MANAMA: CFA Institute has appointed Lamees Al Baharna, a Bahraini, as the Presidents Council Representative (PCR) of the CFA societies for East Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region.

Ms Al Baharna currently serves as the president of CFA Society Bahrain, the second-largest member society in the GCC region.

She will be serving as representative of the entire EMEA-East region which, includes: Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritius, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UAE and the Ukraine.

In her new role as PCR, Ms Al Baharna will be promoting communication between member societies and chapters, CFA Institute,
and the CFA Institute board of governors.

“This is a huge achievement for Bahrain and the whole GCC region,” Ms Al Baharna said.

“Most of the CFA Societies in the EMEA East region were established during the past five to seven years and have fewer than 150 members.

“This poses unique opportunities to ensure that our emerging CFA societies are supported in a way
that can help them achieve their objectives in promoting the CFA qualification and provide value to their members.

“I will be focussing on building capacity and administrative support, enhancing collaboration amongst neighbouring societies to achieve new efficiencies and working with societies to ensure that experiences and best practices are shared.”