Tarek Sultan, Chairman & Managing Director of Agility

Agility is a global logistics player with platforms in 120 countries, including the emerging markets. Particularly the Kuwaiti platform is very important to Agility because of the country`s proximity to Iraq. Thanks to its location, Kuwait is going to be a great place to do business in the close future, according to Mr. Sultan.

Dr. Winfred Thompson, President of American University of Kuwait (AUK)

Dr. Winfred Thompson is giving a brief overview of the education system in Kuwait and the biggest challenges for the education in Kuwait. As a representative of higher education in Kuwait, the American University of Kuwait (AUK) offers liberal arts education in Kuwait.

Farouk Al-Zanki, Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

Corporate social responsibility is a part of KPC's strategic issues as a national company. Environmental protection is a priority for KPC. Mr. Al-Zanki shortly talks about KPC's projects in the area of corporate social responsibility for 2012.

Michel Accad, CEO of Gulf Bank

Our ambition is to be a dominant player in the local retail and commercial banking space. Being a dominant player means you really need to have something like a 15% market share. Today, we are far from that; we're in the range of 11 or 12% depending on the specific product.