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CSA Celebrity Speakers, Europe’s leading speakers’ bureau has appointed Meeting Minds – Experts the leading event marketing and management agency, as its Associate office in Dubai, to service the region with leading international and local speakers for conferences, business events, management development programs, after dinner events, product launches, corporate hospitality and one-to-one coaching.
CSA announced the opening of its Dubai based Associate office, to further strengthen its presence in the Gulf region. For twenty years, CSA’s wide ranging portfolio of motivational, business, keynote and guest celebrity speakers has been instrumental in providing inspirational speeches, vision and skill transfer skills to virtually every sector of the world’s economy.
CSA Speakers Dubai is the first ever speakers’ bureau to set up operations in the gulf region and is now part of the Celebrity Speakers Associates (CSA) global network of speaker bureaus. The new Associate office will facilitate the provision of knowledge to corporations in the Gulf region, by offering the top names on the speaker circuit within the field of professional business, academia, politics, sport, entertainment and arts.
Medhat Nassar, Managing Director and founder of “Meeting Minds – Experts” which also specializes in various engagements for corporate meetings and conferences, will head the CSA Speakers Associate office as its Managing Director. Medhat’s international background, know-how and thorough insight into the gulf region, brings a new essence to the CSA global team.
Commenting on the recent expansion, CSA Global Managing Director Dagmar O’Toole, stated, “We are very pleased to have found the ideal partner for completing our mission – to promote positive values and offer advanced business knowledge and intelligence that will lead our clients in the gulf region forward in achieving their goals. CSA has been keeping a close eye on the growing Gulf region, particularly as a destination for conferences and high-profile events as well as its reputation within international academia. The idea of opening an Associate office in Dubai to actively contribute to the creation of knowledge based economy in the Gulf region is in keeping with our business strategy of being global and acting local. CSA aims to assist Business Leadership within the Gulf region in the implementation of global management practices through the progressive experience which our speakers represent and offer,” she added.
Medhat Nassar – Managing Director – CSA Speakers Dubai said “I welcome CSA’s decision to enter the Gulf region. We see a huge potential for this new development at a time when commercial and non-commercial organizations are keen to share global experience and practices, as well as new directions and trends in the world markets. We are excited about our cooperation with a well reputed organization such as CSA and are pleased to have started our 2009 plan with the new Associate’s office in Dubai.”
“CSA represents leading academics, Nobel Prize winners, top executives, economists and politicians. CSA’s database consists of world-class speakers, and they have the unique experience of providing not just services, but solutions. Based on our experience, there’s a tremendous need for expert advice to assist and motivate executives in the region, to move towards world-class performance” Medhat added.
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