Annual event sees over 100 colleagues from around the world spend a week in Doha for Global Shapers 2016
In collaboration with the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’, Arcadis successfully hosted its annual young talent program, Global Shapers, in Doha earlier this month. The event saw over 100 young professionals spend a week working together and learning from each other. This year’s group included 15 colleagues from the Middle East, 5 of whom were from Qatar, as well as future leaders from Asia, Latin America, Europe, North America and Australia.
Global Shapers is an annual program that Arcadis set up in 2012, and which offers 100 young professionals from around the world the chance to develop international connections and share knowledge. The week working together in Doha was the end of a six-month project, and saw the group create a series of practical tools to help build a more successful Arcadis and Ashghal.
The core theme for this year’s event was ‘Client focus’ and Arcadis was very pleased to welcome several young professionals from Ashghal as part of this year’s cohort. As well as bringing local knowledge and professional skills, the future leaders from Ashghal also offered a client’s perspective on all of the solutions developed. These included a mentorship program, the implementation of social media success stories for both Arcadis and Ashghal, as well as a tool to better engage with clients.
The culmination of the week was a presentation to the President of Ashghal His Excellency Engineer Nasser bin Ali Al Mawlawi, and Mostafa Azzam, Learning and Development Advisor, Ashghal, as well as members of the Arcadis Executive Board including Renier Vree, Stephan Ritter, Stephanie Hottenhuis and Mary Ann Hopkins.
Jack Overkamp, Managing Director, Arcadis Qatar said: “Qatar’s National Vision 2030 includes a number of major programs that should inspire the next generation of young talent within Arcadis. We were delighted to host this year’s Global Shapers in Doha where some of our brightest engineers, project managers and consultants could see, at first-hand, the range of opportunities on offer to work on some of the world’s most exciting programs, and to improve quality of life in Qatar.”
Graham Reid, CEO, Arcadis Middle East said: “Delivering great work and exceeding client’s expectations is at the heart of our business. We were privileged and very fortunate to have Ashghal take part in this year’s Global Shapers event. The insight that their leaders and young professionals shared throughout the week will be of huge benefit to all of the young talent in Arcadis as they continue to develop their own understanding of what clients value most from their advisors.”
