Emirates NBD marks strong participation at Careers UAE 2015

Press release

Published April 29th, 2015 - 05:21 GMT

During the event

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, marked strong participation at the 15th edition of Careers UAE that commenced today.

The bank was honoured by a visit by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of Dubai International Financial Centre, to the Emirates NBD stand, during his official tour of the event.

Emirates NBD’s Vice Chairman, Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, provided an overview of the bank’s Emiratisation strategy to attract and empower talented UAE Nationals to take up complex job roles within the bank.

Emirates NBD’s participation at this year’s exhibition will see the bank offering spot interviews and admissions to successful applications received for its ‘Programme for Accelerated Learning’ (PAL), a talent development programme for university graduates.

PAL is, a six-month intense training and talent development programme aimed at nurturing the talent of young UAE National university graduates who aspire for career growth in the banking sector.

The bank also offers a variety of training and mentoring programmes under its Al Misha’al programme, which is targeted at High School graduates. The programme inducts high school graduates into the bank following three months of rigorous training in various job-related subjects such as banking operations, branch automation, and customer service, among others.

Background Information

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.