Mission and Objectives

Introduction:
The Business and Finance Group is regarded as one of the most important pioneering business companies in the Gulf and Middle East , through its achievements journey which has seen the light one after another, since about 25 years . The group started in Saudi Arabia passing through kingdom of Bahrain till its general management settled down at U.A.E. establishing its head office in Dubai Media City.

The group’s board of directors is headed since its establishment by Engineer, Imad Muhammad ALhati who laid the first adobe in its marching resorting to more than 25 years of experience when he raised up with a firm determination and led the group with a successful developmental strategies based on a masterly artisanship, widening the space to giant and constructive initiatives and achievements the matter that enabled the group business to become wide and occupied a pioneering standing in many economical sectors, particularly in media sector, as the group has become the main investment arm to numerous sister companies in several investment spheres just as real estate, contracting and construction sectors, besides the projects of asphalting international roads, air ports maintenance, organizing regional and international events, besides many other activities of the group in different sectors which in the end contribute positively in consolidating the social and economical development in the regional states confirming the pioneering and strategic role of Arabic private sector and the initiatives of itsowners.

The beginning and record of achievements :
Springing from its management philosophy that sees the importance of positive and constructive participation in various economical sectors and humoring the development that the region witnesses came the first step on the pathway of beginning as an establishment of an economical and informational entity that came to be pointed at with fingers. The idea of establishing the Business and Finance Group handed over by a group of businessmen who enjoys a record repleted with a high professionalism and competence. No doubt that the set of experiences and the professionalism directed the Group has a big effect on the flouring and growth the works of the Group, particularly through his unprecedented and untraditional ideas in the comprehensive investment field.
More than 25 years have passed since the foundation of this entity. It was a short period with a shinning achievements of the honorable group in more than one field.

The achievements of the Business and Finance Group are an identifying marks on the arena of developing the economical and media works in the region, particularly through the initiatives of the inclusive group which is presented for the first time in international economical and real estate information sectors and that head the informational sector’s arena in the region as a result of its successful organization through the past years of the most huge international and regional assembly to the giant Gulf companies that the value of their turn over approaches more than $800 milliar and may exceeds in its value the budgets of some countries.

The most important initiatives through which the Group mount the economical media arena was conducting and organizing the biggest international investment gathering that witnessed by the Gulf countries. The gathering joined under its umbrella the senior officials and decision makers of the Top 100 GCC companies with the participation of about 600 exhibitors from all over the regional countries. The gathering realized through the previous rounds, big achievements which contributed positively in promoting the economical information march in the region as well as contributing in building partnership bridges bringing nearer the different views and offered investment chances and partnerships between numerous investment establishments in the region. The group of the positive and constructive reflections which came to being with the effort of Business and Finance Group to organize that great event can’t be measured because of its dissimilarity in more than one sphere besides the benefits gained by many companies under the umbrella of that gathering. There were many chances that have been realized to the regional countries, particularly through shedding light in front of the participating companies on the investment agenda of the host country enable the gathering to gain strategic importance whether for the benefit of the Gulf countries which host the gathering or even for the benefit of the companies that joined it.

Unprecedented Successes :
The concept and philosophy of Business and Finance Group behind inauguration of that international and regional Forum was that the Group wanted to confirm that the development concepts are existing and continuous though the great successes which were achieved and which were regarded as an unprecedented in the economical gatherings arenas throughout the world.

(Four main criteria, qualifying for the Top 100 GCC Companies) :
Dashing off from the responsibility that it shoulders as it undertakes to bear the burden of choosing the Top 100 GCC out of the total of the big Gulf ones Emphasizing the facts of the objectivity and transparency the Group approved the following criteria which are universally accepted so as to evaluate the performances of any international company:
1- Sales Volume 2- assets size 3- capital 4- number of employees .

Qualitative Projects:
From success to success the Group goes ahead with qualitative projects approved lately by official approvals as a result of executing the important Gulf economical event as it regarded locally, regionally and internationally as the most important of its kind. This event include presenting the real estate leaders and the most important Gulf cities performances. The Top 10 GCC Cities are participating at GCC level represented in Gulf go ernorates and municipalities as the event will review the most important performances in each Gulf city and with regard to that the best city will be selected. The private sector from every Gulf state will participate in this event as they will review the most important ten firms in each city.