{"id":22779,"date":"2018-09-12T13:28:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damacofficial.com\/hussainsajwani\/?p=22779"},"modified":"2025-06-23T06:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T06:30:04","slug":"revealed-winners-at-the-gulf-business-awards-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damacofficial.com\/hussainsajwani\/revealed-winners-at-the-gulf-business-awards-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Winners at the Gulf Business Awards 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gulfbusiness.com\/revealed-winners-gulf-business-awards-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gulf Business<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 21 awards were handed to the winners during the ceremony<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seventh edition of the prestigious annual Gulf Business Awards was held in a glittering ceremony on Monday evening hosting some of the region\u2019s top business leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, held at the Oberoi hotel in Dubai, saw a total of 21 awards given away during the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each winner was selected by an independent judging panel, and for the first time this year, Gulf Business also opened all the categories to public vote, which acted as the sixth judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awards recognised companies and business leaders across across seven industries including energy, tourism and hospitality, aviation and transport, real estate, banking, healthcare and retail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winners were also honoured across four special categories \u2013 SME of the Year, Innovator of the Year, Businesswoman of the Year and Happiness and Positivity Initiative of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The esteemed Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018 was awarded to Emirati icon HE Sheikh Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE\u2019s first female minister, president of Zayed University and founding CEO of governmental business-to-business e-marketplace Tejari.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airport retail giant Dubai Duty Free won the coveted Gulf Business Company of the Year award for 2018, while the recipient of the 2018 Business Leader of the Year award was HE Maytha Al Habsi, CEO of Emirates Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judging panel included Crescent Enterprises CEO Badr Jafar, Kanoo Group chairman Mishal Kanoo, Mumzworld.com CEO and founder Mona Ataya, Motivate partner and group editor-in-chief Ian Fairservice, and Gulf Business editor Neil King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evening was hosted by Motivate Publishing in association with headline sponsor King\u2019s College Hospital London and category sponsors: Eaton Middle East, Finesse, Crowe, HumanSoft, Jacobsons Direct marketing (voting partner), Design Studio (flower partner) and African + Eastern (beverage partner) and The Oberoi, Dubai (venue partner).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lifetime Achievement Award:<\/strong>&nbsp;HE Sheikh Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE\u2019s first female minister and president of Zayed University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gulf Business Company of the year:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dubai Duty Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gulf Business Business Leader of the Year:<\/strong>&nbsp;HE Maytha Al Habsi, CEO of Emirates Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Companies of the year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aviation and transport<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Careem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Banking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Commercial Bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King\u2019s College Hospital London in the UAE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Real estate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emaar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubai Duty Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tourism and hospitality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rotana Hotels &amp; Resorts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Business leaders of the year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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