Frost & Sullivan Honours Companies Demonstrating Business Innovation and Corporate Excellence in the Middle East

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan successfully concluded its 2017 Middle East Best Practices Awards Banquet on 24^th May, 2017 at Atlantis - The Palm, Dubai. The Awards Banquet hosted an elite gathering of stalwarts, visionary leaders, and representatives across industries, thus presenting a unique opportunity to interact with the most outstanding performers under one roof.

This year, 37 awards were presented across 8 industry sectors: Aerospace and Defence, Automotive & Transportation, Chemicals, Material & Food, Digital Media, Digital Transformation, Energy & Environment, Transformational Health,  and Metals & Minerals. The Awards were presented to companies who have transformed their businesses using emerging technologies, recognising accomplishments in areas of innovation, convergent thinking and advanced technologies that will catalyse and transform industries in the near future. With a rigorous and methodical assessment approach involved in deciding the top achievers, the best performances were acknowledged.

Inspired by the level of audience engagement during the Awards banquet, Mr. Amol Kotwal, Director, Frost & Sullivan said, "It gives me great pleasure to recognise and host best-in-class achievers in the Middle East. Despite the tough economic environment that the region is facing, companies across industry sectors have grown through innovation and are transforming their business models. Frost & Sullivan is proud to recognise their efforts for achieving excellence in their respective products or service categories, and encourage them in their future endeavours."

The awards assessment besides incorporating inputs from Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts also involved a jury selection process with a panel of thought leaders, which included some of the most prominent names from the industry. The esteemed jury panel for the 2017 Middle East Best Practices Awards Banquet included:

• Eng. Mahmood Al Bastaki, Board Member & CEO, Dubai Trade FZE
• Ivano Ianelli, CEO, Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence
• Hirdesh Gupta, CEO, Star Global LLC
• Deepak Jain, MD, MIRCS, Mont Hill
• Pankaj Gupta, Co CEO, Gulf Islamic Investment LLC
• Hisham Moussa, MD, Abraaj Group
• Sachin Gupta, Director - Private Equity, Al Masah Capital Ltd. DIFC
• Puneet Kataria , Vice President - Real Estate & Infrastructure, Gulf Islamic Investment
• Jamal Ramadhan Bin Marghoob, Director Marketing & Corporate Communication, Dubai Airport Freezone Authority
• Akshay Agarwal, Executive Director - Private Equity, Waha Capital
• Frank Wouters, Director, EU GCC Clean Energy Network
• Ajay Rathi, Senior Director - IT, Meeras Holding
• Illyas K, CISO, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
• Nik Engel, Senior Manager Corporate Strategy, Etihad Airways
• Imed Ben Abdallah, Head of Airline Marketing Middle East & Africa, Bombardier
• Afzal Lakdawala, Head of Technology, Planning and Projects, Dubai Media Inc.
• Monish Kapoor, VP-IT, Broadcast & Operations, Zee Entertainment Middle East
• Dalia Samara, F&B Industry expert

Media Partners for the event were ArabMedicare.com, Arab Hospital Magazine, Eye of Riyadh, Middle East Business Magazine and TeleTimes International.

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