Spearheading an innovative digital transformation program for its employees

 

 

• Salma Al-Hajjaj: The program will play a major role in accelerating Gulf Bank’s digital transformation plans
• Hanan Al-Khalifa: Gulf Bank aims to support and develop our local talents, helping them become faster, more innovative, smarter, and always at the forefront of digitization

 

Kuwait, 09 June 2022: In line with its strategy for the year 2025, and in order to develop its employees’ skills and efficiencies, Gulf Bank has announced the launch of a digital transformation program for its employees as part of a strategic partnership with the Swiss company, SparkAdemy. The partnership marks the first of its kind in the Kuwaiti banking sector and the region.

 

SparkAdemy is the world's number one digital institution, bringing measurable learning to the corporate world. SparkAdemy trains major corporations and banks around the world in the latest advances in scientific research and education, upskilling their employees to advance the futures of their businesses.

 

Gulf Bank's General Manager of Human Resources, Salma Al-Hajjaj, said that 16 Gulf Bank employees were selected to participate in the transformational program. Participants were selected after passing rigorous evaluations and interviews at the Bank.

 

She noted that the Bank's Human Resources and Talent Development teams continue to work to employ and upskill employees who will implement the Bank’s 2025 strategy, becoming distinguished banking hires with competitive skills and expertise. Gulf Bank continues to consolidate its leading position as the Kuwaiti Bank of the Future, implementing a variety of programs aimed at training new graduates and upskilling new employees in line with global best practices. Gulf Bank aims to help candidates develop key banking skills, cultivating holistic bankers that can contribute to the Bank’s culture of excellence and results-oriented performance.

 

Al-Hajjaj noted that the digital transformation program will play a major role in accelerating Gulf Bank's ongoing digitization plans. As part of the program, Gulf Bank will be upskilling and training a select group of the Bank's employees in all the knowledge, materials and market trends necessary to achieve Gulf Bank’s vision of consolidating its position as the leading Kuwaiti Bank of the Future.

 

She stressed that the program would assist all relevant departments to achieve the Bank's digital transformation goals and upskill local employees. Gulf Bank continues to be at the forefront of digital transformation due to its commitment to providing technology-based solutions and fostering a performance culture based on merit and excellence, in addition to its adoption of high-level risk management practices.

 

On her part, the Assistant General Manager for Human Resources, Hanan Al-Khalifa, said: “At Gulf Bank, we believe in developing our local talents in line with the Bank’s strategic objectives. We remain committed to developing and upskilling our local talents so that we may be better equipped to face new changes in the digital world — it is this spirit of self-development and self-improvement that every Gulf Bank leader embodies.”

 

She added: “Our pioneering collaboration with SparkAdemy will mitigate future challenges in the digital world, and will enable Gulf Bank to support and develop its local talents and employees to become faster, more innovative, smarter, and always at the forefront of digitization. In this way, we are proud to be creating a new generation of Kuwaiti talents that are more capable than ever of keeping pace with Gulf Bank’s revolutionary digital transformation plans.”

 

Gulf Bank's vision is to be the leading Kuwaiti Bank of the Future. The Bank is constantly engaging and empowering its employees as part of an inclusive and diversified workplace in recognition of every employee’s role in delivering customer excellence and serving the community at large. With its extensive network of branches and innovative digital services, Gulf Bank is able to give its customers the choice of how and where to conduct their banking transactions, all while ensuring a simple and seamless banking experience.

 

Gulf Bank is committed to maintaining a robust sustainability program at the community, economic, and environmental levels through sustainability initiatives that are strategically selected to benefit both the country and the Bank. Gulf Bank supports Kuwait Vision 2035 “New Kuwait” and works with various parties to achieve it.