Bahrain Bourse to host “MEIRA” Annual Conference & Awards

TDT | Manama    

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain Bourse (BHB) has announced that it will be hosting the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) Annual Conference and Awards – MEIRA 2023: From ESG to Sustainable Capital Markets in collaboration with the Central Bank of Bahrain.

The conference is scheduled to take place on November 13, 2023, at The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain.  

The conference features a diverse lineup of discussions and panels and will commence with a keynote speech by Abeer Al Saad, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain.

High-level Panels include local, regional and global experts within the industry starting with a ‘CEO Plenary: Spotlight on GCC Market’ which will feature a group of distinguished CEO panelists, including Sh. Khalifa Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, CEO - Bahrain Bourse, Mohammed Al-Rumaih, CEO -  Saudi Exchange, Abdulla Alnuaimi, CEO - Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and AbdulAziz Al-Emadi, Acting CEO - Qatar Stock Exchange.

The panel will explore the GCC market’s structure, growth potential, regulatory environment, and emerging trends, ESG landscape, and IR developments. 

The conference will also attract other speakers from AlRamz Capital, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), Bank ABC, Bapco Energies, Emirates NBD, FTI Consulting, First Abu Dhabi Bank, ISSB, Saudi Re, LSEG, LUMI, MSCI, Oxford Business Group, S&P Global, SICO BSC (c), Wamid, and much more.

Shaikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, CEO of Bahrain Bourse, said, “The 2023 MEIRA Annual Conference and Awards hosted by Bahrain Bourse highlights the role capital markets play in promoting best practices in IR, promoting sustainable development, and encouraging further collaborative regional efforts to enhance and support ESG practices, all of which are in line with the Kingdom’s Financial Services Sector Development Strategy.”

 John Gollifer, GM of MEIRA, commented: “The GCC capital markets are well-positioned for growth and development, and we are honored to partner with Bahrain Bourse, a pioneer in IR and ESG.”