IR Leadership Breakfast

Jennifer leads and oversees Zain’s Corporate Sustainability (CS) Department which is responsible for setting the CS strategy and related KPIs at the Group level.  She is also responsible for communicating the CS strategy, direction as well as supporting all eight operations in their CS activities. Over the years, Jennifer has managed to position Zain as a leader in the realm of Sustainability through sheer determination and pushing the agenda to see the company grow and embrace CS in all aspects of its digital growth strategy.

A stalwart of Zain since 1993, she initially headed the PR and Advertising for 10 years when the company was known as MTC. In 2005, Jennifer established the Group CS department and since that time has developed the sustainability agenda for Zain Group including the reporting aspect that sees Zain publishing its Consolidated Sustainability Report and a Thought Leadership Report on an annual basis.

One of Jennifer’s main drivers is to ensure that the company has a sound social contract whereby it actively addresses it various socio-economic and environmental impacts, while simultaneously ensuring that there is a shared value approach to all its initiatives.

Jennifer graduated with merit from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri USA with a degree in Art History and Archaeology.

Belinda has over 15 years of experience as a sustainability professional and acts as the FAB’s sustainability adviser.  She leads the corporate sustainability team at FAB where she has responsibility for developing the Bank’s corporate sustainability strategy which includes both the bank’s ESG approach and performance and the social development and community investment programmes.

One of her key strengths is in building external partnerships and seeking opportunities for creating alliances that generate and achieve shared value.

Belinda is an Associate Member of the Institute of Fundraising in UK, and sits on a number of committees including the UAE’s Private Sector Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development Goals, the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week Technical Advisory Committee, the Sustainable Finance Steering Committee, supported by UNEP FI, the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) and UAE Central Bank, the MOCCAE’s Climate Change & Environment Council Technical Committee.  She is also a member of the Women’s Empowerment and Equality Board, an initiative spearheaded by HH Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan.

Head of Research at Arqaam Capital while also heading up the firm’s financials, macro, and strategy research teams. Prior to joining Arqaam capital, Jaap Meijer was a Director at Dresdner Kleinwort in London amongst others, covering European investment banks and bancassurance companies.

Jaap Meijer holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics with an emphasis on Finance & Investments from Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam), an MBA from Webster University (St. Louis) and is a holder of both the CFA charter and the CEFA designation (VBA).

Based in London, James Coyle is Bloomberg for Education’s specialist for Europe, Middle East and Africa, responsible for developing Education partnerships in more than 90 countries. Prior to this role, he covered the Public Sector in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, focusing chiefly on Sovereign investment agencies and Central banks.