HEC Paris, ranked second around the world in Executive Education by the Financial Times in 2015, has actually formally welcomed the newest batch of participants to the HEC Executive MBA. Consisting of some of the region's promising business executives, the EMBA Class of 2017 includes 45 individuals representing 15 citizenships and with an average age of 38.

The participants come from numerous company sectors such as Education, Consulting, Telecommunications, Government Services, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Aviation, Financial Services, and Construction. Their main purpose is to further advance their professional and career growth in addition to promote the sustainable development and advancement objectives of their particular companies.

The new individuals were welcomed by Prof. Laoucine Kerbache, Dean & CEO, HEC Paris in Qatar, followed by an overview by Barbara Miller, Program Head of International EMBA and Mobility. Three identified HEC Paris EMBA Alumni Nasser Al-Ansari-- Chairman of QDVC, Abdulla Al-Mehshadi-- CEO of Msheireb Properties and Aysha Al Mudahka-- CEO of QBIC also shared words of encouragement with the new individuals.

"We are really honored to invite the sixth cohort of individuals of our HEC Executive MBA in Doha," said Prof. Laoucine Kerbache, Dean & CEO of HEC Paris in Qatar. "The continued need and popularity of our HEC Executive MBA program amongst company executives from Qatar and the region is reflective of our high quality curriculum, which takes into consideration the most recent regional and global patterns in executive management, leadership and entrepreneurship. "

"In welcoming them into the HEC Paris executive neighborhood, we are confident that these participants will have a positive impact on the performances of their business organizations and they will lead them to new and higher heights," he added.

The 16-month useful and extreme program has been established to provide executives with an understanding of the social, financial and environmental aspects of worldwide business.

HEC Paris is currently receiving applications for the admission of the next consumption (2018) of the Executive MBA program that will begin in February 2017.