By: Talal Wazani, Manager Strategic Security Consulting at Help AG The Middle East’s lack of understanding of the upcoming EU regulation is likely to place businesses across a wide range of sectors including cloud services, banking and finance, healthcare, insurance and tourism at significant risk While VAT compliance is currently top of mind for Middle East businesses, many are unaware of the implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The European Union (EU) regulation aims at strengthening and unifying data protection for all EU citizens and is set to come into effect by May 2018. With just over six … Continue reading GDPR – Costly Restriction or New Business Opportunity?

Leading Change

August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 Business & Lifestyle Publishing

An interview with H.E. Mr. Zulfiquar Ghadiyali By Shereen Shabnam As Managing Director of the Royal Diamond Group, under the Chairmanship of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Khaled bin Ahmed Al Hamed, H.E. Mr. Zulfiquar Ghadiyali is an inspiring individual who wears many hats. He hails from a 3rd Generation of a successful Real Estate and Industrial conglomerate family from Mumbai, India known as Lokhandwala Group and is a pioneer on various social and political initiatives. H.E. Ghadiyali is Swiss Graduate in Hospitality and MBA from Cornell University, USA in International Business. H.E. Ghadiyali represents industry and society at large and has … Continue reading Leading Change

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Make Hong Kong Great Again Best Fit with China’s “One Belt One Road Initiative”

August 13, 2017 Business & Lifestyle Publishing

The One Belt One Road initiative continues to garner interest from the world. Shereen Shabnam meets with Oswald Wong, President & CEO of China International Development and Investment Corporation Limited to get more insights. Oswald Wong, President & CEO of China International Development and Investment Corporation Limited, believes that social stabilization results from psychological satisfaction, a sense of economic security and the availability of price-to-value livelihoods’ related infrastructures. China has launched the “One Belt One Road Initiative” since Year 2013 and there are various mega infrastructural investment projects that have been entered and being executed by the major Chinese enterprises in … Continue reading Make Hong Kong Great Again Best Fit with China’s “One Belt One Road Initiative”