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That’s capital!
Nilanjan Ray, Sr. Vice President Head, SME Banking, ADCB, welcomes attendees
our most recent business networkING evening proved a bigger hit than the last. presented by adcb, in conjuction with our EXCLUSIVE telecom partner, du, the event brought together an exclusive list of business owners, AND top management. we bring you the highlights.
(L-R) Mike Byrne, Assistant Editor, SME Advisor Middle East, Ketaki Banga, Group Editor, CPI Business and Richard Judd, Managing Director, CPI Business and Technology
Following the success of our last networking evening in February of this year, we decided that it was time to plan another. The guest list top management and business owners were invited to the Capital Club, an exclusive, members only, venue based in DIFC, Dubai. Special thanks must go to one of our Strategic Partners, Cynthia Trench, from Trench & Associates, who set the ball rolling with her excellent suggestion to hold the event at this venue – it proved every bit as popular with our guests as it does with its members! For weeks leading up to the networking evening our
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call centre was inundated with inquiries with an overwhelming demand for places right up until the day of the event. There were even walk-ins from members of the Capital Club who popped into the venue after seeing droves of people heading for the room downstairs! The evening was intended to provide a relaxing environment for some of the region’s top business decisionmakers to meet and greet and hopefully take away with them some business leads. After the positive feedback we received regarding the oneto-one consultations at our previous networking evening, we thought it best to offer the same opportunity to attendees
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again. Subject matter experts ranging from legal and human resources, to banking and SME mobility and technical solutions, were present to offer customised private and confidential advice. Perhaps the most surprising element to the night was the readiness of so many attendees to give a sixty second pitch about who they were and what their respective companies were all about. Unlike our previous networking evening by the beach, no encouragement for shy attendees was needed and an informal queue started to form at the front! We have more events
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planned for the second half of 2011, with the SME Stars of Business Awards and Summit on the 28th November. For further information and to nominate your business visit www.smeadvisor.com/awards2011. For coverage of all our previous events and information for our up-coming events visit www.smeadvisor.com/events.
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