Mr. H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance, UAE said, at the award ceremony , “Each year’s ceremony has had a theme but none so appropriate as this year’s theme—'Leadership Legacies: Honoring the Past and Shaping the Future.' The leadership legacy that the United Arab Emirates has been honouring this year is that of our nation’s founder, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan... I have come to favour Sheikh Zayed’s active support of (and I quote his words) 'tolerance, compassion, and dialogue.' Those words convey the spirit that he infused in our nation… We are all indebted to the UAE Ministry of Economy for their generous and reliable support of ABLF. Our thanks goes to Malini Menon and her colleagues at IEDEA for shaping this splendid opportunity to exchange ideas and to honor outstanding achievements of 17 phenomenal men and women. They are perfect representatives of the even larger group of leaders who are propelling private and public enterprises to great successes in the countries of Asia and its neighbors."
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Ashok Hinduja, Chairman, Hinduja Group of Companies, India said, "I sincerely thank the ABLF Grand Jury for this Award felicitation. The entire Hinduja Group is deserving of this Award, as we have, as one strong family achieved great successes."
The Awards night hosted an exclusive audience of over 250 of Asia’s finest leaders and witnessed the felicitation of 15 visionary and innovative stalwarts. The event was graced by the presence of over 4 Federal Ministers from the UAE Government, members of Royalty and some of the nation’s top business leaders.
