- Deloitte ME PoV: Low activity of GCC private-public partnerships in transport, health and education sectors
- Deloitte ME PoV: For CIOs to survive and remain relevant, they should embrace cloud computing
- Deloitte ME PoV: Oman actively pursuing a development plan focusing on diversification, industrialization and privatization
- Deloitte ME PoV: Businesses in developed economies face risks of higher levels of bribery and corruption
- Deloitte's new issue of the “Middle East Point of View” print and online magazine and iPad app provides insights into Gas, Russia and the Middle East; private-public partnerships; risk; cloud computing; human capital trends; and employee engagement, among other imminent topics
6 November, 2013 –The effects of growing gas-to-gas competition between Russia and the Middle East and the key role China plays are discussed in the new issue of “A Middle East Point of View”, a magazine and app that aims to share knowledge through independent thought leadership pieces by providing analyses and commentaries by experts at Deloitte in the Middle East and around the globe. In his article “Gas, Russia and the Middle East, who goes there, friend or foe?” Kenneth McKellar, Deloitte Middle East energy and resources leader, points to the difficulties the two energy powers have in forging a strong partnership despite the complementary aspects of their respective gas businesses.
In the article “The Project Finance Compass – East and West”, Ben Hughes, assistant director in Infrastructure and Capital Projects at Deloitte Corporate Finance Limited, Middle East, indicates that across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), private-public partnerships (PPPs) are at a more embryonic stage and that across the region, there has been little PPP activity in historically core PPP sectors such as transport, health and education, particularly since the crash of 2008.
One of the most buzzed about issues in Information Technology today, cloud computing, is addressed by Deloitte Middle East's Chief Information Officer, Basit Saeed, in his article: “ The Cloud: a CIO's survival guide”. With insight as to what to expect when it comes to cloud computing, Saeed provides a ‘guide' for CIOs to deal with this new technology, emphasizing that for CIOs to survive and remain relevant within an organization, they should embrace the cloud and evolve their value proposition.
Alfred Strolla, regional managing partner- Oman, Sudan and Yemen at Deloitte Middle East and Phaninder Peri, tax senior manager at Deloitte Middle East, discuss the Sultanate of Oman's economic plans, saying: “Oman has been actively pursuing a development plan focusing on diversification, industrialization and privatization, with the objective of reducing its reliance on the oil sector's contribution to GDP and creating more employment opportunities for young Omanis entering the workforce.”
As businesses continue to face a challenging economic environment in most developed economies and are looking towards rapid-growth markets with potentially better prospects, they also face the risk of higher levels of bribery and corruption. The rising trend of cross-border regulatory action and the increasing focus of investors on governance are discussed by Ralph Stobwasser and Collin Keeney, directors in Forensic at Deloitte Corporate Finance Limited, Middle East.
On 2013 human capital trends that greatly impact businesses around the world, Ghassan Turqieh, Consulting partner at Deloitte Middle East, shares the results of a recent Deloitte human capital trends survey, the most notable trends of which include switching from talent recruitment to talent development, transforming HR to shift focus to business priorities by concentrating on areas such as talent and emerging markets.
Soughit Abdelnour, senior manager, Human Resources at Deloitte Middle East, in a separate article explains that over the last decade, the business world has shown significant interest in the concept of employee engagement, which brings together concepts of work effort, organizational commitment, job satisfaction and optimal experience.