Inviting global and local companies for business related talks to better bridge the theoretical knowledge students and faculty have with relevant and recent industry practices. Those included talks by Bain & Company talk on “Opportunities and Challenges in the Middle East”, Capital Markets Authority of Saudi Arabia open discussion, Unilever talk on leadership skills, AlRajhi Bank seminar on Money Laundering, Saudi British Bank seminar on Electronic Banking, SAP talk on Financial Accounting and Success Factors systems, IBM workshop titled “Introduction to Watson AI”, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA Student Information Session, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority session, McKinsey talk on management consultancy, Manafa.com talk on crowdfunding, Careem talk on Pre and Post Uber acquisition, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) session on a career in consulting, EY session on professional development in the accounting industry, International Financial Reporting Standards seminar by Deloitte, AstroLabs talk on “Intro to Digital Marketing”, OceanX seminar on entrepreneurship, and Google seminar on digital media.
Those seminars resulted in students and faculty being exposed to global and national relevant topics in business, and stronger network for student employment and internship opportunities.
