Date

March 05 - 07
2019
Address

Hotel Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, (UAE)
Theme

Reshaping Board’s Strategy for Business Excellence through Creativity and Innovation

TOPICS - HIGHLIGHTS

1.Creating High Performance Boards & Strategies for Business Excellence and Innovation
2.Transformational Leadership for an Agile and Innovative Corporate Strategy
3.Building a culture of Quality & Continuous Improvement in an age of disruption

4.Future of Disruptive Technologies & Roadmap ahead: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, IoT and Robotics
5.Business Excellence: Setting New Standards
6.Fostering Creativity and Innovation - A Strategic Imperative

His Highness Sheikh Nahayan bin Mabarak Al Nahayans

CHIEF GUEST INAUGURAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Also Under the Patronage of

His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mabarak Al Nahayan

Hon'ble Cabinet Member and Hon'ble Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Govt. of UAE

RECOGNITIONS & FELICITATIONS - 2019

Golden Peacock Global Award for Leadership in Economic Transformation

H.E. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori

Hon'ble Minister of Economy, Govt. of UAE
Golden Peacock Global Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business and Social Leadership

H.E. Dr. Shaikha Ali Salem Al Maskari

Chairperson
Al Maskari Holding, UAE
Institute of Directors
Distinguished
Fellowship

H.E. Dr. Ahmed Al Banna

Ambassador of UAE to India
Golden Peacock Global Award for Leadership in Economic Transformation

Mohamed Yahya Kazi Meeran

Director and Group CEO
Galadari Brothers Co. LLC, Dubai

PRESIDED OVER BY

Navdeep Singh Suri

Ambassador of India to UAE
Ambassador of India
in the UAE
H.E. Dr. Ahmed Al Banna

Ambassador of UAE
to India

Guest of Honour at the Awards Presentation

H.E. Mr. Mohammed Sharaf

Hon'ble Assistant Foreign Ministry for Economics & Trade Affairs, The UAE - Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation
Inaugural
Address

H.E. Abdulla Al Saleh

Undersecretary–Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy, UAE

Convention
Chairman

Dr. Tayeb Kamali

Chairman
UAE Chapter IOD, India & Director General, Education Training Devt. Ministry of Interior Govt. of UAE
Guest of
Honour

H.E. Mr. Vipul IFS

Consul General of India
in Dubai
Guest of Honour at the Opening Session

H.E. Dr. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

Group Chairman
Al Habtoor Group

Convention
Chairman

H.E. Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Executive Chairman & CEO
DMCC
Guest of
Honour

Osman Sultan

Chief Executive Officer
du Telecom, UAE
Keynote Address at the Closing Session

Dominic Barton

Global Managing Partner
McKinsey & Company
Special Address

H.E. Patrizio Fondi

Ambassador
Head of Delegation of the European Union in Abu Dhabi

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

H.E. Fahad Al Gergawi

Chief Executive Officer
Dubai FDI
Farhad Azizi

Chief Executive Officer
Azizi Developments, UAE
S. R. Srinivas

Hon’ble Minister of small scale industries govt. of karnataka, india
Dilip V. Gawade, IAS

Director
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation
Govt. of Maharashtra

Sunil Thawani

Member
Board of Directors, Dubai Quality Group, UAE
Mishal Hamed Kanoo

Chairman
The Kanoo Group, UAE
Vijay Karia

Chairman & MD
Ravin Group of Companies, India
Surender Singh Kandhari

Chairman
Al Dobowi Group, UAE

Atul Temurnikar

Co-Founder & Chairman
GIIS, Singapore
Edwin Lammers

VP-Commercial Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi Ports, UAE
Sujoy Bose

MD & CEO
NIIF-The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, India
Anil Pant

Managing Director & CEO
Aptech Limited, India

Eugene Mayne

Founder and CEO, Tristar Holdings Ltd., UAE
M. D. Saini

Managing Director
Middle East Shapoorji Pallonji International
Saqr Ahmed Al Maazmi

Director - UAE Government Leaders Programme, Prime Minister's Office, Government of UAE
Dr. Ahmed Eltigani

Chief Executive Officer
Al Rawabi Dairy Company, UAE

Mohammed Abdullah Shael Al Saadi

Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Strategic Affairs Sector DED, Government of Dubai
Lee Wan Lik

Managing Director
Azeus Convene, Hong Kong
Mohammed Al Hashemi

Chairman
U.A.E. Financial Markets; and DirectorGlobal Market & Treasury, Emirates NBD, UAE
Rajiv Gupta

Director-Projects
Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India

Ron Chandiramani

Founder & Group President
Al MIDAS International Group, UAE
Hisham Farouk

CEO & Board Member
Grant Thornton International, UAE
Marwan Mahmood Hadi

Board Director
HSBC Middle East Finance Company (MEFCO) and Chairman, HSBC Sports Club, UAE
Vicky Kapur

Editor-in-Chief
Khaleej Times, UAE

Hanan Darwish

Chief Executive Officer - Gulf
Schneider Electric, UAE
Iqbal AliKhan

Program Director
Blockchains & Innovation – MEA, IBM Corporation, UAE
Samira Shaloh

Co-Founder
Brain Quest, UAE
Marwan Bin Haider

Executive Vice President
Innovation and the Future, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Prof. Colin Coulson Thomas

President, Institute of Management Services, UK
CA Mahmood Bangara

Chairman
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Dubai Chapter NPIO
Paresh Rughani

Director
Master Motivator, UK
Saleh Janeeh

Advisor Creativity & Innovation
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai

Sanjay Anand

Chairman & CEO
Sarbanes Oxley & GRC Group, USA
Rasna Bedi

Founder & CEO
A-1 Bearing Imports, Inc., USA
CS Ranjeet Pandey

President, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Abdul ‘Dewale Mohammed

Founder & Group Executive President
AASGON, UK

P. S. Ramesh

Executive Director – Group Technical Services & Human Resource, Dynamatic Technologies Ltd., India
Sanjay Desai

Sr. Director - Operations (APAC)
Verfifone Inc., Singapore
Krishnan Ramachandran

CEO, Barjeel Geojit Securities LLC UAE
Nimish Makvana

Honorary Director-UAE Chapter, IOD, India & and Senior Partner, Crowe MAK - UAE, Past Chairman ICAI – Dubai

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A Report on 2018 Convention

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