In the UAE, corporate governance has entered a new era. Governance frameworks have long been aligned to publicly listed, regulated entities (such as financials and international corporations). Family-run privately held organizations and businesses often took a more informal approach to governance. However, this is changing quickly due to heightened regulation, global investor demand, and increased visibility into the markets will push UAE private companies to Institute stronger governance...

Introduction The AI Race Has a Leadership Problem Nobody Is Talking About The meeting had been going for forty minutes. The CEO was asking a simple question — "What does our AI strategy actually look like across the business?"  — and the room had gone quiet in that particular way rooms go quiet when nobody wants to be the first to admit they don't have a clean answer. The CTO spoke about infrastructure. The CDO spoke about data pipelines. The head of digital spoke about three pilot projects....

(Pic: Dr Heval Mehta giving a welcome note) Dubai, UAE – 13 February 2026  – At a time when boardrooms across the Gulf are undergoing their most significant governance overhaul in a generation, a room full of Dubai's senior business leaders gathered for an unusual proposition: not to learn how to lead, but to find out if they are ready to govern. What is a Board Readiness Seminar, and why does it matter in the GCC? A Board Readiness Seminar is a structured governance assessment event designed...