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Concluded the annual awards ceremony for the year 2022
• 11 winners from Government and private sectors in UAE and
GCC won the 4th cycle of the UAE Innovation Award.
• 22 Emirati, and Entrepreneurs women won in the 18 th Cycle of the
Emirates Women Award.
Dubai, UAE, 02 November 2022; Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al
Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports, Chairman
and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group. Dubai Quality Group concluded the
Annual Awards Ceremony of the 4 th cycle of UAE Innovation Award, by announcing 11
winners from government and private entities in the UAE and GCC. Along with concluding
The 18 th Cycle of the Emirates Women Award by announcing 22 Emirati, and Entrepreneurs
women in the UAE. The ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Dubai Police Officers
Club.
Both awards winners has been honoured by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al
Maktoum, the patronge of Dubai Quality Group.
H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Patron of Dubai Quality Group, stated, “I am
pleased to attend the Dubai Quality Group Awards ceremony to award the distinguished
pioneer winners who enhanced the culture of innovation on the local and regional levels. They
were able to raise the innovative practices, in line with the vision of the UAE leaders to make
Dubai a hub of excellence and innovation.”
Dr. Hazza Alneaimi, Chairman of Dubai Quality Group, stated “ We are delighted to honour
the winners of the 18th cycle of emirates women award and the 4th cycle of uae innovation
award under the patronage of his highness sheikh ahmed bin saeed al maktoum, who always
supports the DQG’s awards, especially the emirates women award, that encourages the
women of uae to achieve the highest professionalism and to encourage women
entrepreneurship. In addition, under the guidance and the support of his highness, DQG
launched the uae innovation award in 2016 to start a new journey in different quality
perspective, and continue DQG’s strategic initiative by reframing the 4 th Cycle of UAE
Innovation Award, to effectively raise the level of innovative practices of the organisations
based on a world-class designed framework, standard, new categories and criteria.”
The award cermeony start with honouring the sponsors, who have extended their support to
DQG’s awards as following:
Dubai Police General Command, for sponsoring for the annual awards ceremony of DQG,
and His Excellency Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-In-Chief Of
Dubai Police, has been honoured by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
The main sponsor who has supported the emirates women award for more than 12 years,
the Dubai Electricity And Water Authority – DEWA.
The gold sponsor of the emirates women award, the Burjeel Hospital.
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The Partner who has supported the Emirates Women Award for more than 12 years, the
ARJMST.
The Official Media Partner for all the DQG's awards, the Gulf News, and Mr. Abdul Hamid,
CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Gulf News has been honoured by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin
Saeed Al Maktoum.
The Official Event Partner for all the DQG’s awards, The Fantasia Dxb Creative Event
Company.
Followed by awarding the prominent pioneers in the innovation practice who were able to
achieve outstanding result in the 4 th Cycle of UAE Innovation Award. The winners has been
announced without order in 4 categories as following:
PLATINUM CATEGORY
Dubai Municipality
Emirates Global Aluminium - EGA
GOLD CATEGORY
PUBLIC PROSECUTION - DUBAI
Emirates National Oil Company - ENOC
The General Administration of Customs, Abu Dhabi
Petroleum Development Oman
SILVER CATEGORY
Arabian Automobiles Company
Aster Pharmacy Group
Aster HOSPITALS UAE
FARNEK SERVICES LLC
BRONZE CATEGORY
KNAUF
Followed by announceing the winners of the 18th cycle of the emirates women award, without
order as following:
Distenguashed Employee Award
Colonel Samira Abdalla Hassan Ali Al Ali
Colonel Muna Surour Marzouq AlShuweihi
Vanitha Joseph Bruno
Lerdership Award
Dr. Naseem Mohammed Rafee Abdulla
Mariam Mohamed AlHammdi
Dr. Hanan Abdulla AlMheiri
Professional Award
Amal Abdulla Mohamed Almulla AlMheiri
Dr. Ghita Harifi
Young Employee Award
Alreem Abdulrahman Abdulla Hussain
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Najla Rahma Ibrahim Alshamsi
Aisha Saeed AlMazrouei
Entrepreneur Award
Dr. Mariam Salim Shaikh Salim Husein
Dr. Leila Soudah
Business Award
Rasha Sharif Ahmad AlDhanhani
Social work Award
Muna Mohammed Abdulla Alameri
Lamees Ebrahim Mussa Abuhlaiqa
Wafa Hasan Khalifa AlShamsi
The Innovator Award
Nour Hussein Tawfiq Shkhoor
Noora Saeed Mohammed AlShehhi
Hessa Jaffar Hassan AlJawi
Culture and Arts Award
Maria Elena Murphy
Followed by Group photo for the the jury of both awards the Emirates Women Award and
UAE Innovation Award in order to highly appreciate their time, commitment & contribution to
both awards.
The Jury Members of Emirates Women Award as following;
H.H. Dr. Alia Humaid Al Qassimi - Jury Member
H.E. Dr. Amna Khalifa – Jury Member
H.E. Dr. Mariam Mattar - Jury Member
Colonel Salah Al Marzooqi - Chief Assessor
The jury members of UAE Innovation Award as following:
Dr. Arif Bin Fadhel – Head of Jury
Dr. Eng. Humaid Saif Saeed - Jury Member
Dr. Khaled Khalifa Al Mazrouei - Jury Member
Fatima Ahmed Murad Almandoos – Jury Member
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About Dubai Quality group:
Dubai Quality Group is a non-profit organization set up by the Dubai Department of Economic Development under the patronage of H.H.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Guided by the vision of H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Quality Group established in 1994 to develop and promote Quality and Business Excellence
practices in UAE. Dubai Quality Group organizes Quality and Business Excellence related training, events, and programs throughout the
year with the objective of improving and promoting Quality of Service & Business Excellence in the region. DQG hosts Free Evening
Seminars conducted exclusively for DQG member organizations, to provide their employees with an effective platform for networking and
knowledge sharing. Dubai Quality Group offers defferent categories of membership to companies; Platinum Partner, Gold Partner & Sliver
Partner, and Bronze Partner.
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