Bitesize Business Breakfast

Issam Kazim, CEO of the DTCM, joins us to talk about the Dubai Crown Prince launching the Emirate's first fitness challenge.

Anu Sabapathy, HR Director at Microsoft Gulf, talks workplace disruption, as algorithms steal more and more jobs in factories, call centres and even hotels. Microsoft’s Regional Head of HR is still a human – at least for now.

Salah Yamout, Director of Sales & Marketing at Arabian Automobiles Company, continues our feature on disruption. We looked at how innovations in how we all get around, from ride hailing services to electric cars, are affecting the automobile industry.

Marios Maratheftis, Managing Director & Chief Economist of Global Research at Standard Chartered Bank joins us to answer "Is this as good as it gets?" which is the bank’s Q4 global focus.

Nigel Owen, Communications Consultant, who was formerly Head of Corporate Media at the World’s biggest bank, joined us to explain why the UAE banking sector is overcrowded and how customer service levels can improve.

Geoffrey Thomas, MD & Editor in-chief of airlineratings.com  talks aviation from Emirates and FlyDubai opening bookings under their new codeshare partnership to Monarch Airlines ceasing business yesterday.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, CEO of Mashreq, spoke to us as part of our disruptor feature on how technology is changing the banking sector. Mashreq has launched a digital bank, Mashreq Neo, that it says will allow you to open an account in five minutes and have your cards delivered within 24 hours.

Selim Edde, Google’s Head of Public Policy & Government Relations in MENA joined us to discuss digital maps such as Google and Waze cutting travel times by 16%, and saving the UAE 25 billion dirhams a year.

Moussa Beidas, CEO and Co-Founder of Bridg, talks about his business which allows smartphones to transact with one another, even if one of them is offline. It turns any smartphone into a point of sale machine.

Kunal Malani, Head of Customer Value Management  at HSBC, talks about their new education report which says that we in Dubai spend the second highest in the world on our children's education. Are we simply generous parents or our fees are too high?