Muscat: Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) on Sunday launched the Omani Women’s Investor Club initiative to enhance Omani women's participation in capital markets, enable them to benefit from investment opportunities, and consolidate their role in shaping the future of national investment.
This came during a celebration organised by the stock exchange on the occasion of Omani Women's Day, under the auspices of Ibtisam Ahmed Al Farooji, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion for Investment Promotion.
The celebration included the bell-ringing ceremony at the Muscat Stock Exchange marking the launch of the club, representing a new milestone that reflects commitment to enhancing the inclusivity of the Omani capital market, expanding its base of participants, and creating new pathways that support Omani women's investment presence and contribute to developing their knowledge and capabilities to make informed and well-considered investment decisions.
Haitham Salim Al Salmi, CEO of Muscat Stock Exchange, said that the launch of the Omani Women’s Investor Club represents a new strategic step in Muscat Stock Exchange's journey toward building a more inclusive and diverse capital market, boosting women's participation in investment, and serving as a fundamental pillar for deepening the market, expanding the investor base, and supporting sustainable economic growth.
He added that through this initiative, the stock exchange is working to create an integrated system connecting knowledge with opportunities, enhancing confidence and active participation, and opening new pathways for Omani women to contribute to making investment decisions and developing wealth. He expressed his hope that the club will constitute a sustainable institutional model for partnership and cooperation, translating women's capabilities and ambitions into added value and tangible impact on the future of the Omani capital market, in line with the targets of Oman Vision 2040.
Arij Mohsin Haider Darwish, Chairperson of the Omani Women’s Investor Club stated that empowering women in investment begins with knowledge and transforms into real impact when opportunities become available, noting that the Omani Women’s Investor Club represents an ambitious vision to build an influential network of female leaders and investors.
She added that the club is expected to serve as an effective platform that goes beyond knowledge exchange to creating opportunities, building strategic partnerships, enhancing financial and investment literacy, expanding women's access to markets, and supporting the growth of women-led investments.
The Club stems from a vision based on building a network of influential female investment leaders who work together to enhance opportunities, inspire change, and unlock latent economic potential. Meanwhile, its mission centers on empowering female investors in the Sultanate of Oman and abroad through strengthening cooperation, exchanging knowledge and expertise, and supporting the growth and sustainability of women-led investments.
The club seeks to achieve a set of strategic goals, foremost among which are raising levels of financial and investment literacy, enhancing women's confidence in making their investment decisions, and expanding the scope of their participation in capital markets, alongside supporting their representation in leadership positions and investment decision-making roles, building strategic partnerships that open new horizons for cooperation and opportunities, and encouraging long-term wealth creation and development.
The launch of the club coincides with Omani Women's Day, reaffirming the advanced status that women have come to occupy in the national economic landscape, and underscoring the importance of transitioning from enhancing investment awareness to expanding actual participation in it, while affording women opportunities to contribute more significantly to market growth and development.