The Scientific Society for Investment and Finance at Qassim University holds its first meeting

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The Scientific Society for Investment and Finance at Qassim University will hold its first general assembly meeting to select board members tomorrow evening, Wednesday, at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Buraydah.

The university, represented by the Faculty of Economics and Administration, announced the launch of the association in accordance with the rules governing scientific societies in Saudi universities, in an effort to activate its role in serving the community and building bridges of communication and partnership with specialists and those concerned with investment and finance in the Kingdom.

His Excellency the President of the University, Prof. Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al-Hamoudi, stressed that the establishment of the association comes within the framework of the societal role that the university undertakes as an educational and research institution, one of the pillars of which is community service, pointing out that the association will take upon itself to study and discuss developments and adopt investment and financing proposals that contribute to the revitalization of investment and financing markets in the Kingdom, to be a house to attract different expertise and competencies, and an umbrella under which specialists and concerned people meet to activate their role to address the various investment and financing issues faced by the Saudi economy.

The Dean of the College of Economics and Administration, Dr. Obaid Al-Mutairi, pointed out that the coincidence of the establishment of the Scientific Society for Investment and Finance with the near completion of several economic cities in the Kingdom increases the size of the hopes and aspirations expected from this society in revealing the investment and financing opportunities available in these economic cities and other markets to guide members of society and its institutions towards these opportunities to achieve the objectives assigned to it and serve the growth and prosperity of these cities, stressing that the adoption and activation of such leading scientific societies, membership in them and cooperation with them is a national action that contributes to supporting the pillars of the national economy, and increases

Dr. Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al-Hassoun, Head of the Department of Economics and Finance at the College and Chairman of the founding committee of the association, confirmed that the association will seek to activate its pioneering role by hosting senior specialists in the field of investment and finance, gaining their membership and benefiting from their expertise, as well as holding conferences, seminars, workshops and periodic meetings to contribute to motivating the business sector to face the challenges of the new business environment, strengthening relations with various partners to encourage quality in performance, and exchanging information to raise awareness among the private and public sectors. The association will also seek to activate the role of partnership with the private sector in the fields of investment and finance by providing advisory services and adopting new ideas that serve the expansion of the Saudi market and ensure the diversity of its economic sources, while helping it to overcome the issues it faces to create an investment environment that attracts a large sector of those seeking investment and financing opportunities, explaining that the founding committee of the Scientific Association for Investment and Finance (SAIF) is honored to invite all specialists and those interested in investment and finance matters to join the membership of this scientific association, which will hold its first general assembly tonight to select members of the council