{"id":22847,"date":"2021-12-08T06:02:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T06:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damacofficial.com\/hussainsajwani\/?p=22847"},"modified":"2025-06-23T06:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T06:18:16","slug":"damac-founder-hussain-sajwani-wins-real-estate-business-leader-of-the-year-at-gulf-business-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damacofficial.com\/hussainsajwani\/damac-founder-hussain-sajwani-wins-real-estate-business-leader-of-the-year-at-gulf-business-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"DAMAC Founder Hussain Sajwani wins Real Estate Business Leader of the Year at Gulf Business Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfbusiness.com\/revealed-winners-at-the-2021-gulf-business-awards\/\"><strong>Gulf Business<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gulf Business, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, held a glittering ceremony for the ninth edition of the Gulf Business Awards on November 23 with the region\u2019s top business leaders in attendance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hussain&nbsp;Sajwani, founder of DAMAC, won Real Estate Business Leader of The Year.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other winners in separate categories included:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BUSINESS LEADERS OF THE YEAR<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Banking:&nbsp;<\/strong>Rola Abu Manneh,&nbsp;CEO, Standard Chartered UAE&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Energy:&nbsp;<\/strong>Paddy&nbsp;Padmanathan,&nbsp;CEO and president, ACWA Power&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Healthcare:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr Shamsheer&nbsp;Vayalil, chairman and managing director, VPS Healthcare&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Investment<\/strong>:&nbsp;Bal Krishen, chairman, Century Financial&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Retail:&nbsp;<\/strong>Mohammad A Baker, deputy chairman and CEO, GMG&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Technology:&nbsp;<\/strong>Nidal Abou-Ltaif, president \u2013 Avaya International (EMEA &amp; APAC)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Transport and Logistics:&nbsp;<\/strong>Captain Mohamed Juma Al&nbsp;Shamisi, chairman of the Hope Consortium Executive Committee; Group CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tourism and Hospitality:&nbsp;<\/strong>Issam Kazim,&nbsp;CEO, Dubai Corporation for Tourism&nbsp;and Commerce Marketing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prestigious awards, which were held in-person at the Central Park Towers DIFC in Dubai, honoured regional stalwarts who navigated their companies amidst a challenging economic scenario and steered them to success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 26 awards were presented to distinguished business leaders and companies across multiple industrial verticals, including energy, tourism and hospitality, transport and logistics, technology, investment, real estate, banking, healthcare and retail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trophies were also handed out to individuals and organisations across select categories including Sustainability Company of the Year, SME of the Year, Disruptor of the Year and Businesswoman of the Year. Special recognitions were also given to an \u2018Inspiring Entrepreneur\u2019, a \u2018Young Business Leader\u2019 and a \u201cPromising Newcomer\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gulf Business also presented the coveted Lifetime Achievement award to Colm McLoughlin, executive vice chairman and CEO of Dubai Duty Free, for his outstanding contribution to the travel retail industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award winners were chosen by an independent judging panel of esteemed industry and business leaders, which included Thomas Kuruvilla, managing partner, Arthur D. Little Middle East; Dr Sonia Ben Jaafar, CEO, Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education; Neil Petch, founder and chairman,&nbsp;Virtugroup; Ian&nbsp;Fairservice, founder and managing partner, Motivate Media Group; and Andrew Wingrove, group director, Motivate Media Group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;The award ceremony was hosted by Motivate Media Group and sponsored by EFG Hermes, One Global, Netafim and OPPO. Event partners include Fogo De Chao for F&amp;B, Central Park Towers at DIFC for venue as well as Jacobsons Direct Marketing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:&nbsp;Gulf Business&nbsp;&nbsp; Gulf Business, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, held a glittering ceremony for the ninth edition of the Gulf Business Awards on November 23 with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DAMAC Founder Hussain Sajwani wins Real Estate Business Leader of the Year at Gulf Business Awards - Hussain Sajwani<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DAMAC Founder Hussain Sajwani wins Real Estate Business Leader of the Year at Gulf Business Awards - 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