(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Qatar British Business Forum (QBBF) announced yesterday the winners of its third annual awards ceremony organised to recognise business excellence and those members of the Qatari community, who have made outstanding contributions in the British community.
The awards ceremony was organised in association with Deloitte & Touche in Qatar, a global professional services firm. The event attendees included HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and an audience of valued guests, dignitaries and VIPs.
British Ambassador to Qatar, Ajay Sharma, was present at the event to help present the awards to the winners.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, the British envoy, said: 'I was delighted to help present the awards at the QBBF Awards dinner, alongside Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex, and QBBF Chairman Emad Turkman.
The awards are a part of an ongoing series of events and activities designed to promote business opportunities in Qatar and to strengthen commercial ties between the two nations. These initiatives focus on enhancing trade relations between Qatar and the UK. QBBF's mission is to support local economic diversification as a part of Qatar's National Vision 2030.
Emad Turkman, QBBF Chairman and CEO of the Rumaillah Group, said: 'The introduction of the QBBF awards is set to acknowledge and reward the contributions of the active community members, and their ongoing efforts to further strengthen the bilateral business and trade between the UK and Qatar. For the third consecutive year, the awards continue to draw an overwhelming number of outstanding submissions, making it even a more challenging task for our judging panel to select the award winners.
The winners of the 3rd Annual QBBF were carefully evaluated and selected by an esteemed list of judging panel. The independent judging panel helped to select the winners in six categories, including; Business Man of the Year, Business Woman of the Year, Organisation of the Year, SME of the Year, Work in the Community, and Special Achievement.
Andrew North was awarded the QBBF Business Man of the Year for his success in growing the startup company, Protiviti Member Firm Qatar LLC; while The QBBF Business Woman of the Year was awarded to Tamara Hasan for her success in growing The International Physiotherapy Centre and The International Medical Centre.
As for the QBBF Organisation of the Year, it was awarded to Doha English Speaking School (DESS), the judging panel decided they fit perfectly for the Organisation of the Year category.
The QBBF SME of the Year was awarded to Better By Result (BBR), an interior design company.Finally, the QBBF Special Achievement award was received by Mike Lawton, a respected member in Qatar and in the local community.
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