Abu Dhabi Ship Building CEO named Personality of the Year at prestigious Seatrade Maritime Awards 2016
Dr Khaled Al Mazrouei, Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) was revealed as Seatrade Personality of the Year Award 2016 during the prestigious Seatrade Maritime Awards on Monday night (31st October 2016).
Dr Mazrouei took centre stage during the evening which also saw Eng. Ibrahim Abdulrahman Al-Omar, Chief Executive Officer, Bahri win the Seatrade Outstanding Achievement Award 2016 and Seatrade Young Person of the Year Award 2016 awarded to Mr Paul Katsouris, Senior Associate – Head of Greece Desk, Fichte Legal Consultants. The Seatrade Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 was given to the Sharaf Group.
The Seatrade Maritime Awards honour individuals, organisations and companies from across the shipping industry and are held under the patronage of His Excellency Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World and Chairman of Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) and as part of Dubai Maritime Week.
Attended by some of the most high profile and senior industry professionals in the shipping and maritime industry, the evening featured a surprise guest, former England international footballer and manager, Kevin Keegan, OBE, who entertained the audience with amusing football anecdotes. Also taking his share of the evening’s spotlight was prominent TV presenter, Nouraldin Al Yousuf, who acted as Emcee for the evening.
According to Chris Hayman, Chairman of Seatrade: “The Seatrade Maritime Awards were established to offer a platform to promote significant contribution and pioneering advancements across the maritime and shipping world and along with the Seatrade Awards in London and the Seatrade Maritime Awards in Asia, are now widely regarded as the maritime premier awards globally.”