{"id":16267,"date":"2019-09-29T15:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T11:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=16267"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T13:05:02","slug":"regional-investor-relations-professionals-recognised-at-the-11th-middle-east-investor-relations-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/regional-investor-relations-professionals-recognised-at-the-11th-middle-east-investor-relations-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Investor Relations Professionals Recognised At The 11th Middle East Investor Relations Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regionally listed companies and industry professionals with exceptional performance in Investor Relations (IR) during the last year were recognised at the recently held 11<sup>th<\/sup> Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) Awards Ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony followed the MEIRA Annual Conference, the region\u2019s largest event dedicated to investor relations. The Awards Ceremony was a much-awaited highlight which attracted over 120 top-tier industry professionals, regulators and stock exchanges as well as representatives of MEIRA\u2019s member companies. The event recognised the achievements of winners in three main categories including the best IR teams, annual reports and IR websites in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in 2019, the best IR website was selected through a judging process conducted by a panel of judges comprised of MEIRA representatives in collaboration with experts in the field.<\/p>\n<p>As in previous years, the process to select the winners in the best practice category was run in collaboration with research company Extel Survey \u2013 Institutional Investor. Saudi\u2019s Al Rajhi bank was the biggest gainer, grabbing multiple awards in the best practice category to become the first Saudi bank to lead the awards.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the awards, Andrew Tarbuck, MEIRA Chair, said: &#8220;The Middle East has seen a tremendous rise in efforts to implement best practice in IR and corporate governance to accommodate the current demands from regional and international investors. This year, we saw stiff competition between companies across the region, further demonstrating the commitment to the quality of IR in the Middle East. For the first time this year, we had banks that were not in the UAE lead the award list, clearly illustrating the regional drive towards excellent IR. We would like to congratulate the winners and look forward to continuing to support all MEIRA members and IR professionals in raising the bar and promoting the development of the region\u2019s capital markets\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><u>Winners of the 2019 MEIRA awards are: <\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Prix &#8211;\u00a0Leading Corporate for Investor Relations &#8211; Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Al Rajhi Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations by CEO &#8211;\u00a0Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hussein Abaza, Commercial International Bank\u00a0&#8211; CIB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations by CFO &#8211;\u00a0Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abdullah Ali Alkhalifa, Al Rajhi Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Website &#8211;\u00a0Middle East &#8211; Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DXB Entertainments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Website &#8211;\u00a0Middle East \u2013 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADNOC Distribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Website &#8211;\u00a0Middle East \u2013 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ooredoo Qatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Annual Report \u2013 Print Category &#8211; Middle East &#8211; Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saudi Airlines Catering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Annual Report \u2013 Print Category &#8211; Middle East \u2013 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qatar National Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Annual Report \u2013 Print Category &#8211; Middle East \u2013 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almarai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Annual Report \u2013 Digital Category &#8211; Middle East &#8211; Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saudi Telecom Company (STC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Annual Report \u2013 Digital Category &#8211; Middle East \u2013 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DP World<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Annual Report \u2013 Digital Category &#8211; Middle East \u2013 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saudi Airlines Catering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations \u2013 Bahrain<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aluminum Bahrain (Alba)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations \u2013 Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commercial International Bank\u00a0&#8211; CIB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Professional\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sherif Khalil, Commercial International Bank (CIB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations \u2013 Kuwait<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National Bank of Kuwait (NBK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations\u00a0Professional\u00a0\u2013 Kuwait<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amir Hanna, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations &#8211; Jordan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arab Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations &#8211; Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BLOM Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Professionals &#8211; Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexandre Mouradian, BLOM Bank<\/li>\n<li>Fadi Osseiran, BLOM Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations &#8211; Palestine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bank of Palestine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations \u2013 Oman<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oman Telecommunications (Omantel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Professional\u00a0\u2013 Oman<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Srikanth Acharya, Oman Telecommunications (Omantel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations &#8211; Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Al Rajhi Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Professional &#8211;\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amr Sager, Al Rajhi Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leading Corporate\u00a0for Investor Relations \u2013 UAE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Investor Relations Professional \u2013\u00a0UAE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sofia El Boury, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Improved Investor Relations Team \u2013\u00a0Blue-Chip<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almarai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Improved Investor Relations Team \u2013\u00a0Large Cap<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EK Holding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Improved Investor Relations Team \u2013\u00a0Small &amp; Medium Cap<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>eXtra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/4-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regionally listed companies and industry professionals with exceptional performance in Investor Relations (IR) during the last year were recognised at the recently held 11th Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) Awards Ceremony. The ceremony followed the MEIRA Annual Conference, the region\u2019s largest event dedicated to investor relations. The Awards Ceremony was a much-awaited highlight which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16269,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16267\/revisions\/16269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}