Muscat – The Board of Trustees of the Royal Academy of Management held its first meeting under the chairmanship of H E Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal al Busaidi, Minister of Diwan of Royal Court, in the presence of the board’s members.

The meeting discussed the strategy and plans of the academy for the next phase, including the programmes that it desires to launch in future. Through these programmes, the academy seeks to develop national leaders at various levels of management, to broaden the horizons of the Omani economy, and to provide the public and private sectors with empowered leaders and qualified competencies in line with the Oman Vision 2040 mission to build innovative and future-ready managerial apparatus.

The Board of Trustees includes H E Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal al Busaidi, Minister of Diwan of Royal Court, as Chairman of the Board, and H E Dr Said bin Mohammed al Saqri, Minister of Economy, as the Vice Chairman.

The board members are H E Prof Mahad bin Said bin Ali Baawain, Minister of Labour; H E Dr Ali bin Qassim al Lawati, President of the Royal Academy of Management; Sheikh Waleed bin Khamis al Hashar, CEO of Bank Muscat; Khaula bint Hamoud al Harthy, CEO of Injaz Oman; and Dr Hatem bin Bakhit al Shanfari, faculty member at the College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University.

The Royal Academy of Management is blessed by the honorary patronage of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. Established in January this year, the academy aims to develop national leaders at various levels of management in the public and private sectors.