CP MEETS STANDARD CHARTERED BANK OFFICIAL

CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF  THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB)  SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA PRAISED THE  COMMITMENT AND CONSTANT INTEREST OF STANDARD  CHARTERED BANK  TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND  COMPETENCE OF BAHRAINIS.

SPEAKING DURING A MEETING WITH CHIEF EXECUTIVE  OFFICER, WHOLESALE BANKING, AT THE CHARTERED BANK  MIKE REES, THE CROWN PRINCE HAILED THE EXISTING  COOPERATION BETWEEN THE BANK AND THE ECONOMIC  SECTORS IN BAHRAIN AND HAILED THE QUALITY SERVICES  AND SOUND REPUTATION OF STANDARD  CHARTERED BANK, ONE OF THE OLDEST BANKS IN BAHRAIN.

BAHRAIN, THANKS TO GOD AND TO THE DIRECTIVES AND  BALANCED POLICIES OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL  KHALIFA HAS BEEN THE LEAST AFFECTED COUNTRY IN THE  REGION BY THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, SHAIKH SALMAN  NOTED.

HE ALSO EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR THE FINANCIAL  SECTOR TO FOSTER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS  CRITERIA  AND INVEST IN THE AVAILABLE HUMAN POTENTIAL TO ATTAIN  WORLD-CLASS STANDARDS.

ON HIS PART, MIKE REES VALUED THE EFFORTS OF THE  CROWN PRINCE TO SUPPORT BANKING  AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND EASE THEIR JOB,  PROMISING TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH THE  KINGDOM’S ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT SECTORS MAINLY IN  WHAT PERTAINS TO TRAINING.

THE AUDIENCE WAS ATTENDED BY HEAD OF CROWN  PRINCE’S COURT SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN DAIJ AL  KHALIFA, UAE STANDARD CHARTED BANK CHIEF EXECUTIVE  JONATHAN MORRIS AND OTHER  OFFICIALS.