The Leading CEO Summit sponsored by Shell highlights latest management techniques to participants

The summit, organised by Datamatix and sponsored by Shell, identified and outlined key issues facing today's leaders in government and business organizations.

'The Leading CEO Summit' addressed key barriers to successful practices for today's top CEOs that can improve their organization's economic future, competitiveness and productivity. Focusing on globally accepted best practices and leading techniques, experts specially invited from different parts of the world provided a larger picture on effectively leading today's organizations rather than dictating off-the-shelf leadership recipes.

Some of the topics which were addressed at the forum included, the differences between business and government CEOs, lessons for fast and effective corporate transformation from 50 leading global CEOs, preparing a 21st century CEO, the brand building secrets of the top CEOs and the differences between Middle Eastern, European and American CEOs.

Hussain Al Mahmoudi, Head of External Affairs and HSSE (Health, Security, Safety and Environment), Shell, said,

"Our involvement with this event further reinforces our commitment to support a much larger cause of ensuring Arab excellence in various fields and to share international best practices. Shell is pleased to be closely associated with The Leading CEO Summit, which served as an excellent platform for the participants to stay abreast with latest management techniques and practices. It offered fresh perspectives and ideas for the CEO's that will help them enhance their organisation's productivity and performance."

One of the keynote speakers at the conference was Joschka Fischer who was German foreign minister and Vice Chancellor in the government of Gerhard Schroeder from 1998 to 2005. He was a leading figure in the German Green Party and according to opinion polls he was the most popular politician in Germany for most of the government's duration.

"The Leading CEO Summit" compared roles and achievements of leading CEOs from government and business sector. This was taken up as a special case study presentation on the importance of CEO-level Government - Business partnership for the development of regional economy.

Ali Al Kamali, Managing Director, Datamatix Group said, "The summit does not preach about a specific method or style of leading today's organizations; rather it creates discussions about challenges in leading 21st century organizations. Delegates had an opportunity to meet peers, experts, analysts and academics who were glad to share their experiences and capabilities as leaders."