From: Stern Middle East North Africa Club
Date: September 8, 2025
Subject: MENA Newsletter



🎉 MENA Cultural Spotlight & Opportunities 🎉


A Note for This Final Week

Dear MENA Community,

Welcome back to campus! To our returning familiar faces, we’re so glad to see you again. To our new members, a very warm welcome to the family. The first few weeks at Stern can feel overwhelming, but know that we’ve all been there, and the MENA community is here to support you. Don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us “oldies” if you need advice, a coffee chat, or just a friendly face. The best way to keep in touch? Join our WhatsApp group chat! Reach out to our Presidents Youcef Bennour and Omar Fahmy for any details.

As always, you can stay on top of Stern’s exciting lineup of events through these key links:
🔗 Career Account
🔗 Campus Groups
🔗 MBA Events Calendar


✨ Recent Events

It was wonderful reconnecting with returning members and welcoming so many new faces last week! From our Global Mixer Happy Hour with AHBBS, LABA, and SIA at Malt House to meeting prospective members at the Langone Club Expo, the energy was incredible. We loved seeing our community come together and are looking forward to many more opportunities to connect this year.



📊 Event Spotlight

Panel: Public Investment Funds – World’s Largest PE Investors 🌍

Who really drives the global capital markets? Increasingly, it’s Sovereign Wealth & Public Investment Funds like NBIM (Norway), PIF (Saudi Arabia), CPPIB (Canada), and Temasek (Singapore), now among the most influential investors with more than $30 trillion in assets under management.

Join us for a panel discussion on their growing role in private equity and venture capital, featuring speakers from Temasek, CD&R, and the Global Public Investment Funds Forum.

🗓 Tuesday, Sept 9 | 5:35–8:00 PM
📍 KMC Room M2-100 (Panel), followed by networking at Jac’s on Bond

📖 Please read these recent Op-Eds by our moderator, Professor Winston Ma, ahead of the session:

📌 Co-convened by MENA, GFA, SIMR, PE & VC Club, and the Law & Business Association

👉 RSVP Here


We can’t wait to see you at these events and to build another memorable year together. Here’s to a semester filled with learning, community, and plenty of fun.

Warm regards,
The MENA Club Board

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