We Communicate Your Leadership Thoughts
We Communicate Your Leadership Thoughts
Dr. Ahmed Al Zaiter , Group CEO, SGP Capital Holding AG
The 2008-2011 economic slowdown is one of the biggest financial crises that the world has ever seen. The financial crisis followed by a global recession brought the world to a standstill with many organizations, and startups, shutting down their business. SGP Capital Holding AG, a financial accountancy services company, survived the storm due to the effective leadership ability and business acumen of its founder and Group CEO, Dr. Ahmed Al Zaiter. A true visionary leader with an acute sense of business acumen, Dr. Al Zaiter has since led the firm into becoming one of the leading diversified investment companies providing a wide range of services, such as Audit & Accounting, Business Consultancy, Taxation, HR & Payroll, Hospitality and CFO Services to its clients. Under his able leadership, the firm has imbibed a customer-centric attitude as its core value. In an exclusive interview with CEO Insights, Dr. Al Zaiter shares about the milestones achieved throughout his professional journey, the culture and strong values established within the organization, and much more.
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The evolving technology and changing consumer preferences have posed the business and corporate world with dynamic challenges and threats across sustainability, thence, an exemplary leadership is what’s required to help understand and analyze the situation to provide prolific guidance. Well, the C-suite doyens extensively contribute to it, outdoing the competition lurking around and drawing the company towards growth horizon. Positioned at the helm of an organization, CEOs have an extensive recognition in magnifying a company’s reach led by others. In today’s business environment, companies cannot settle for incremental improvement, and must undergo continuous transformation, CEOs present the leadership of new era calling for robust top team, communicating the gist of problem and idea, and crafting model changes respectively. To be exact, CEOs leverage a personal touch to implementing a solution influenced by the magnitude, urgency, and nature of the transformation, keeping in view the capabilities and failings of the organization. Today’s CEOs are accountable for more than just the revenue growth of their company and creating value for shareholders.
Well, with the face of CEO leadership advancing there are many leaders who need to be recognized for their accomplishments in regions worldwide. Essentially when mentioning of Dubai, a part of UAE that’s not run basically by an oil-based economy, instead the region if famously known for its infrastructure efficiency and travel & tourism rich culture, CEOs are having it big in creating value for leading organizations in the region. As when the Dubai economy had been growing at a rate of about 6.3 percent since mid-2021, when domestic covid 19 pandemic restrictions began to be lifted, the Dubai economy returned to its pre pandemic size only towards the end of the first quarter of 2022. Many CEOs with innovative strategic decisions made diligently made it happen with their skills and experiences across diverse industries.
In this issue of the CEO Insights magazine, a list of ‘Top 10 CEOs in Dubai - 2022' is provided to the readers in corporate and different sectors, for informing on the excellent services by the Leaders in diverse domains. The listing is prepared by a team of industry veterans, CEOs and VCs, and the CEO Insights magazine editorial board.
Our subscribers play a decisive role in finalization of our annual list of "Top 10 CEOs in Dubai - 2022" by nominating those which have served them with excellence and are praiseworthy. If you feel there is a company that deserves to be on our annual list, do write to us about them mentioning their value proposition.
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Abdullah Albader, CEO | Almarai | Has more than 20 years of experience and held several leadership positions across the manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing, and support services divisions |
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Adnan Chilwan, CEO | Dubai Islamic Bank | He spent most of his early career in management positions at a wide range of Islamic and conventional banks in the Gulf region |
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Ahmed Abdelaal, CEO | Mashreq | He is a banking professional with over 25 years of experience in progressively senior roles across banking verticals spanning across international & regional banks |
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Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, CEO | Emirates | He is believed to be connected to at least 14 board members in 14 organizations in 14 industries and has been called the man who put Dubai on the global aviation map |
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Alain Bejjani, CEO | Majid Al Futtaim Group | He is a Lebanese business executive, prior to becoming CEO he had spent nine years at the company in increasingly senior positions |
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Amit Jain, CEO | Emaar | He is experienced in handling strategy, problem solving, business and finance Treasury |
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Bassam Kadhiyar, CEO | ATUS | He has built his career in a variety of roles and industries and he enjoys wearing many hats and believes that diversity adds more harmony to life |
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Dr. Ahmed Al Zaiter, Group CEO | SGP Capital Holding AG | Using his 35 years of professional experience in audit, financial accounting, investments, and business growth, he has been leading the firm to become one of the leading diversified investment companies globally |
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Othman Aljeda, CEO | Aramex | He has more than two decades of international experience in leading & managing supply chain and e-Commerce businesses around the world with tailored strategies localized to each region |
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Sultan Al Jaber, CEO | Abu Dhabi National Oil | He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California in the US and a PhD in business & economics from Coventry University in the UK |
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