The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) announced it has obtained the BS 13500:2013 certification in Effective Governance Management Systems from the British Standards Institution (BSI), positioning the certification as validation of its corporate governance arrangements. The CBUAE framed the certification as confirming a comprehensive corporate governance framework built on fairness, equality, transparency and accountability, and linking it to institutional performance and decision-making. The certificate was received by H.E. Ibraheem Al Sayed Mohamed Al Hashemi, Assistant Governor for Executive Office and Secretary General of the Board of Directors, on behalf of the CBUAE.