five years.

To date, McDonald’s Qatar, which is owned and operated by Al Mana Restaurants and Food Company, employs over 1,500 employees and operates a network of 64 restaurants across the country.

Speaking to The Peninsula on the sidelines of the event, Abu Nasser said two more McDonald’s branches will open at the Vendome Mall and Lulu Abu Sidra by month-end, with more branches planned for opening within the year.

Since opening in 1995, the Company has now grown to be one of the leading quick service restaurant brands in Qatar and seeks to emerge as a leader among food service retailers in the region on women empowerment in the fast food industry.

“We are very proud of our women leadership. And not because they are women, but