About this episode

Youssef Salem discusses AI, energy security, and the future of the region, emphasizing the need for the younger generation to prepare for competition in the AI age.

On the second part of my conversation with Youssef Salem, we’re talking about AI, energy security and the future of the region. Youssef also tells me why the younger generation needs to prepare for greater competition in the AI age and how he's working to inspire them. Youssef Salem is the CFO of ADNOC Drilling. ADNOC is the UAE’s primary oil company and 12th largest in the world in terms of production. You can also watch the first part of our conversation where we talk about his personal and professional pivots in your podcast app or our website . This episode is brought to you by EFG Hermes One , your one app for investing in more than 35 stock markets. Start investing today ! (00:00) - Coming up... (05:06) - War and energy security (09:30) - Crisis management (12:27) - Building impact (14:16) - Can we integrate the Middle East (15:43) - Podcasting on faith and finance Music ID: 5ROQ12DERYHSUUVQ

People in this episode

Guest: Youssef Salem

Topics covered

• AI
• energy security
• future of the region
• competition
• younger generation
• inspiration

Keywords

• AI
• energy security
• competition
• younger generation
• inspiration
• ADNOC
• UAE

Sponsors

EFG Hermes One

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ADNOC Drilling

Places: UAE

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