MBS Mideast director named in Forbes list
DUBAI, October 19, 2015
The Manchester Business School's (MBS) Middle East director has been named in the Forbes Middle East list of the '100 Most Powerful Arab Women' for 2015.
Randa Bessiso, who is a passionate advocate for women in business and regularly speaks and writes on this issue, was ranked 82nd on the Forbes 2015 list, said a statement.
She was also named on the Forbes’ 200 Most Powerful Arab Women 2014 list, it said.
The 2015 award is in recognition of Bessiso’s work in founding and building the MBS Middle East Centre into the largest and fastest growing in the MBS international network and a UK higher education success story.
She was recently appointed chair of the UAE-UK Business Council’s Higher Education Group.
MBS currently supports over 1,900 part-time MBA students in the Middle East and an alumni community of 2,000. MBS launched the Middle East Centre in Dubai Knowledge Village in 2006.
Randa Bessiso, a Lebanese national of Palestinian origin, has overseen the development of the MBS Middle East Centre and the launch of a range of products, services and initiatives including the Manchester Innovation Award for emiratis and the introduction of Corporate Education programmes. - TradeArabia News Service
