“We are pleased to have partnered with the Offscreen Educational Programme. HSBC always tries to participate in projects that further promote cross cultural understanding and education. Through the power of art, this programme will bridge any cultural diversity and create better understanding between young people. Participants will be Middle East ambassadors to the UK and we hope they will use their wealth of creative and artistic talent to create a positive and lasting portrait of life and culture in the UK.”
Kaltham Al Koheji, Chairperson, HSBC in the Middle East Community Foundation
The HSBC in the Community Middle East Foundation was established in 1996 to fund community projects and activities across the region. The Foundation, a USD 2 million charitable and community initiative for 2007, funds educational, environmental and community projects. The ormation of the Foundation underlines the Bank’s long association with the region and its continued commitment to the Middle East. An advisory Committee made up of senior executives of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited is based in Dubai and all proposals for funding through the Foundation are considered by them before being passed to the Foundation’s Trustees for approval.
HSBC is the largest and most widely represented international bank in the Middle East. HSBC Bank Middle East Limited has 46 branches throughout the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and the Palestinian Autonomous Area. In addition to the branch network the Bank maintains representative offices in Tehran, Iran and Tripoli, Libya. This extensive regional coverage is strengthened by another member of the HSBC Group, HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E, and by its associated companies, The Saudi British Bank; British Arab Commercial Bank Limited; HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited, SABB Securities Limited; SABB Takaful Co.; and Dar Es Saalam Investment Bank.
HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc serves over 128 million customers worldwide through around 10,000 offices in 83 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of some US$2,354 billion at 31 December 2007, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as ‘the world’s local bank’.
