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Thursday, April 4, 2019

✈CEO of Emirates to attend Sarajevo Business Forum

 Sarajevo Business Forum 2019

One of the most successful businessmen and investors, a member of the ruling United Arab Emirates family, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is attending this year's Sarajevo Business Forum.
Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, is Chairman and CEO of one of the world's largest airlines Emirates, confirmed the arrival to the Sarajevo Business Forum 2019, the leading investment conference in Southeast Europe, which will be held this year from April 17 to 19 under the patronage of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is very likely for Emirates to announce Sarajevo as its next destination as the airline starts receiving smaller aircraft, suitable for Sarajevo Airport operations (Airbus A330-900neo is scheduled to join Emirates fleet from 2021).   


Al Maktoum is a senior United Arab Emirates official and is most deserving of the Dubai meteoric rise of the airline industry for 27 years. He was the lead of the Civil Aviation Directorate of Dubai since 1985, when the incredible business, investment and tourism expansion of this emirate, which today is the world's business metropolis, has begun.
Corporations from the area that Ahmed Al Maktoum is leading are today the largest in the region and among the most successful in the world. This is not the first visit for Mr. Al Maktoum to the Sarajevo Business Forum. He was a distinguished guest of the investment conference in 2010. The connection that was then established was crucial for a later fruitful continuation of cooperation, and then a decision to establish a direct flights between Dubai and Sarajevo.

Namely, during the visit of the director of BBI Bank Amer Bukvić Dubai, Sheikh Al Maktoum announced the arrival of one of his airline "Fly Dubai" in Sarajevo, which was later realized. Today, Flydubai is real engine for the development of tourism and business connections between Bosnia and Herzegovina and  and United Arab Emirates. Sheik Al Maktoum is a graduate of political science in Denver, USA, and is extremely appreciated in the world of business. He is the holder of numerous awards and prizes including the Order of Legion of Honor, the highest French decoration, Legend of Aviation—2007 Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year.

Bosna Bank International (BBI), in cooperation with its shareholders (Islamic Development Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank) and other international partners, is the organizer of the annual International Business and Investment Conference - Sarajevo Business Forum (SBF). The Conference was initially organized in 2010 and since then, has been held every year. The conference has been positioned as one of the most important business and investment events for Southeastern Europe.


Sarajevo Business Forum is connecting institutional and private investors and businessmen from all over the world with businessmen and project owners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. It represents a platform for business networking and exploration of investment and business opportunities in the Southeast Europe region with the sole objective to foster its economic development.
 Sarajevo Business Forum Airline Gold Sponsors for 2019 are:
FlyBosnia and Turkish Airlines

The list of renowned SBF attendees during the previous eight years include H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey; H.E. Dr. Bandar M.H. Hajjar, President of Islamic Development Bank Group; H.E. Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia; H.E. Mehmet Simsek, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey; H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline & Group; H.E. Dr. Ahmet Davutoglu, former Prime Minister of Turkey; H.E. Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, State Minister for Financial Affairs of UAE; H.E. James Steinberg, former Deputy Secretary of State of the USA; H.E. Christian Danielsson, European Commission Director-General for NEAR and many more.

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