HEC Paris in Qatar receives major award

HEC Paris, one of the world’s top three providers of executive education programmes, has retained its title of Educational Institute of the Year after being presented with the Qatar Enterprise Agility Achiever in Education Innovation accolade for the second consecutive year.
HEC Paris in Qatar was recognised during the prestigious award ceremony organised by Entrepreneur MENA and held at the Grand Hyatt Doha to honour leading entrepreneurs, innovators, and companies across the country. Named ahead of other educational bodies, the business school was praised for continuing to boast the highest levels of excellence in education, and exceeding criteria such as highly-acclaimed educational programmes, involvement with Qatar as a nation, promotion of entrepreneurship, bolstering the business through corporate custom programmes, and initiatives supporting family business, among others.
Its high calibre of graduates was a contributing factor for HEC Paris in Qatar’s nomination, including the recent graduation of H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice- Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, who joined the prestigious HEC Paris alumni community last month.
Prof Nils Plambeck, Dean & CEO of HEC Paris in Qatar, said: “It is an honour for us to have received the Qatar Enterprise Agility Award for the second consecutive year. Receiving such an accolade strengthens and reinforces our team’s efforts in driving a knowledge sharing economy for the benefit of Qatar.”
“Since Qatar Foundation invited HEC Paris to establish a campus in Doha in 2010, we have celebrated the graduation of a number of key business figures representing a significant portion of Qatar’s industries. As a key player in Qatar’s education landscape, we continue the pursuit of partnerships to bolster the business climate in Qatar, and build upon our profound experience to develop entrepreneurs and business leaders of the future. We are proud that our partnership with Qatar Foundation helps contribute to Qatar National Vision 2030 and the award underlines the success of our combined efforts.”
The 2016 Qatar Enterprise Agility Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year awarded successfully nominated businesses and individuals who have established and put into practice innovative ways to contribute and strengthen the lively Qatari economy. BNC Publishing, as part of the Entrepreneur MENA franchise, awarded businesses across multiple categories considered benchmark enterprises in the third annual edition of the awards.