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This month's influencers
Leaders in Taxation’
Sarkis Sakr & Partners
Sarkis Sakr & Partners
Lebanon
CEO of the Month
Abdallah Massaad
RAK Ceramics
The United Arab Emirates
Finance
Solving the equity dilemma and funding the intangible economy
Alternative SME credit specialist Caple has supported EnSilica, a leading bespoke chip design and supply firm, with a £3.7m fully unsecured loan. This will enable EnSilica to continue its expansion into high-growth sectors including automotive, space and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Innovation
Most Influential Woman in International Contract Law 2019 – Kuwait
With over twenty years of legal experience in Kuwait, during which she has held the roles of Assistant Director of the legal department at Ahli United Bank, Chair of the Economic Committee of the Kuwait Lawyers Association for two years. Editor-in-Chief of Legal Challenges magazine, Areej Hamada has done it all. Now the President of the Legal Challenges Group, we take a closer look to find out more about her exceptional success.
Leadership
Offering True Customisation in Every Sense of the Word
RAK Ceramics is known for their wide product selection and ability to produce bespoke ranges for both small and large scale projects. Recently, the firm found success in AI’s Global Excellence Awards 2019 where they were selected as the World Leaders in Ceramics Production – 2019. On the back of this win, we profile the company and caught up with Group CEO, Mr Abdallah Massaad, who provided us with a glimpse into the innerworkings of the successful firm.
Legal
Poll Reveals Most UK Workers Are Putting IT Networks At Risk
Nearly half of working Brits are visiting sites or opening email attachments that could cause a virus, malware or ransomware attack, according to a new UK-wide study commissioned for strategic IT consultancy, Aura Technology*. The anonymous poll of 2,000 office workers also found that 29% have already caused a virus, malware or ransomware attack at work by accident.
M&A
Nok Nok Labs announces optimised integration with security key pioneer Yubico
Nok Nok Labs, the trusted leader in next-generation consumer authentication has announced optimised integration with Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys. The integration provides enterprises worldwide the ability to easily use the Nok Nok S3 Authentication Suite (Nok Nok S3 Suite) with any Yubico YubiKey.
Strategy
Tapping into the American Psyche Using Market Sentiment
Most commonly used in the trading world, market sentiment refers to the overall attitude of investors towards a particular market. Now, Apple’s Steve Jobs famously said he didn’t pay attention to market research and, instead, aimed to give customers something they didn’t know they wanted. However, for the average US business, reacting to market sentiment can often be a winning strategy.