Burgan Bank conducts surprise emergency evacuation drill for staff

Press release

Published June 9th, 2011 - 06:12 GMT

During the training

Burgan Bank recently conducted a surprise emergency evacuation drill for its staff at the bank’s head office. The evacuation, which was attended by members of the Civil Defense Authority, Kuwait Fire Directorate, and Ministry of Health, served as a platform to measure the bank’s response to such incidents as well as to obtain feedback and enhance the overall procedure.

Burgan Bank’s Chief Operations Officer, Venkat Menon said: “The safety of our employees is of paramount importance to us. The bank continues to provide the safest best practice methods and routinely updates its procedures to ensure overall efficiency. Evacuation procedures as such are important and are critical in times of an emergency.”

Burgan Bank thanked the Civil Defense Authority for their continued support and guidance during these procedures. In conjunction with the Kuwait Fire Department, Ministry of Health, as well as the Civil Defense Authority, the bank continues to facilitate and provide the best professional training to its staff, while also organizing in house safety and emergency workshops.

Background Information

Burgan Bank

Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the youngest conventional Bank and second largest by assets in Kuwait, with a significant focus on the corporate and financial institutions sectors, as well as having a growing retail, and private bank customer base. Burgan Bank has majority owned subsidiaries in the MENAT region supported by one of the largest regional branch networks. which include Gulf Bank Algeria - AGB (Algeria), Bank of Baghdad - BOB (Iraq & Lebanon),Tunis International Bank – TIB (Tunisia), and fully owned Burgan Bank – Turkey, (collectively known as the “Burgan Bank Group”). Furthermore, Burgan Bank has a present in the UAE through its corporate office (“Burgan Financial Services Limited) which had helped the bank to participate in multiple financing opportunities in the UAE.