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Germany has been and will remain an important partner and market for Qatar and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), with bilateral trade reaching €1.9 billion, accounting for 1.8 percent of Qatar’s foreign trade, the QFC CEO Yousuf Mohamed al Jaida has said.
Jaida was speaking at a panel discussion on the sidelines of the sixth session of the Joint Qatari-German Commission on Economic, Commercial and Technical Cooperation, in Berlin recently.
He said, “The QFC is proud to have participated in these panel discussions, which brought together key stakeholders from both countries to discuss areas of further economic cooperation.
“The QFC will continue to engage with the German business community to further strengthen our valued partnerships.”
The QFC engaged with key German businesses during panel discussions.
Over 120 German companies participated in the forum from a wide range of industries, including multinationals such as Airbus, Siemens and many others, the statement said.
The event was organised by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, QFC said in a press statement on Saturday.
The event was attended by Qatari delegation that included the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Ministry of Transport and Communications as well as other public and private entities.
QFC said the discussions were held under the theme “From Berlin to Doha”, and included two panels focusing on driving economic diversification and the future of artificial intelligence and smart cities and what it means for business, respectively.
Panelists included Saud al Attiyah, Director of Economic Policy and Research, Ministry of Finance, Qatar; Nabil Mohammed al Khalidi, CEO, Mawani Qatar; Abdulla al Misnad, Deputy CEO, Qatar Free Zones Authority; Ibrahim al Mannai, Executive Director, Qatar Development Bank; Iman al Kuwari, Programmer, Ministry of Transport and Communications; Ahmed al Said of Qatar Science and Technology Park and Thomas Liber of Ooredoo.
German speakers included Oliver Hermes, CEO, WILO SE; Achim Hartig, Managing Director Investor Consulting, Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI); Olaf Hoffmann, CEO, Dorsch Gruppe; Alexander Tettenborn, head of the Development of Digital Technologies division, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy; Jack Thoms, DFKI German Center for Artificial Intelligence; Steffen Wieczorek, SAP; Stephen Gackstatter, and Roland Berger.
Doha
Germany has been and will remain an important partner and market for Qatar and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), with bilateral trade reaching €1.9 billion, accounting for 1.8 percent of Qatar’s foreign trade, the QFC CEO Yousuf Mohamed al Jaida has said.
Jaida was speaking at a panel discussion on the sidelines of the sixth session of the Joint Qatari-German Commission on Economic, Commercial and Technical Cooperation, in Berlin recently.
He said, “The QFC is proud to have participated in these panel discussions, which brought together key stakeholders from both countries to discuss areas of further economic cooperation.
“The QFC will continue to engage with the German business community to further strengthen our valued partnerships.”
The QFC engaged with key German businesses during panel discussions.
Over 120 German companies participated in the forum from a wide range of industries, including multinationals such as Airbus, Siemens and many others, the statement said.
The event was organised by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, QFC said in a press statement on Saturday.
The event was attended by Qatari delegation that included the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Ministry of Transport and Communications as well as other public and private entities.
QFC said the discussions were held under the theme “From Berlin to Doha”, and included two panels focusing on driving economic diversification and the future of artificial intelligence and smart cities and what it means for business, respectively.
Panelists included Saud al Attiyah, Director of Economic Policy and Research, Ministry of Finance, Qatar; Nabil Mohammed al Khalidi, CEO, Mawani Qatar; Abdulla al Misnad, Deputy CEO, Qatar Free Zones Authority; Ibrahim al Mannai, Executive Director, Qatar Development Bank; Iman al Kuwari, Programmer, Ministry of Transport and Communications; Ahmed al Said of Qatar Science and Technology Park and Thomas Liber of Ooredoo.
German speakers included Oliver Hermes, CEO, WILO SE; Achim Hartig, Managing Director Investor Consulting, Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI); Olaf Hoffmann, CEO, Dorsch Gruppe; Alexander Tettenborn, head of the Development of Digital Technologies division, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy; Jack Thoms, DFKI German Center for Artificial Intelligence; Steffen Wieczorek, SAP; Stephen Gackstatter, and Roland Berger.
