Kuwait

The Kuwait Chapter was launched in March 2012 with the founding members consisting of Zain, National Bank of Kuwait and KIPCO.

Event Calendar

Past Event Sunday, 29 Sep, 2024

MEIRA Kuwait Chapter Meeting

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Past Event Wednesday, 05 Jun, 2024

MEIRA Kuwait Chapter Meeting

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Upcoming Event Wednesday, 06 Mar, 2024

Exclusive Dinner Meeting with MEIRA’s first buy-side member, Mayar Capital

Dubai Read More
Past Event Wednesday, 07 Jun, 2023

BOURSA KUWAIT & MEIRA KUWAIT CHAPTER: IR WORKSHOP

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Past Event Thursday, 30 Mar, 2023

MEIRA Workshop: ESG and Sustainability Reporting, where next?

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Past Event Monday, 06 Feb, 2023

IR Awards Webinar

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Past Event Monday, 24 Oct, 2022

2022 MEIRA HYBRID ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AWARDS

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Hybrid) Read More
Past Event Wednesday, 06 Jul, 2022

MEIRA D&I Working Group: Gender Culture Workshop

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Past Event Thursday, 23 Jun, 2022

MEIRA Kuwait IR seminar “What motivates GCC retail investors to invest in listed companies in Kuwait”

Kuwait Read More
Past Event Wednesday, 13 Apr, 2022

A strategic view of D&I: Understanding its importance for listed companies in the Middle East

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Past Event Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2022

What motivates GCC retail investors to invest in listed companies

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Past Event Wednesday, 15 Dec, 2021

ESG Impact on Investing: US and UK Investor Perceptions of Companies in the Middle East

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Past Event Monday, 20 Sep, 2021

Aurora 50 – The Board Summit

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Past Event Monday, 25 Oct, 2021

2021 MEIRA Hybrid Annual Conference and Awards

Dubai (Hybrid) Read More
Past Event Tuesday, 06 Jul, 2021

Telling a compelling ESG story

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Past Event Wednesday, 30 Jun, 2021

IR Magazine Forum – Equality in IR

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Past Event Thursday, 10 Jun, 2021

Best Practices for IROs Beginning their ESG Journeys

Online Read More
Past Event Wednesday, 26 May, 2021

MEIRA D&I Working Group Roundtable

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Past Event Thursday, 27 May, 2021

ESG 2.0 – A conversation with Guy Opperman, UK Minister for Work and Pensions

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Past Event Tuesday, 06 Apr, 2021

Responding to the new digital IR era

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Past Event Monday, 22 Feb, 2021

GBSA-MEIRA: Debt Investor Relations Roundtable

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Past Event Tuesday, 15 Dec, 2020

Kuwait upgrade to Emerging Markets status by MSCI

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Past Event Wednesday, 16 Dec, 2020

Investor audits – Why, when, how?

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Past Webinar Thursday, 26 Nov, 2020

Webinar: Materials – building blocks of the economy

Online Event details: Date: Thursday 26 November, 2020 Timing: 2:00pm to 3:00pm (KSA) 3:00pm to 4:00pm (UAE) Read More
Past Webinar Wednesday, 04 Nov, 2020

Webinar: Middle East IR Pulse (Sept-October)

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Past Event Wednesday, 20 Nov, 2019

IR Seminar – Making the most of your Annual Report and IR Website

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Past Event Tuesday, 18 Jun, 2019

MEIRA Kuwait Chapter Meeting

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Past Event Wednesday, 17 Apr, 2019

Seminar: Importance of IR from local fund managers perspective

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Past Event Monday, 26 Nov, 2018

Kuwait Financial Market Outlook Seminar

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Past Event Monday, 26 Nov, 2018

MEIRA Kuwait Chapter Meeting

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More
Past Event Wednesday, 22 Nov, 2017

Seminar – Investor Relations: the sell-side view

Kuwait City, Kuwait Read More

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Chapter Head

Mohammad Abdal

Mohammad Abdal

Chapter Head

Chief Communications Officer Zain

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Mohammad Abdal is the MEIRA Kuwait Chapter Head. He was appointed Chief Communications Officer of Zain Group effective July 10, 2015, heading three significant divisions within Zain Group: namely Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, and Corporate Governance & Compliance. A Kuwaiti national, Abdal is a home-grown success story having joined Zain in 2001 as a finance executive soon after graduation. Over the next 16 years Abdal rose rapidly through the organization; playing a key role in various aspects of the company’s evolution and success from a local operator in Kuwait to becoming the leading telecom conglomerate it is today.

Abdal graduated in 2001 from Portland State University, Oregon, US with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a double major in Finance & Management Information Systems. He has also attended reputable executive programs in recent years that earned him several recognitions as a Certified Investments and Derivatives Auditor (CIDA), a Certified Investor Relations Officer and a Certified Corporate Governance Officer.