Home Awards Revealed: Winners at the Gulf Business Awards 2018 A total of 21 awards were handed to the winners during the ceremony by Aarti Nagraj September 11, 2018 The seventh edition of the prestigious annual Gulf Business Awards was held in a glittering ceremony on Monday evening hosting some of the region’s top business leaders. The event, held at the Oberoi hotel in Dubai, saw a total of 21 awards given away during the evening. 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. 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. Winners were also honoured across four special categories – SME of the Year, Innovator of the Year, Businesswoman of the Year and Happiness and Positivity Initiative of the Year. The esteemed Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018 was awarded to Emirati icon HE Sheikh Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE’s first female minister, president of Zayed University and founding CEO of governmental business-to-business e-marketplace Tejari.com. 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. 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. The evening was hosted by Motivate Publishing in association with headline sponsor King’s 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). Also see: In pictures: Gulf Business Awards 2018 – Companies of the year In pictures: Gulf Business Awards 2018 – Business leaders of the year In pictures: Gulf Business Awards 2018 – Special category winners COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS Lifetime Achievement Award: HE Sheikh Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE’s first female minister and president of Zayed University Gulf Business Company of the year: Dubai Duty Free Gulf Business Business Leader of the Year: HE Maytha Al Habsi, CEO of Emirates Foundation Companies of the year Aviation and transport Careem Banking National Commercial Bank Energy Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Healthcare King’s College Hospital London in the UAE Real estate Emaar Retail Dubai Duty Free Tourism and hospitality Rotana Hotels & Resorts Business leaders of the year Aviation and transport Sir Tim Clark, president, Emirates Banking Abdulhamid M Saaed, CEO, First Abu Dhabi Bank Energy HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO, ADNOC Healthcare Dr Azad Moopen, chairman and managing director, Aster DM Healthcare Real estate Hussain Sajwani, chairman, DAMAC Retail Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, CCO, Ahmed Siddiqi & Sons Tourism and hospitality Manuel Rabaté, director, Louvre Abu Dhabi Special categories Businesswoman of the year HE Maytha Al Habsi, CEO, Emirates Foundation Innovator of the year DP World and Virgin Hyperloop One SME of the year Pure Harvest Smart Farms Happiness & Positivity Company of the Year Landmark Group (Happiness Movement) 0 Comments