Kuwait – 27 November 2015:Gulf Bank kicked off its platinum sponsorship of the 32nd National Union of Kuwaitis Students (NUKS) conference in the United States.  The conference, which is being sponsored by the Bank for the third consecutive year, takes place 26-28 November at the Hilton Bayfront in San Diego, California.

The NUKS-USA conference is the largest annual gathering of Kuwaitis outside the country. More than 3,500 students enrolled in colleges and universities across the United States are attending the conference. The conference spans three days and includes numerous formal and informal activities.  These include: lectures; workshops; a career fair; elections for the new NUKS board; and the opportunity to network amongst themselves and the institutional representatives taking part in the event.

During the first day's events, the Bank took part in the Career Fair.  In addition to discussing career options and holding interviews, the participants were able to register for Gulf Bank's special prize draw.  This year's draw is being done by raffle and is open to all students participating in the conference.  To enter the raffle draw, students merely had to sign up at the Gulf Bank booth in the career fair area.  The draw prizes will be pre-paid gift cards, from $2,500 for the grand prize: second and third prize winners will win $1650 each; the remaining twelve winners will win prizes of $1,000 and $500.

Later in the evening, Gulf Bank representatives Ms. Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager of Human Resources at Gulf Bank, and Mr. Tareq Al-Saleh, Assistant General Manager of Investments at Gulf Bank, participated in the opening ceremony dinner.  During the dinner, Gulf Bank showed a video presenting its "Ajyal" Graduate Development Program.  The video about the Ajyal (Generations) Graduate Development Program highlighted the strategic importance the Bank places on nurturing local talent and providing opportunities to Kuwaiti nationals to assume leadership positions within the Bank.

During the conference,the Bank is also sponsoring the "Start-Up Panel" (Tajriba Al Oula) where students will be presenting business start up ideas to a panel of judges.  The judges, who will include Tareq Al-Saleh, will select the winner who will be awarded $1,000.

The Bank will also be holding two workshops one on "Gender Diversity and Women in the Workplace" by Ms. Salma Al-Hajjaj, who will discuss the challenges she overcame in her successful professional journey and share ideas about diversity in the 21st century workplace.  The other workshop is on "Global Investments Firms Landscape: Introduction to Asset Management Firms and Investment Banking" by Tareq Al-Saleh, who will provide an overview of the investment industry, including career options.

Gulf Bank remains strongly committed to supporting youth events and initiatives and doing its part to help empower the next generation of Kuwaitis. For more information on the NUK-USA conference please see their website at: http://www.nuks.org or its social media channels at nuksusa.

Gulf Bank's team