Governance as National Strategy: How GCC Boards Are Powering Vision 2030 and Beyond
National transformation agendas across the GCC have set targets that most boards are still catching up to. The gap between Vision 2030’s ambitions and boardroom execution is not a policy failure; it is a governance one. Here is what that means for directors in 2026.
The Ultimate Safeguard: How Governance Protects Regional Investor Portfolios
Every investor in the GCC has a governance story. Usually, it surfaces after something has already gone wrong. This post makes the case for treating governance as the first line of portfolio defence – not the last resort after a crisis reveals the gap.
Theory vs. Impact: Why Practically Based Training is the Future of Directorship
Most director training programmes were designed for a boardroom that no longer exists. They were built around lecture halls, theoretical governance models, and case studies from markets that operate nothing like the GCC. For decades, this was considered sufficient. Directors earned credentials, attended seminars, and returned to their boardrooms with frameworks that sounded impressive but […]
