DOHA: The Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) has partnered with the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) to launch Kawader programme a bespoke learning initiative for entry-level graduates in the field.

As part of the initiative an internship agreement has been launched with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s (MUFG) banking arm The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Six students will be based between London and Dubai for a four-week-long internship programme starting November 10 during which they will be introduced and exposed to the bank’s various departments across markets said a statement yesterday.

Designed as a competency-driven innovative blended learning experience Kawader builds and shapes the expertise skills and knowledge of the financial services sector’s future business leaders and decision makers. As such it endeavors to bridge the gap between industry and academia providing young talents and professionals with a world-class development and training experience that is backed by an arsenal of internationally recognised professional certifications personal development skills and guiding practices that enable them to build their career path in the financial sector and determine their future specialisations and areas of expertise.

Dr Abdulaziz Al Horr CEO at QFBA said: “The industry is moving with remarkable pace and change that even veterans professionals and decision makers continue to grapple with as they transition the sector into its next wave of growth. The next generation of professionals needs to lead on the financial sector’s evolution rather than transition; and in doing so it must keep abreast with the demanding and continuously changing dynamics of both the financial job market and industry. Aligning with the Qatar National Vision 2030 the development and empowerment of solid human capital is an onus that we among other established players and institutions operating in Qatar and the region must carry to help young talents outpace the industry’s fast-moving dynamics innovate and create new opportunities and arenas.”

He added: “This is an undertaking that requires the collaboration and cooperation of all stakeholders involved including the industry’s leading local institutions and players international bodies and the young talents and professionals. Our partnership with MUFG in Dubai and London is proof of the success that such collaboration can achieve in bridging the gap between academia and professional ecosystems.

It is also one of many initiatives we are undertaking in this direction.” Iseda Head of Doha Office said: “It is our honor to contribute to the ambition of Qatar National Vision 2030 through human capital development in finance industry. In fact many talented and motivated students applied and joined the programme. I am also delighted to see those six interns are keen to learn a lot from the internship in our London and Dubai office. They are strongly encouraged to work hard under the overseas environment because they are fully aware “I am representing State of Qatar in here. Those experiences are only for them to keep forever.”

The Peninsula