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MBA InDustRy tAlk InvITED AS A

By sessIOn: KEYnOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Rhada Boujlil By
Department of Finance, CBA EnTREPREnEURIAL Dr. Jolly Sahni
FInAnCE COnCEPTS, D r. Jolly Sahni, Associate Dr. Jolly’s talk was on ‘Stakeholder
Director (MBA Program) participation in Sustainable
vEnTURE CAPITAL, from College of Business Development’ highlighting the
AnD TREnDS In FIRM was invited as a keynote role and contribution of primary
in
speaker
“International and secondary stakeholders in
InvESTMEnT In THE Conference on Strategies for promoting the universal values
Sustainable Practices: During of sustainability.
MIDDLE EAST” and Post COVID” on 1st October The topic was aligned to the
2020 organized by Jaganath Sustainable Development Goals
T he MBA Program (Female in invested capital. A list of companies University, India. of United Nations.
section) hosted its second that raised the most capital in ME from
Talk
on
Session
Industry
2011 to 2020 was also presented,
October 27th featuring Dr. with Saudi Aramco placing third with
Jennifer Brodmann from California $25.60 billion raised in capital via its
State University-Dominguez Hills, who 2019 IPO; and another classification
delivered an informative presentation showed the top acquirers in ME with WEBInAR FOR FIn556
on Entrepreneurial Finance Concepts, MNC Healthcare at the top with 16 Organizer: Dr. umara noreen
Venture Capital, and Trends in Firm deals as of June 9, 2020. The largest
Investment in the Middle East. MBA amount of capital invested was in
students from four MBA classes followed by financial services (22%). A s our usual practice to broaden the perspective of our graduates in terms of knowledge,
the Information technology (36%),
were invited to attend this session: communication skills & competency, A webinar on ‘Capital Market and Investment
Selected Topics in Finance, Investment Products’ was held on October 28th from 6:30 to 7:45pm.
Analysis & Portfolio Management, The session was wrapped up by Mr. Abdularhman Abdulaziz Al-Mashal, Head of Strategy & Business Development, Riyadh Capital
Multinational Corporation Finance, discussing the emerging industries was the honourable guest speaker. FIN556 (Multi-National Corp. (MNC) Finance & FIN551
and Financial Management. The and the future of equity crowdfunding (Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management) class & Course Instructor Prof. Noor Azizan
guest speaker, Dr. Brodmann, is an in the Middle East region. participated in the webinar, which was the practical window for both these course contents.
Assistant Professor of Finance at CSU- The session was organized by MBA Mr. Abdul Rahman briefed about the Capital Market History in Saudi Arabia and its development.
DH and a Faculty Researcher at the instructor, Dr. Rhada Boujlil. He explained about the public investment funds in the Kingdom and compared market cap of the
South Bay Economic Institute. She List of Attendees of this MBA Industry Saudi market to the international markets and discussed about the investment horizon and new
reviewed Entrepreneurial Finance Talk session (Total of 30): opportunities for potential investors.
concepts focusing on venture capital. Fatimah Alabdulqader Student showed keen interest in the talk and raised several questions with respect to the
Modes of start-up investments vary Lamyaa Alamri
from acquiring small business loans Raneem Albalawi investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia. Speaker shared valuable experience on security
to angel investment, venture capital Eman Alharthi selection, industry analysis and portfolio management. An interactive discussion was held about
investment or private equity. One Shahad Alhogail initial public offerings (IPOs) and recent mergers and acquisitions i-e corporate restructuring.
of the most crucial and difficult Dr. Lama Alkayed Faculty members and students actively participated in this discussion.
aspects of fundraising is the start-up Alya Alkhathlan A former graduate, Alumni of PSU, Ms Tarfa Al-Mashal who is currently working with Saudi Fansi
valuation, for which methods such Dr. Kolthoom Alkofahi Capital as Investment Analyst, also attended the session and shared her professional experience
as DCF, Stage Valuation, Market- Hajar Faisal H. Alktheeri and linked with the learning experience at PSU.
Multiple, and Cost-to-Duplicate are Anfal Mounief N. Almouniefy
utilized. Within the Venture Capital
(VC) investment process, the roles of Shewehina Alotaibi
Meehaf Alqhufaili
venture capitalists vary from being an
analyst, associate, partner, all the way Norah Alrashed
to being an Entrepreneur-in-Residence Najla Alrasheed
(EIR). Venture capitalists use Portfolio Samr Abdulrahman S. Alsaleh
Operator Models to build teams Fahdah Alsulaiman
and networks, develop skills, and Banan Alsulami
carry out other functions. The guest Prof. Noor Azizan
speaker also shed the light on the Ghaida Benkaoud
criteria and timeline for VC fundraising Jennifer Brodmann
and the evaluation activities prior Dr. Nevi Danila
to funding an investment. Venture Dr. Nazia Hashmi
capitalists look for a variety of specific Doaa Khalid
characteristics: Firm, Founder, Market, Dr. Umara Noreen
Pitch, and Funder characteristics. VC Dr. Jolly Sahni
decision making process passes by six Dr. Najia Saqib
distinct stages: Seed, First, Second, Sarah Talib
Management Buyout, Leveraged Haifa X
Buyouts, and Recapitalization. Finally,
the recent trends of VC investment
in the Middle East region (ME) were
discussed where Dr. Brodmann
provided detailed statistics of firm
investment in the Middle East.
Currently, 11,014 firms are based
in ME, with 12,093 investors and
22,149 deals; the largest of which is
$127.60 billion and over $1.98 trillion