Oman Arab Bank’s CEO summit brings together more than 300 business leaders to inspire change and look to the future

Oman Arab Bank’s CEO summit brings together more than 300 business leaders to inspire change and look to the future

The second edition of the CEO Summit, conceived by Oman Arab Bank (OAB) in collaboration with Alizz Islamic Bank welcomed more than 300 chief executives, local and global thought-leaders. Designed to inspire CEOs to embrace change and leverage emerging technologies, the event featured speakers including H. E. Tahir Al Amri, Executive President of Central Bank of Oman, futurist Richard Watson and Dr. Lamya El Hajj, Associate Professor at Sultan Qaboos University. Broad topics of discussion were tackled during the event, such as driving sustainable economic recovery and trends that will disrupt industries over the next 50 years, culminating with a conversation/Q&A with all of the day's speakers. Sulaiman Al Harthi, CEO of Oman Arab Bank, who welcomed guests to the event with an opening address, said: "It is extremely important for companies all around the Sultanate to continue to align with Oman's socio-economic agenda and strive towards the goals set out in Oman's Vision 2040 to push forward our nation's macroeconomic growth, but we all also need to take a global view to catalyze even greater achievements. What we wanted to achieve – and successfully delivered – with the CEO Summit is to foster a perspective that will encourage the