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Shaping PhilanthropyMuna Al GurgMuna Al Gurg has blazed a trail for Emirati women in both philanthropy and business. The vice chair and director of retail at the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, Muna plays a leading role in her family’s Easa Saleh Al Gurg Charitable Foundation and earlier this year, she launched her own philanthropic initiative. Meem Foundation aims to bridge gender gaps, creating more economic opportunity and better access to both the workplace and health care for women and girls in the MENA region.In...2024-03-2023 min
Women in Family BusinessMuna Al Gurg: Innovation in Family Governance and BusinessMuna Al Gurg has been instrumental in shaping innovative approaches in her family’s firm.She fondly remembers the stories her father, and company founder, Easa Saleh Al Gurg, told her about navigating the business through Dubai’s early development period in the 70s and 80s. Those experiences helped reinforce Muna’s belief that the ability to adapt in ever-shifting commercial landscapes lies at the core of most family enterprises – especially in the MENA region, with its history of frequent and swift transformations. However, she also stresses the importance of establishing a solid governance foundation to support the critical decision...2023-11-1732 min
The Come Alive Podcast with Meher MirchandaniEp 51 – Value of Compassion with Muna Al GurgDo you know what value helped build the Easa Saleh Al Gurg empire?
No matter how far and long our life goals may be, self-compassion and being compassionate toward others will eventually lead to having a peaceful, content, and well-meaning life - Muna Al Gurg
Muna Easa Al Gurg is currently the vice chairperson and managing director of Retail at Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group., a multidivisional conglomerate with 23 companies.
She ranked amongst the 50 most influential Arab women in the Middle East by Arabian Business magazine in 2021. Since 2008, Muna has been Chairwoman of the busin...2022-10-2318 min
The Business of PhilanthropyMuna Al Gurg; A Conversation with Badr JafarMuna Al Gurg is the Director of Retail at Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group. She is a businesswoman, a philanthropist, and a prominent advocate for the role of women and business in the Gulf Region. In this discussion, Muna speaks to Badr Jafar, Founding Patron of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, about philanthropy in the Middle East and her advice to youth aspiring to work in this field.Also available on YouTube. Follow the link below:https://youtu.be/RUIqwnITZGI2021-07-1518 min
Streams of ProgressYAL - Muna Al Gurg, Easa Saleh Al Gurg GroupMuna Easa Al Gurg is the Director of Retail of Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, a multidivisional conglomerate with 27 companies. The Group is active in several industry sectors that include retail, building and construction, industrial, real estate and joint ventures.Since 2008, Al Gurg has been Chairwoman of Young Arab Leaders UAE, where she promotes education, entrepreneurship and youth development.Al Gurg has been advocating a greater role for women in business. In 2015 she launched the Muna Al Gurg Scholarship at London Business School, supporting female students studying in the school’s MBA and Executive MB...2020-07-2549 min
When Women WinMuna Al Gurg on Leadership in a Large Family BusinessMuna sits on too many boards to list here so I’ll just mention a few: Along with her two sisters, Muna sits on the board of the family business founded by their father; she is the Chair of ìYoung Arab Leaders – a non-profit organisation that promotes education, entrepreneurship and youth development; and she is a founding board member and Co-Chair of Endeavor UAE, a non-profit organisation that promotes high-impact entrepreneurship in emerging and growth markets. Her first seat on a board of directors was in the Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre, where she served from 2004 to 2009, helping build...2018-04-2641 min