(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Meethaq, the Islamic banking window of Bank Muscat, hosted H E Taher Salim al Amri, executive president of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO), at the 13th Majlis Meethaq forum at Bank Muscat head office, in the presence of dignitaries, management team members and senior officials from the government and private sector institutions.
The Majlis Meethaq forum is aimed at presenting successful role models and highlighting their achievements to motivate and inspire citizens, especially youth, to attain success in life. The social forum hosts well-known economic, social, religious or cultural persona having influence on Omani society to benefit from inspirational aspects of their life and career.
According to a press release, the interaction with H E Amri focused on his career, personal life, as well as views and perspective on the economy and important social and cultural issues.
H E Amri stressed that the sultanate pursued a prudent monetary policy with a focus on reserve and innovative measures to face future challenges. The strategy is to reduce the financial burden, he said adding that the CBO has the expertise and qualified Omani cadres to achieve success in the coming period and strengthen the banking sector through cooperation.
H E Amri praised the important role played by banks and financial institutions in the development and progress of Oman.
He said, 'The CBO has achieved over 90 per cent Omanisation, which is an excellent ratio and we aim to increase it in the coming period. Our priorities in the coming period are to strengthen monetary policy, meet the challenges and take advantage of the existing opportunities, in addition to development issues aimed at improving the banking sector, including introduction of new financial instruments to enhance the role of Islamic banking.'
H E Amri also highlighted personal achievements and pointed out that citizens must take advantage of opportunities offered by the government for education, training and employment to achieve success in life and career.
Sulaiman al Harthy, deputy chief executive officer – Islamic banking at Bank Muscat, said, 'Islamic finance industry is growing rapidly worldwide and we are happy the Majlis forum facilitated an insightful interaction with H E Amri to explore new possibilities and collaborations in Islamic banking and finance vis-à-vis the development and investment opportunities in Oman.'
Meethaq is the leading Islamic financial services provider in the sultanate with many achievements contributing to the growth and development of the sultanate's economy. Meethaq extends support to all key economic sectors in Oman and is focused on developing as a benchmark Islamic financial institution in Oman and the region. Within four years of operations, Meethaq has marked the milestone of RO1bn in assets.
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