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Building Human Capital
The Policy and Legislative Counsel departments of the Regu-
latory Authority hosted many learning and development, work
experience and information sharing opportunities during 2017. An
intern from Qatar University’s Faculty of Law spent ten weeks in
the departments learning about the policy and legislative drafting
functions. The internship programme forms part of a longstanding
relationship with Qatar University and its undergraduates.
In 2017, three Qatar University undergraduates benefited from
internships at the Regulatory Authority, learning about core business
activities ranging from bank supervision to investment manage-
ment to insurance supervision.

Qatar Leadership Centre’s “Rising Leaders”
visit QFC

The Regulatory Authority was part of a QFC initiative to present
the QFC framework to a group of Qataris who were part of the
2017 “Rising Leaders” programme under the auspices of the Qatar
Leadership Centre.

The First Al Masar Secondment

In 2016, the Regulatory Authority partnered with Pricewaterhouse-
Coopers (PwC) to help develop new leaders, providing Qatari
employees at the Regulatory Authority with the opportunity for
local, regional and international secondment.

The Regulatory Authority’s first secondee was Maryam Mohammed,
Associate Director, Policy, who served a six-month secondment to
PwC in the first half of 2017. At PwC, Maryam worked on both team
and individual projects, and met people across the organisation.

Of her experience, she said, “As a consultant for PwC, I worked with
public and private sector clients across a range of industries. This
was my first time to step outside the government sector. I gained
insight into how private sector businesses manage their deals and
corporate finance, and was exposed to different ways of manag-
ing risk while maximising the value of transactions. My analysis and Maryam Mohammed at a ceremony recognising the completion
advisory skills were certainly sharpened in the process, to my benefit of her secondment, with Eisa Ahmed Abdulla, Chief Operating Offi-
and to the benefit of the Policy team at the Regulatory Authority.” cer and Managing Director, Corporate Services, and Prue Morris,
Managing Director, Policy and Enforcement.