“Dubai International Financial” launches the Dubai Financial Experts Program

The Dubai International Financial Center launched the Dubai Financial Experts Program, with the aim of developing the next generation of Emirati leaders, who lead the leadership of innovation in financial institutions at the level of Dubai, the Emirates and the world.

The program comes in partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Preparation, and it is designed to enhance knowledge, skills and capabilities for Emirati in the financial services sector, through a distinguished educational trip that combines global executive education, and to provide access to senior innovators and executives from the level of senior management, and the development of the entrepreneurial mentality And the development of leadership skills.

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Governor of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai International Financial Center, affirmed that the Emirate of Dubai continues to qualify the creative Emirati cadres, and enable them to obtain the finest knowledge and experiences, in translation of the visions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, and his directives aimed at launching qualitative programs with the aim of qualifying national leadership competencies, capable of consolidating the UAE’s position as the head of the global economy, and achieving the targets of the Dubai Economic Agency «D33».

For his part, the head of the Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al -Qarqawi, confirmed that the Dubai Financial Experts Program embodies the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in building qualified generations to lead Large transformative projects, the main economic sectors, and reaching the responsibility of management, development and innovation in leading financial institutions locally and globally.

In turn, the Governor of the Dubai International Financial Center, Issa Kazem said: “As we continue to develop a new generation of Emirati leaders, the Dubai Financial Experts Program is designed to develop national talents with the latest tools and expertise in financial services and leadership skills, in line with the Dubai World Financial Center strategy 2030 It focuses on leading the future of financing and Dubai Economic Agency (D33).

The program targets the citizens of the UAE between the ages of 25 and 35, who have a professional experience between five and 10 years, including work in the financial sector, with a strong educational basis, provided that the candidate is the leader of a team or a strategic project manager, and enjoys leadership features The motivation to achieve success, and the candidates will be evaluated and selected by analyzing their leadership and financial competencies comprehensively.

The Dubai Financial Experts Program consists of six elements, which includes courses that focus on leadership and innovation in future financial services in cooperation with the University of Oxford, global partnerships in “Silicon Valley” in the United States, advanced training courses with mentors, experts and pioneers in the financial field and topics related to innovation and leadership , And practical training opportunities at a global level with major companies and financial banks (Job Shadowing), in addition to a project to graduate for each affiliate aimed at achieving a tangible impact and transferring the experiences acquired to the employer, and exclusive sessions with 20 experts and leaders in the financial and economic field, while it will be Organizing the graduation ceremony of the associates at the Dubai World Trade Center within the “Mohammed Bin Rashid Forum for Leadership 2025”.

It is noteworthy that the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Preparation, in September 2024, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment, as more than 850 Emirati leadership figures in various sectors and specialties have been effectively contributing to upgrading the development process in the state and achieving its future goals and unlimited ambition, including seven Ministers, 10 ministries, 17 public directors, and 89 executives and deputies.

Maktoum bin Muhammad:

• With the visions and directives of Mohammed bin Rashid .. We continue to qualify the creative Emirati cadres, and enable them to obtain the finest knowledge and experiences.

• 6 elements of the program include two trips to the British University of Oxford and Silicon Valley in the United States.

• The program targets the citizens of the state who are between the ages of 25 and 35, and have a professional experience between 5 and 10 years.