Representing His Highness, the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, His Excellency Humaid bin Mohammed Al Qutaimi, the Minister of Education in the United Arab Emirates, crowned a selection of accomplished Arab personalities and leaders. These individuals have made significant strides and initiated remarkable projects in their respective business fields. This event also recognized a number of elite companies in the Arab region. The ceremony was organized by Tatweej Academy for Excellence Award, in collaboration with the Arab Administrative Development Organization in the League of Arab States. Venue, Armani Hotel, located in the iconic Burj Khalifa in Dubai, November 8^th, 2012.

At the beginning, Mr. Pierre Moukarzel, President & Founder of Tatweej Academy for Excellence Awards in the Arab region, announced Tatweej Academy the awarding of Tatweej Academy The Nibras Award for Wise Leadership to His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, for his wise leadership of the Executive Council of the emirate of Dubai، which has been awarded for the first time in the Arab world and has been handed to  Minister Hmeid Al Qutaimi

Moukarzel, emphasized the significance of the accomplishments made by the awardees in enhancing the administrative efficiency of Arab institutions. He believes that such recognition will inspire others to emulate their journey towards achieving quality, excellence, and success. He also underscored the pivotal role of Dubai in initiating and promoting excellence and quality, and in supporting all endeavors that contribute to success in the Arab world.

Dr. Abdul Rahim Allam, the Minister Plenipotentiary in the League of Arab States and the Head of Consultations and Specialized Awards at the Arab Administrative Development Organization, spoke about the significance of the award, emphasized the crucial role of this coronation in fostering success, excellence, and quality, which he believes is the optimal strategy to circumvent crises. He also underscored the contributions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in championing excellence in the Arab world.

 

Then, His Excellency Minister Humaid Al Qutami, representing His Highness Hamadan Al Maktoum, honored fourteen distinguished Arab individuals and twenty-three preeminent companies in the Arab world, all of whom have made significant contributions in the realm of excellence and quality.

The distinguished individuals who were honored as follows:

• Brigadier Sheikh Sultan Bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police, UAE
• Major General Mohammed Bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali, Director General of Human Resources and Head of the Quality and Excellence Team Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, UAE
• Dr. Mohammed Matar Salem Bin Abed Al Kaabi, Director of the General Authority of Islamic Endowments, UAE
• Eng. Mohammed Al Nouri, Head of the Environment Center for Arab Cities, UAE
• Mr. Mohammed Berro, CEO of Al Hilal Bank, UAE
• Mr. Abdul Wahid Al-Mawlawi, Executive Director of Al-Ahli Hospital, Qatar
• Dr. Mona Al-Ghais, Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of Kuwait (formerly)
• Eng. Marwan Hayek, Chairman and General Manager of Alpha Telecom, Lebanon
• Mrs. Randa Bdeir, Director of Electronic Banking and Card Services at Bank Audi Group Saradar, Lebanon
• Mrs. Laila Karameh, Founder and President of the Lebanese Businesswomen Association, Lebanon
• Mr. Michel Bayoud, President of Boecker International Food Safety Company, Lebanon
• Mr. Adnan Youssef, President of the Union of Arab Banks and CEO of Al Baraka Group in Bahrain
• Dr. Fahad bin Mutaad Al-Hamad Musaed, Deputy Speaker of the Saudi Shura Council, KSA
• Dr. Arwa Al-Amma, Assistant Secretary General for Information Technology Affairs at Jeddah Municipality, KSA

 

The coronation ceremony also honored leading institutions as below:

United Aarab Emirates: Dubai Municipality, The General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Awqaf, Dubai Courts Department, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, and Ajman Police.

Saudi Arabia: The Eastern Chamber, King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, Riyadh Municipality, and National Water Company.

Republic of Lebanon: Liban Post, The Lebanese Association for the Handicapped, Zaatar and Zeit Restaurants, Tannourine Water, and Khatib and Elmi Engineering Consultants.

Kingdom of Bahrain: The General Organization for Youth and Sports, Bahrain National Gas Company (B.S.C.), and the University of Bahrain Zain E-Learning centre.

Sultanate of Oman: Gas Company

State of Qatar: Qatar Industrial Equipment Company and Qatar Petrochemicals

State of Kuwait: Al-Sayer International Group for General Trading and Contracting

Republic of Iraq: Farabi Development centre.

Republic of Arab Egypt: Legal Consultants Association