Home Awards Gulf Business Awards 2022: Nominees revealed The event will be held at Central Park Towers DIFC in Dubai on November 23 by Gulf Business November 16, 2022 The year is drawing to a close and it’s time to honour the very best among the region’s leaders and companies at the prestigious Gulf Business Awards 2022. This year’s edition will be held at Central Park Towers DIFC in Dubai on November 23. We will be celebrating business leaders and companies who’ve steered their companies through geopolitical challenges, inflation and other factors while successfully leveraging the opportunities the year has presented. These individuals and companies – across various sectors – have innovated, disrupted and contributed to their industries and the regional economy. It’s our privilege to present the select group of names that have made it to our shortlist this year. All our nominees richly deserve to be recognised for their work and are pioneers in their fields. This year, the awards cover categories such as banking, finance and investment; healthcare; hospitality; real estate and construction; retail; tourism; transport and logistics. We also have seven excellence awards that recognise institutions and individuals for their exemplary performance throughout the year. These include Company of the Year, Leader of the Year, Sustainability Company of the Year, SME of the Year, Female Leader of the Year, Business Disruptor of the Year and Marketer of the Year. Gulf Business will also present the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award to one special individual for their outstanding contribution to the region. It’s an award whose past winners have included Sir Tim Clark, Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Easa Saleh Al Gurg and Colm McLoughlin among others. This year, we are also introducing the Golden Frame Awards for SMEs in collaboration with Century Financial, one of the UAE’s oldest and most respected financial institutions. Given to a select group of enterprises across five categories, the awards will be conferred on SMEs that are pioneers and leaders in innovation, business strategy, product delivery, sustainability and customer service among other factors. Some of the categories for the awards include: Innovative SME of the Year, SME Accelerator of the Year, Disruptive SME of the Year, SME Leader of the Year and Emerging Female Leader of the Year. Below is the list of nominees for all the categories that are part of the Gulf Business Awards 2022: COMPANIES Category: Banking, Finance and Investment Online Trading Company of the Year VI Markets Sarwa eToro EFG Hermes One Investment company of the Year Invesco Mubadala Investment Company AIX Investment Group Al Tamimi Investments Bank of the Year Qatar National Bank First Abu Dhabi Bank Emirates NBD Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Category: Real estate and Construction Real Estate Agency of the Year fäm Properties Seven Century Real Estate Brokers Driven Properties Allsopp & Allsopp Developer of the Year Emaar Properties Majid Al Futtaim Al Hamra National Housing Company Most Innovative Project of the Year Sharjah Sustainable City Grand Bleu Tower by Elie Saab Maimoon Gardens Torino by ORO24 Project of the Year Tilal Al Ghaf Emirates Crop One (Bustanica) Samana Waves Etihad Rail Contractor of the Year Khansaheb Al Habtoor Group Al-Futtaim Construction Al Naboodah Construction Proptech Company of the Year Stella Stays Stake Huspy Bayut Category: Tourism Company of the year Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT- Abu Dhabi) Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company Category: Hospitality Company of the year Abu Dhabi National Hotels Sunset Hospitality Group Emaar Hospitality Group Palazzo Hospitality Category: Retail Company of the Year Majid Al Futtaim Group Noon.com Dubai Duty Free Al Hokair Group Category: Transport and Logistics Company of the year Dubai Roads and Transport Authority Aramex DP World Keolis MHI Category: Healthcare Company of the Year Aster DM Healthcare Mubadala Health PureHealth Malaffi BUSINESS LEADERS Online Trading Business Leader of the Year Talal Ajmi, Founder and CEO – VI Markets Yoni Assia, Founder – eToro Mark Chahwan, CEO – Sarwa Karim Awad, Group CEO – EFG Hermes Investment Leader of the Year Zainab Kufaishi, Head of the Middle East and/ Africa and Senior Executive Officer – Invesco Harish Prithvi, COO – AIX Investment Group Karim Awad, Group CEO – EFG Hermes Holding Musabbeh Al Kaabi, CEO – UAE Investments arm, Mubadala Real Estate and Construction Leader of the year Mohamed Alabbar, Founder – Emaar Properties Ahmed Alkhoshaibi, CEO – Arada Benoy Kurien, Group CEO – Al Hamra Engineer Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al-Aboudi, CEO – Thakher Development Company Tourism Business Leader of the Year Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman – DCT Abu Dhabi Issam Kazim, CEO – Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing Fahd Hamidaddin, CEO – Saudi Tourism Authority Raki Phillips, CEO – Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority Hospitality Leader of the Year Antonio Gonzalez, CEO – Sunset Hospitality Group Guy Hutchinson, President and CEO – Rotana Hotel Management Corporation Khalid Anib, CEO – Abu Dhabi National Hotels Mark Kirby, Head of Hospitality – Emaar Hospitality Group Retail Leader of the Year Faraz Khalid, CEO – noon.com Ronaldo Mouchawar, VP – Amazon MENA Fahad Mohammed Al-Fawwaz, CEO – Al Hokair Group Alain Bejjani, CEO – Majid Al Futtaim Group Transport and Logistics – Leader of the Year Othman Aljeda, CEO – Aramex Peter Somers, CEO – Emirates Post Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, MD and Group CEO – AD Ports Group Engineer Shadi Malak, CEO – Etihad Rail Healthcare – Leader of the Year Dr Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman & Managing Director, Aster DM Healthcare Hasan Jasem Al Nowais, CEO – Mubadala Health Shaista Asif, Group COO, PureHealth Dr Jamil Ahmed, Managing Director – Prime Healthcare Group EXCELLENCE AWARDS GB Company of the year DP World e& Saudi Aramco Ghassan Aboud Group GB Leader of the Year Amin Nasser, CEO, Saudi Aramco Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Managing Director and Group CEO, ADNOC Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO, e& Yogesh Mehta, CEO – Petrochem Middle East Sustainability Company of the Year PepsiCo Fakhruddin Properties Masdar GE SME company of the year Chatfood Udrive Tradeling Falcon Global Capital Female Leader of the Year Hana Al Rostamani, group CEO – First Abu Dhabi Bank Zainab Kufaishi, Head of the Middle East and/ Africa and Senior Executive Officer – Invesco Dr Raja Easa Saleh Al Gurg, Chairperson and MD – Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director, Aster DM Healthcare Business Disruptor of the Year Atif Rahman, Founder and Chairman, ORO24 Developments Rob Gryn, Founder and CEO, Everdome Benjamin Mouflard, Co-founder and CEO, and Vinicus Rodrigues, Co-founder and CTO, Chatfood Craig Ratajczyk, CEO, Crop One Marketer of the Year Faisal Zaidi, Co-founder and CMO, Crypto Oasis Boutros Boutros, Divisional Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Marketing & Brand, Emirates Group Hana Ibrahim, Director Field and Channel Marketing Manager EMEAR and APJC, APP Dynamics Haris Mumtaz, Marketing Lead MEA Ecosystem Development and Operations (CBG), Huawei SME GOLDEN FRAME AWARDS We have another special edition category for this year called the SME Golden Frame Awards, presented by Century Financial and Gulf Business. Here are the list of nominees for this category. Innovative SME of the Year Panworld Education Sav Technologies Limited Houza CoinMena SME Accelerator of the Year 4IRme Hub71 Flat6Labs DIFC FinTech Hive Disruptive SME of the Year: City Tower Properties Koinbasket Tabby Shipsy SME leader of the Year Dr Nabil Alyousof, International Advisory Group Hosam Arab, CEO,Tabby Talal Tabbaa, CEO, CoinMENA Lara Hussein, CEO, Waste Lab Emerging Female Leader of the Year Niousha Ehsan, the CEO of LINKVIVA Salama Mohamed, Influencer and founder of beauty brand, Peacefull Basma Ashry, General Manager of Business Incorporation Zone Sara Chemmaa, CEO and Founder of Citron We wish all our nominees the best of luck. See you at the awards. 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