A panel of judges recently met
to select the winners of 9th cycle of the annual Mohammed Bin Rashid
Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award and the 1st cycle of the MRM Business
Innovation Award.
Sultan Bin
Saeed Al Mansouri, the United Arab Emirates's minister of economy and chairman of the MRM Business
Award, chaired the panel. Joining him on the panel were Mohammed Ahmed Bin
Abdulaziz Al-Shehhi, undersecretary for economic affairs at the UAE's Ministry of Economy; Fadi
F. Farra, co-founder and partner at Whiteshield Partners; Angela Kok and Selvakumar Shanmugam of Management
Committee SPRING – Singapore Quality Award; and Duke Urbanik, co-founder of the
Venture Generator and Yes! Delft Entrepreneur in Residence.
The
steering committee for the MRM Business Award was led by Hamad Buamim, president & CEO of the Dubai Chamber and Dr. Belaid
Rettab, senior director of the economic research and sustainable business development sector.
Winners of
the awards were announced at a ceremony organized by the Chamber at Madinat
Jumeirah Arena. The event was held under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. Government departments, dignitaries, Dubai Chamber
officials, business leaders and members of the local and regional media attended the event.
Dubai Chamber panel of judges select winner of MRM Business Award
