{"id":5751,"date":"2015-12-09T09:44:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T09:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.hult.edu\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:54:40","slug":"hult-dubai-students-visit-middle-easts-leading-confectioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/hult-dubai-students-visit-middle-easts-leading-confectioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hult Dubai students treated to tour of Middle East\u2019s leading confectioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of The Food Club at Hult Dubai combined business with pleasure when they visited the Dubai factory of BMB Group \u2013 a leading luxury chocolate manufacturer in the Middle East. The visit was arranged by Hult Executive MBA student, Mohamad Khachab, who is Managing Partner at BMB.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5926\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2015\/12\/news-lab-702x395-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hult Dubai students at BMB Group's factory\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hult Dubai&#8217;s Food Club members with BMB Group Managing Partner and Hult EMBA student, Mohamad Khachab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mohamad joined BMB Group in 2010 to pave the way to expanding the business in the region and worldwide. As well as pursuing his EMBA part-time at Hult, Mohamad co- leads BMB\u2019s Private Label Division, which represents key customers in chocolate and oriental sweets worldwide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5928\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2015\/12\/news-lab-702x395-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"BMB Groups's Dubai factory\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BMB are one of the Middle East&#8217;s leading confectionary suppliers with factories in Dubai, Qatar, Libya, and Saudi Arabia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Food Club was on the factory floor to see what goes into the production side of the business and even try their hand at making the chocolate. They met with Mohamad and his team to learn about the company\u2019s mission and vision that has seen BMB grow from their flagship factory in Dubai, to having multiple branches in Qatar, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, and their ambitions to take the business global.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5927\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2015\/12\/news-lab-702x395-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hult Dubai students making chocolate\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hult Dubai students get hands on in the manufacturing process at the BMB factory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Excursions like this typify the Hult community spirit where passions and professions overlap and are shared both in and outside of class. As a memento of their visit, the students were given customized chocolates, made in a Hult mould. Confection perfection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5889\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2015\/12\/news-hult-chocolates-702x395.jpg\" alt=\"Hult chocolate\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BMB Group gifted The Food Club chocolates with the Hult logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kickstart your career in a state-of-the-art innovation hub by studying at Hult&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/locations\/dubai\/\">Dubai business school<\/a>. To find out more, take a look at our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/no-time-like-the-present-emba\/\">Why there\u2019s no time like the present to start your Executive MBA<\/a>. 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