Radio interview with Dubai Eye's Business Breakfast on UK's new finance minsiter & Lebanon's economy, 18 Feb 2019

Dr. Nasser Saidi spoke with Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast team on various topics ranging from the UK’s new finance minister to Lebanon’s ongoing economic worries and also corporate governance issues given recent UAE equity-related news.
Listen to the full radio interview at https://omny.fm/shows/businessbreakfast/nasser-saidi-associates-18-02-2020

"MENA Corporate Governance: a steep path to improvement & reform", Presentation at the Oman Center for Governance and Sustainability Annual Corporate Governance conference, 5 Dec 2019

Dr. Nasser Saidi participated as a speaker at the the Oman Center for Governance and Sustainability’s annual Corporate Governance conference held in Muscat on 5th Dec 2019.
Titled “MENA Corporate Governance: a steep path to improvement & reform”, the presentation highlighted recent developments in international and regional governance. It also identified issues facing the MENA/ GCC region including (a) Conflicts of interest; (b) Role of boards in strategy; (c) Governance of AI; (d) Governance of SOEs & GREs; and (e) Governance of subsidiaries & holding companies.
The presentation can be downloaded here.

Radio interview with Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast on WeWork’s indefinitely delayed IPO & corporate governance, 29 Sep 2019

In the wake of some glaringly poor corporate decisions by major companies recently (including WeWork), Dr. Nasser Saidi spoke with Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast team about why companies need corporate governance. Recent news highlight concerns with lack of leadership accountability, corporate governance & oversight.
Listen to the full radio interview at https://omny.fm/shows/businessbreakfast/nasser-saidi-associates-29-09-2019

"The Role of Boards in Promoting Good Corporate Governance", Presentation to boards of UAE’s listed companies, Feb 2019

Dr. Nasser Saidi presented “The Role of Boards in Promoting Good Corporate Governance” to the chairmen and board members of UAE’s listed companies at workshops organised by the Emirates Securities & Commodities Authorities in Dubai (on 5th Feb, 2019) and in Abu Dhabi (on 7th Feb, 2019).
The presentation discussed the importance of corporate governance, and how to build an effective board governance structure, while also highlighting some results from international frameworks for corporate governance. “Good corporate governance is not about compliance, it is an investment to improve performance, shareholder value & economic development” was one of the key takeaways highlighted during the talk.