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Hissah Saad Al Sabah

“We have to concentrate all our energies and wisdom … so that economic prosperity and comfort will lie ahead of our peoples.”

Known For: President, Council of Arab Businesswomen (CABW), Kuwait
Country: Kuwait

About

Sheikha Hessa Saad al-Abdullah Al-Sabah is president of the Council of Arab Businesswomen (CABW). She is a successful entrepreneur with past work at the International Marine Petroleum Company, and within the Ministry of Defense’s Department of Medical Services.

Related to women’s empowerment in the workplace, Al-Sabah serves on several committees: Kuwait Volunteers Women Society, the Kuwait Businesswomen Committee, Arab African Woman Council, and the Women’s Affairs Committee.

Sources

“World Economic Forum on the Middle East: Participants.” Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, 2008.

More Information

Council of Arab Business Women
مجلس سيدات الأعمال العرب

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