IN SHORT

Senior VP and Head of Development Services at Bahrain Development Bank Areije Al Shakar is on a mission to help entrepreneurship flourish in Bahrain. “Everything is changing and the newer generation are coming up with these great ideas, so banks need to evolve too,” she says of the BDB Rowad Program she’s helped establish. “It’s been nice that I can make an impact. I hope that I can leave something that can be taken forward even if I’m not here.”