Radio Podcasts - Middle East

Wednesday, 14 October, 2009

Jeff Rhodes, CEO of INTL Commodities, talks about today's record gold price.

Tuesday, 13 October, 2009

Sally O'Rourke, MD - EMEA for WGSN, discusses fashion. O'Rourke states that the fashion world looks five years into the future and is a good indicator of consumer behaivior.

Jeff Rhodes, CEO of INTL Commodities, talks about the record gold price and how he feels the market is "getting dangerous".

Philippe Dauba-Pantanacce, senior economist for Standard Chartered Bank talks about the GCC single currency project. The currency is due to be in place four months from now.

Mike Hynes, MD of Kershaw Leonard, goes through the results of his company's 2009/10 Cost of Living report.

Monday, 12 October, 2009

Gaj Ravichandra, GM - Assessment & Development Services for Talent2, talks about psychometrics and assessment in the world of recruitment.

Khaled Masri, Partner at Rasmala Investments, talks about Q3 earnings, market moves, and his belief that we will look back at this period as being 'the trough'.

Vikas Papriwal, Partner at KPMG, talks about the world of sovereign wealth funds and how focus has shifted since the economic crisis hit.

Dr Tommy Weir, who is speaking at this year's Leaders in Dubai forum, talks about the CEO shift. Weir states that HSBC is leading the way by relocating their CEO to Asia, for example.

Sunday, 11 October, 2009

Rachael Wunsch, General Manager, Al Tamimi Investments, talks about her company's new program for business students. The prize for the competition is the submitted plan becoming reality.

Jason Goff from Emirates NBD, believes that the US Fed will raise rates in the second half of 2010. Goff also talks about the drop in the US dollar.

Hossein Nasr from Fakhruddin Properties, talks about the UAE real estate sector in the aftermath of Cityscape Dubai.

Thursday, 08 October, 2009

Paul Bennett, Chief Creative Officer of IDEO, talks about his visit to Dubai to speak at TEDx Dubai. Bennett states that the forum doesn't offer a big answer but instead suggests ideas.

Wael Al Sayegh from the consultancy Alghaf, talks about the America's Cup, UAE and UK football, and the Emiratisation of the Dubai metro's workforce.

Eileen Wallis, Managing Partner of The Portsmouth Group, talks about the exhibition sector and how companies should prepare. This in light of Cityscape Dubai and the upcoming GITEX.

Wednesday, 07 October, 2009

Joseph Freeman Jr., Group Vice President - Finance, for Ridge Solutions, talks about the reasons GCC investors should put their money in the West African country of Angola.

Fathi Hilal Buhazza, President & CEO of Maximus Air Cargo, discusses aviation from his company's point of view. Maximus saw huge profits in the previous financial year.

Ian Clarkson, CEO of Celerant, talks about how the global climate has affected his business. Clarkson states that Europe will struggle more than any other region in the medium term.

Yong Wei Lee, Head of MENA equities for EIS, discusses the performance of regional markets with particular focus on Qatar.

Tuesday, 06 October, 2009

Jeff Rhodes from INTL Commodities, the rising price of gold, the coin market, and about his speech at the DIFC this afternoon.

John Calverly, Regional Head of Research North America Global Research, talks about sentiment and performance of US markets. Caverly states that we are not out of the woods yet.

Monday, 05 October, 2009

Giuseppe Colosimo, Director, and Wayde Tardif, Managing Director, both for Posit Studio, talk about the recession from their point of view. Posit Studio is an architectural firm.

Abdulkadir Hussain, CEO Mashreq Capital, talks about the next two months as a good period to use to judge how the next two years will be.

William Buck, Director, Middle East Operations for McDonald & Company, talks about the company's 2009 salary survey. The report covers the real estate sector.

Ahmed Humeid, CEO of Toot Corp, discusses his company's new Twitter style communication platform watwet.com supports the Arabic language.

Sunday, 04 October, 2009

Sunaina Gill, Director of Retail is Detail, talks about the opening of her company's sweet store in Dubai Mall, Candylicious. Gill claims her store has the highest number of sweets per square foot in the world.

Samrat Navele from Emirates NBD discusses last week's US data including car sales, pending home sales, and jobless figures. Navele also talks about the Chinese currency.

Thursday, 01 October, 2009

John Hobday, MD of FD Gulf, talks about Gulf companies buying UK football clubs. Hobday states that prospective buyers should factor in the British media as a stakeholder.

Wael AL Sayegh, founder of the Alghaf Consultancy, discusses the GCC single currency, the UAE rail network, and the possibility of DNA collection of residents in the country.

David Reeves, an independent management consultant, talks about his visit to Dubai to speak at Games09. Reeves is an ex-President of Sony Corp. (Europe).

Wednesday, 30 September, 2009

John Miers, Chairman of Black Isle, talks about his business - the business of training people to speak in public. Black Isle also offers training online.

Ramadan Abdulla Mohammed, Director of Rail Operations Department for the RTA, discusses the first three weeks of operation of the Dubai Metro.

Yong, Wei Lee, Head of MENA equities at EIS, talks about the fundamental lessons of investing.

Tuesday, 29 September, 2009

Abah Ofon, Softs Analyst for Standard Chartered, talks about the worst cocoa shortage in 40 years and what it means to the pocket of the consumer.

Albert Henschel, General Manager UAE for Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), talks about his company's flight season for 2009/10 from the UAE.

Yunib Siddiqui, the local CEO and owner of Jones the Grocer, talks about the arrival of the Australian deli brand to the UAE.

Monday, 28 September, 2009

Ghanem Nuseibeh, Head of GCC & Yemen and Senior Analyst at Political Capital, talks from Berlin about the impact of Angela Merkel's election win.

Andrew Croft, General Manager at Talent2, says his company is coaching people to appear less arrogant in job interviews. He also gives other tips for interview success.

Khaled Masri, Partner and Head of Brokerage at Rasmala Investments, discusses Gulf equity markets vis a vis their international counterparts.

Sunday, 27 September, 2009

Adriano Cantreva, Sr Executive Officer at ITAU Middle East Securities, discusses the strange case of the reappearing of the Honduran President, as well as Rio de Janeiro's acess to funding should they win the right this week to host the 2016 Olympics.

Jason Goff, of Emirates NBD treasury, outlines progress made at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh.

Rohan Marwaha, Managing Director at Cityscape, welcomes Emaar & Nakheel back to Cityscape, but says they weren't lured back by discounted floorspace.

Thursday, 24 September, 2009

David Mann, Senior FX Strategist for Standard Chartered in Asia, talks about the G20 meeting and the probability of discussion about trade imbalances.

Ahmed Abdella, Regional Manager MENA for RSA, talks about security threats within organisational IT systems and how not all are malicious.

James Piecowye, Associate Professor at Zayed University, and, Giorgio Ungania, Head of Commercial Services at SAE, talk about TedXDubai - an event that will bring together ideas with the aim of sparking change.

Wednesday, 23 September, 2009

Christian Dietrich, Managing Director for Technogym, talks about the fitness industry and how the financial downturn has affected business. Dietrich states that his hospitality clients are spending less than others.

Panos Manolopooulos, Managing Partner Middle East/Global Practice Leader, for Stanton Chase, talks about the G20's focus on executive pay and remuneration.

Stijn Janssen, Tax Advisor at Loyens & Loeff, talks about hiding money in off-shore centres and how it may not be as simple and straight forward as it first seems.

Tuesday, 22 September, 2009

Marios Maratheftis, Regional Head of Research at Standard Chartered Bank, talks about the up-coming G20 meeting and what he thinks will (and should) be in the speeches of some of the worlds most powerful people.

Thursday, 17 September, 2009

John Hobday, MD of FD Gulf, talks about the media opportunities surrounding Dubai's new metro system.