UK firm to polish skills of Aldar students

Aldar Properties has commissioned the Inspirational Development Group (IDG), a UK provider of development programmes, to run a special management development programme for the company's UAE graduate and scholarship students.

IDG has a partnering agreement with the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst allowing it to provide a multitude of management development courses on the campus of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Under the agreement signed with Aldar, some 20 to 30 scholarship students and 15 graduate development programme participants will benefit this year from a multitude of programmes aimed at developing their leadership skills.

Ronald Stephen Barrott, CEO, Aldar Properties, said: "Developing nationals and giving them access to state-of-the-art educational knowledge is a top priority for Aldar and an integral part of its social responsibility. We do hope this programme will contribute in the most effective way to the process of building the future business leaders for Abu Dhabi, a process that stands at the core of Aldar strategy."

Scholarship students will meet annually at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Their programme will focus on experiential leadership. Members of the Graduate Development Programme will spend their second year at Sandhurst and their first and third in the UAE.

"For the graduates, it is a modular built into their three-year programme aimed at providing graduates with a tool box and motivation to succeed in the work place, manage their careers and develop management and leadership capabilities which will fast track their career growth," said Abdalla Zamzam, Chief Economic and Administration Officer, Aldar Properties.

Tim McEwan, lead consultant from IDG said: "We are very pleased to have this opportunity to work with Aldar and their Graduate and Scholarship intake. They are the future of the company and indeed the nation. "

Aldar announced in June that it was offering 10 sponsorships for outstanding students to pursue their studies abroad, in co-ordination with the Ministry of Presidential Affairs.