Sharjah Islamic Bank shares its business practices with Sharjah Consultative Council

CCS acknowledged SIB's industry experience and excellent business track record which makes SIB a reliable consultant in analyzing various business development areas in Sharjah.

Hussain Al Qemzi, CEO of SIB commented, "Sharjah Islamic Bank is honored and glad to play host to the Consultative Council of Sharjah. We believe that any cooperation between the two organizations will be of great benefit to everyone and we look forward to pursuing this relationship further on a long term basis."

Sharjah Consultative Council has initiated the partnership with SIB. The bank will serve as an advisor to the Consultative Council and will explore the possible areas of cooperation and business development opportunities. Both parties recognized the challenges on the program such as attracting and harvesting nationals in the public and private sectors.

"Emiratization is very important as it promotes the well-being of the country and compels people to participate in improving the nation's economy. We at Sharjah Islamic Bank support this initiative and believe that nationals possess the skills required to compete on an international level. Thus, we will dedicate our services and references for this cause,"

stated Mr. Al Qemzi.

Delegates from CCS included Dr. Abdullah bin Mohamed Al Amiri, President of the Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs committee at the Consultative Council, Doctor Khalid bin Omar bin Mohamed Al Midfah, Mr. Salem bin Hamid bin Nasser Al Owais, and Mr. Malik bin Musbah Al Fariri Al Katbi. Present at the meeting from SIB were Hussain Al Qemzi, CEO, Mohmmed Abdullah, Deputy CEO and Head of Investments Group and Saeed Al Amiri, Head of HR Group.

In order to support the economic expansion in Sharjah the bank highlighted the importance of effective customer service, stressing the need for constant evaluation of practice methodologies and challenges faced by businesses.

Earlier last year, Sharjah Islamic Bank had launched the OPEX Model, which focused on three major aspects: the voice of the associates (employees), customers and processes, which formed part of the change in the internal restructure process that SIB committed to implement.

Sharjah Islamic Bank will be expanding its network with the opening of a number of new branches in 2006.