Kuwait " 11 April 2011:  Gulf Bank today announced that it has recently completed a hosting program for 25 students from Kuwait National English School (KNES) as part of INJAZ Kuwait's Job Shadowing Program. The students visited the Bank's main branch in Mubarak Al Kabeer, where they met with professionals to see first-hand how some of the departments operated on a day-to-day basis.

The students heard presentations from a number of the Bank's specialist departments, including Marketing Communications, Anti Money Laundering (AML) Human Resources, Customer Contact Center (CCC), Learning and Development, Public Relations team and the Corporate team.  During the visits students had the opportunity to ask questions from the professionals within each team and hear and see actual examples of each department's work.

Omar Al-Bassam, Assistant General Manager, Human Resources at Gulf Bank said: "We are delighted to once again support INJAZ Kuwait in this exciting initiative. Gulf Bank is committed to the development of Kuwaiti human resources for a better and more prosperous Kuwait. We continue to support and encourage community initiatives in education, arts, sports, culture and other activities; encouraging people to succeed and realize their ambitions.

As part of our commitment to our community, this initiative gave us an opportunity to contribute by educating young people about the interaction between various departments at Gulf Bank and the importance of teamwork in the workplace."

Rana Kamshad, CEO for INJAZ in Kuwait said: "We appreciate Gulf Bank's participation and support to our initiative by allowing our students to see and learn more about the day-to-day operations of the Bank.  Our program aims to help the younger generation of Kuwait play a more active role in the country's future development; developing entrepreneurial skills in the future business leaders of Kuwait."