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[[Anwar Aleitani - Global Account Executive - Saudi Arabia - GE Energy]]
[Saudi Arabia is one of the fastest growing economy and most promising as well,]
[as they increase the demand on better healthcare, education sectors.]
[It's an ideal place for many businesses to invest in.]
[[Akram Hamad - President Gulf GE] We want Saudi to be ]
[one of the top 10 countries for GE by 2010.]
[We pride ourselves with the presence that we have in Saudi.]
[It started back when they first discovered oil in the 30's. ]
[GE installed its first turbines in the east coast of Saudi Arabia ]
[to help transport some of this oil to the world markets in 1942.]
[[H.E. Ali S. Al-Barrak, President & CEO Saudi Electricity Company]]
[With more than 45 years of business relation with GE]
[and with more than 260 units of GE in operation, ]
[and another 80 units under construction, the SEC is depending on the units ]
[of General Electric heavily, which form almost 45% of our total installed capacity.]
[[Liam McCollum, General Counsel, GE Middle East & Africa] ]
[We're extremely well regarded in that we're considered to be leaders in our field,]
[and the Saudi government recognizes that.]
[They have such a high level of confidence in our products that we have the basis ]
[of an extraordinary relationship.]
[[Michael Harris, Mobil Water Manager, GE Water & Process Technology]]
[ Already within the first 2 years of expansion, there will be 2 expansions, ]
[2 further investments by Tamimi on extra fleet to satisfy that market demand. ]
[[Anwar Aleitani] We want to turn GE from GE Saudi into Saudi GE ]
[by localizing and attracting more of the Saudi talent in the country. ]
[[H.E. Dr. Khalid S. Al-Sultan, Rector, King Fahg University of Petroleum] ]
[The global companies have found that the best way to operate in a country is to train]
[and localize the jobs, and I have found that GE is moving very fast on that. ]
[[Majid A. Kaddourni, Zone Manager Saudi Arabia GE Healthcare Arabia Ltd.] ]
[We felt that the market needed help in providing continuous training,]
[clinically and technically for new graduates and even staff.]
[[Kholoud Faqi, Financial Management Program, GBS Middle East & Africa]]
[Saudi women are very talented women.]
[I've seen many of them. Obviously, I'm one of them. ]
[The question that always arises--are Saudi women talented enough to join the workforce?]
[The way I see it, is the workforce ready to accept the Saudi woman?]
[[Liam McCollum] There are serious development projects]
[ that are in place and that will continue. ]
[The market conditions are right. ]
[The time is now to bring businesses that fit the market in Saudi Arabia. ]
