Warba Bank awarded a new batch of leadership program graduates under the patronage and presence of the CEO, Mr. Shaheen Hamad Al-Ghanem, and the Deputy CEO Support Services and Treasury, Mr. Anwar Bader Al-Ghaith, in addition to the Human Resources Group. The honoring included those who successfully completed intensive training programs aimed at developing effective leadership and management skills, which reflects Warba Bank’s commitment to developing the capabilities of its team and preparing a new generation of leaders capable of facing challenges.
The CEO, Mr. Shaheen Hamad Al-Ghanem, stressed in a speech on this occasion the importance of the role played by the Bank’s human resources in achieving the Bank’s plans and objectives that seek to place it among the list of the most distinguished local banks at all levels. He added that “We at Warba Bank realize the importance of these leadership programs as they represent the strategic vision of the Central Bank of Kuwait to develop national manpower in the banking and financial sector. We also share these programs’ goals and aspirations through our rooted culture of developing our staff, through our various training programs and initiatives”.
Al-Ghanem noted that Warba Bank is keen to enroll its employees in training courses and programs that develop their banking capabilities and skills, and contribute to providing them with various banking knowledge, especially in the field of executive management and risk management, which reflects positively on banking work in all its aspects.
He continued, saying: “The Bank is keen to involve its employees in such pioneering and purposeful programs that focus on investing in human resources, and complements Warba’s endeavors to develop the Bank’s employees and Kuwaiti executive leaders, and support them to enhance their skills and hone their expertise to perform the tasks assigned to with complete efficiency and qualify them to face current and future challenges, especially since the percentage of national employment reached 83.5% by the year 2023, which is the highest percentage achieved by the Bank as part of its endeavor to qualify national staff from university graduates, where the role of the Human Resources Group is to provide the best career opportunities to support national workers in a way that suits their specializations.”
Warba Bank is one of the banks that has achieved great successes in a short period, as it occupied a leading position in the field of Islamic digital banking services for individuals, and it is one of the largest local banks in the number of shareholders, and these are among the most prominent components that make the bank close to all members of society.