Emirates NBD announces winners of Banker for aDay online competition

Press release

Published October 4th, 2012 - 12:09 GMT

Winners of Emirates NBD Banker for a Day online competition with senior officials from the bank

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, announced the winners of an online competition for students, who had participated in the third phase of its Banker for a Day a programme that enables high school students to experience an actual working day at the bank.

Four students, Siddhant Sharma and Aya Ballout from Sharjah English School, Nihad Abdul Aziz from Delhi Private School, Sharjah and Priya Goyal from American Community School, Abu Dhabi, received cash prizes and trophies for essays that detailed their experiences as ‘Bankers for a Day.’ Entries for the online essay competition were judged onthe basis of languageproficiency and creativity. The prizes were presented by Suvo Sarkar, General Manager - Retail Banking; Hessa Al Mulla, HR Business Partner Retail Banking; and Saif Al Mansoori, Deputy Head – Group Marketing and Branding, Emirates NBD.

First launched in April 2011, “Banker for a Day” offers high-school students spanning various schools across the country, an opportunity to experience in real time, a day in the life of a banker. Since the programme first took off, a total of 219 students from 38 different schools of Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi have completed the programme.

Background Information

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.