Muscat: Oman American Business Center, in collaboration with the British Business Forum, European Business Persons Group, and the Australian Business Group, recently organised the third ‘Back 2 Business Oman’, the largest business networking event in the Sultanate.
Held at the Grand Hyatt Muscat with Bank of Beirut as the main sponsor, the event brought together business leaders, social media experts, ambassadors, investors, local businesses, and professionals from across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
“Back to Business Oman presents a valuable platform of information for all professional sectors across the country. As the main sponsor, it offers us a unique opportunity to meet members of the business community, get acquainted with their point of view and tap into their expertise,” said Ramy Zambarakji, chief executive officer, Bank of Beirut-Oman.
“With products designed to promote the growth of businesses, it enables us to make our financial services more accessible to them and allows us to provide guidance, advice and customised services that businesses and individuals need in order to prosper and grow. As our sponsorship of this event confirms, at Bank of Beirut-Oman we are always eager to demonstrate our support for the sustainable growth of business enterprises in Oman,” he added.
“Back to Business continues to live up to its spirit of gathering the most influential business organisations from different sectors under one umbrella to facilitate economic development in Oman,” said Galina Prokhina, corporate coordinator at Oman American Business Center.
“Our Back to Business committee is looking forward to start planning for next year’s event. We have been inspired by the attendees’ feedback and have great ideas to pursue for the future event in 2017,” Galina added.
This year’s event featured Ted Guest Speaker Drew Dudley, who delivered his ‘Everyday Leadership’ talk to more than 500 participants. It was also sponsored and supported by many of the region’s leading brands and organisations including Sohar Port and Freezone, DHL, Qatar Airways, and Grand Hyatt Muscat.