Business & Money | Tuesday 22 January, 2019 10:46 am |

Dubai Quality Group (DQG) concluded the Annual General Meeting by holding the Board of Directors (BOD) Election for the period 2019-2021, announcing Eng. Hassan Omar the new elected chairman. DQG’s financial results for the year2018 were presentedby Mr. Unnikrishnan the financial director of the group to the DQG’s members for their review.

Dubai Quality Group, a self-financing, non-profit organization, set up by the Dubai Department of Economic Development under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, concluded the financial year 2018 by notonly achieving remarkable results butalso by setting upnew benchmarks in innovation and creativity for the upcoming years.

 

In line with the Dubai government’s vision 2021, transform the emirate into a global center for innovation, the previous BOD headed by Ms. Fatma Buti Al Mheirihad re-worked the strategy of the group to “Innovate to Lead.” to align with the needs of the business community, take a pragmatic approach to foster a culture of innovation and enhance the competitiveness of the business community.A plethora of conferences, case study presentations and award ceremonies that took place in 2018 are a testimonyto the Group’s dedication toward the government’s vision, whichresulted in launching the UAE innovation Award the latest initiative by Dubai Quality Group. 

 

The Group’s new target is to integrate “learning” as the key focus within the organization and employ innovation in achieving development and progress in the community. 

 

Despite the challenges the market conditions imposed on the group, DQG hasinvested in an enhanced technology platformtoenrich the experience for members and facilitate the group services with advanced technology by developing DQG’s website and introducing a smart application…The UAE Innovation Award Woman Award, Ideas Arabia, Global Continual Improvement & Innovation Symposium & Competition, UAE Ideas Conference & Award areto name a few of the coveted events held in 2018 were honored 60 entities from the government & private sector. Additionally,DQG organized more than 24thcertified trainingfrom EFQM, in collaboration with international entities in the region to promoting Quality and Business Excellencepractices in UAE and region.

 

Fatma Buti Al Mheiri, former Chairman, Dubai Quality Group (2016-2018) said, “On my behalf and the Board of Directors, pleased to thank the distinguished members of DQG for their support, commitment and entrusting the group under our leadership three years back… After this joyful journey, we are honored to hand over the baton to the new BOD to take things forward…

 

She added “the achievements occurred over the past three years are indicative of the dedication of the BOD and the DOG's team, despite the challenges of the market conditions…, we had re-worked the strategy of the group to align it with the UAE’s Innovation strategy and needs of the business community"  

 

Eng. Hassan Omar, the elected chairman of Dubai quality Group, expressed his vision saying “I am thankful to DQG’s members for entrusting me with the new responsibility… Innovation is the key to a prosperous and profitable organization, andif we do not experiment and adopt new methods, we deprive ourselves of progress…hence, in the coming three years we will implement new effective projects and remain committed to beinga center of knowledge sharing for all topics relating to Quality and Business Excellence…will work on engaging the young Engineers and Professionals in the Quality field, also, will enhance the role of women professionals, along with engaging the Global Quality Associations in Value Added partnerships, engagement of the Sub Groups in forming industrial clusters, Promotion of innovation platforms and partnerships…”

After a fair electoral, DQG announced  the new board of directors for the year 2019-21 which are as follows: 

Chairman:                   Eng. Hassan Omar (Chief Operating Officer- DUCAB)

Vice Chairman:          Hazza Khalfan Alneaimi (The General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai Government)

Secretary-General:    S. Unnikrishnan– (Partner, Audit & Advisory)

Directorof Finance:     Meshal Ali Alnaqbi– (Deputy CFO)

Board Members:        Amer Bin Ahmed, Christian Witsch, Sunil Thawani.