The CEO of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Mr. Mazen Wathaifi, sponsored the inauguration of the fifteenth youth economic forum organized by the Jubilee School under the slogan "Together for Sustainable Development", which was held on Saturday 13/05/2023, at the Jordan Armed Forces Hotel. In the presence of a number of economic experts at the national level and with the participation of 90 students from the Jubilee School.
The event aimed to discuss the most important global, Arab and local issues that have an impact on the Arab world in general and Jordan in particular, and to develop students’ skills in dialogue with leaders, opinion-makers and political decision-makers, and to involve them in following up global, regional and local political and economic events, and to reach recommendations for problems and issues raised and to submit them to the responsible authorities.
During his opening speech, Wathaifi pointed out the importance of the forum and that it is evidence of the awareness among school staff of the importance of qualifying students who are tomorrow's leaders and providing them with expertise, putting them up to date with the latest developments, and highlighting the importance of issues at all levels, to be part of the educational system to prepare an elite generation that is distinguished and aware of issues.
Mr. Wathaifi also reviewed the importance of the Exchange in the national economy and its role in promoting and financing investment, the most significant developments in the national capital market and the projects implemented. In addition to the importance of seeing economic modernization and the role of the Stock Exchange and the capital market institutions in seeing modernization, he touched on the most important indicators of the exchange over the past two years and the positive performance of the exchange.
At the end of the meeting, Wathaifi answered the questions and inquiries of the participants regarding the Jordanian capital market institutions in general and the ASE in particular. Also, Commemorative shields exchanged between the ASE and Jubilee School.
