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MEBA 2009 winners announced

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 27 - 2009 at 10:49
  • PRESS RELEASE

The best and brightest in business have been chosen as Leaders Events revealed the list of winners in this year's Middle East Business Achievement (MEBA) Awards.

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  • Robert Keay, Managing Director of Ethos Consultancy receiving the Recommended Employer of the Year Award from Chester Elton.
    Robert Keay, Managing Director of Ethos Consultancy receiving the Recommended Employer of the Year Award from Chester Elton.
The elite group of business achievers was led by Colm McLoughlin, Managing Director of Dubai Duty Free, who won the Businessman of the Year Award; and Safa Abdulrahman Al Hashem, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Advantage Consulting Company, who was awarded the Businesswoman of the Year honour.

Other winners included Etihad Airways for Marketing Strategy of the Year, Ethos Consultancy for Recommended Employer of the Year, mamemo productions for Environmental Contribution of the Year, The One for Corporate Social Responsibility Leader of the Year, Powwer Living by Fitness Quotient for Small Business of the Year, and Makarem Sobhi Batterjee, President and CEO of Shababco Enterprises, for Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

The winners were given their awards at the Leaders in Dubai Business Forum, before an appreciative audience consisting of the region's most important business leaders, and the worlds' most noted management gurus and thought leaders, including Gary Hamel, Chester Elton and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu.

"Winners of the MEBA Awards exemplify business excellence at the highest standards. They go to attest how far businesses have adopted best practices in business, as well as innovated to suit the unique challenges and opportunities in the region. Our hats off to this year's awardees, whose accomplishments not only serve as an example for others to follow, but also as an inspiration for others to do better in what they do,"


said Alan Kelly, Divisional Director, Leaders Events.

The MEBA Awards, now in its third year, was created to identify and honour companies and individuals who are making a difference through leadership and innovation in their industry sectors. It has grown to become the most sought after business and leadership excellence citations in the region.
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About Leaders Events - part of IIR
'Leaders' is a new division of IIR Middle East designed to provide the IIR delegate a new level of conference experience. Born from the success of the Annual Leaders in Dubai Business Forum, Leaders' events stand out from the rest by providing a superior level of speaker, ensuring up-to-date topics and maintaining an all-around level of excellence throughout the execution of their events. The flagship event - Leaders in Dubai - is a meeting of over 1,500 of the regions' most eminent business leaders from across all industries who come together with some of the most popular business, economic and political leaders from across the globe - to network, learn and debate on the future of business and to share their experiences. Leaders has launched a number of other highly successful events recently including the acclaimed Management Innovation Forum, which was launched in 2007 and met with rave reviews, and the Middle East Business Achievement Awards which honors regional business leaders for their excellence and contribution to business. 2009 sees the development of a variety of Leaders events - all of which promise to evoke thought and creativity, and give real value to the delegates who attend. Speakers, current and past at Leaders events include Colin Powell, Jack Welch, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, Kofi Annan, Michael Porter, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Tom Peters, and Malcolm Gladwell.

For more information, please contact:

Olivia Modisakeng
Senior Marketing Manager
Tel + 971 (0) 4 336 5161

For media requests, please contact:

Jennifer De Guzman or Raghda Helal
Phone +971 (4) 337 2824

P.O. Box 29764
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Fax +971 (4) 337 2825

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