Barwa Bank has strengthened its efforts in investing and developing the Qatari workforce as part of its corporate social responsibility.
The bank recently sponsored the Pearl Initiative, the private sector-led non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of good governance, transparency and ethical business practices in the Gulf region, where it brought in internationally recognised and respected leadership expert, author and leadership guru Robin Sharma.
More than 250 students and some business leaders were fully engaged during the session in which Sharma provided insight on the importance of ethics and integrity in leadership, best practices of leadership, keys to creating a high-performance team and winning culture, as well as lessons on living with courage and integrity.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to help bring Sharma to Qatar for local students to benefit from. He’s a highly respected speaker and one of the most widely read authors on the topic of leadership - a quality that we are keen to help promote in the country’s youth,” Barwa Bank chief executive officer Steve Troop said.
The session was moderated by The Pearl Initiative’s community manager, Gulnara Omar who emphasised that one of the core mandates of the initiative is to raise awareness, motivate and inspire future generation of the Arab world on the topics of integrity, transparency and 
leadership.
“The Pearl Initiative is playing a great role, firstly in helping to make this event happen and secondly in their wider vision of empowering local and regional students with knowledge,” Qatar University Law College dean Hassan Okour said.