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Cybersecurity Framework. As part of the QFCRA’s On behalf of all the staff at the QFCRA, I would also
commitment to developing human capital and as part of like to express our sincere gratitude to H.E. Sheikh

the Second Strategic Plan, the QFCRA collaborated with Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani and H.E. Sheikh Mohammed

Harvard Law School Executive Education to deliver the Bin Hamad Bin Qassim Al-Abdullah Al-Thani for the

Programme on International Financial Systems, an in-depth vision, leadership and support they provided as former
training for financial regulators in international financial Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the QFCRA. Their

markets, corporate finance, and financial market regulation. contributions to the QFCRA are greatly appreciated.

An ongoing partnership with Hamad Bin Khalifa University

College of Public Policy established several initiatives
designed to share expertise on public policy development

and the mentoring of graduate policy students. The division

has also led our newly adopted cloud-first strategy, which

has enabled us to explore opportunities to deploy artificial
intelligence and advanced machine learning capabilities.

On behalf of all the staff at the QFCRA, I wish to express

my sincere appreciation to our Chairman, H.E. Sheikh
Bandar Bin Mohammed Bin Saoud Al-Thani and our Board

of Directors for their strong support, leadership and vision.

I am also very grateful to our partners at the Qatar Central

Bank and the Qatar Financial Markets Authority for their
Michael G. Ryan
commitment to effective regulatory cooperation and the

valuable contributions they have made to our work. Chief Executive Officer