Middle East Management Excellence Awards

The awards are for:

• Top-level executives, innovative individuals, and dynamic teams who launched successful and notable new projects or initiatives within the company
• Employee engagement initiatives that significantly impacted the company's workforce and business
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that remarkably improved the experiences of the company's workforce

Nominees will be deliberated by a judging committee based on the nomination form and supporting documents submitted.

The awards will be given per main category and corresponding industry.

Nomination is free of charge. If your company wins, you will be entitled to book the winner's package to maximise your award-winning status. To know more about the winner's package pricing and entitlements, send an email to jane@charltonmediamail.com.

• Executive of the Year - The individual must be a CEO, COO, President, Managing Director, General Manager, or other top-level executive equivalent that made notable contributions to the success and growth of the company in the last 24 calendar months. 

• Innovator of the Year - The individual of any job title must have introduced and spearheaded an innovative initiative of the company in the last 24 calendar months.

• Team of the Year - The team must be able to showcase a remarkable initiative or series of initiatives launched in the last 24 calendar months that helped the company's business.

• Employee Engagement of the Year - The project or initiative must have provided strong employee experience and positive impact on the company's workforce and must be launched in the last 24 calendar months.

• Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year - The project or initiative must have promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and must be launched in the last 24 calendar months.

Note: Companies in cryptocurrency, tobacco, multilevel marketing, and products with claims of health benefits are not eligible to join the awards programme.

The awards will be given in the following main categories per industry:

• Executive of the Year
• Innovator of the Year
• Team of the Year
• Employee Engagement of the Year
• Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

INDUSTRY CATEGORIES

• Accounting Services
• Advertising
• Aerospace
• Aerospace & Defense
• Agriculture
• Airline
• Analytics
• Apparel
• Architecture
• Automotive Services
• Automotive & Transport Equipment
• Automotive & Transport System
• Aviation
• Banking
• Beauty & Cosmetics
• Broadband Telecommunication
• Broadcasting
• Brokerage
• Building Services & Facilities
• Business Insurance
• Business Services
• Business Travel Technology
• Cargo Handling
• Chemicals
• Cloud Services
• Commercial Building Construction
• Commercial Real Estate Trust
• Compliance Consulting
• Computer Hardware
• Computer Services
• Computer Software
• Conglomerates
• Consulting
• Consumer Products - Durables
• Consumer Products - Non-Durables
• Corporate Advisory
• Credit Solutions Technology
• Data Center
• Declaring Agent
• Department Stores
• Dining & Entertainment
• Diversified Services
• E-Commerce
• Education
• Electronics
• Electronic Manufacturing
• Energy
• Engineering
• Environmental Services
• Executive Search
• Financial Services
• Financial Technology
• FMCG
• Food & Beverage
• Food Manufacturing Solutions
• Food Safety
• Food Science
• Fundraising
• Furniture and Fixture
• General Insurance
• Government
• Health Products & Services
• Healthcare
• Healthcare Technology
• Heavy Civil Construction
• Hospitality & Leisure
• Human Resource Technology
• Human Resources Consulting
• Industrial Construction
• Industrial Engineering
• Industrial Services
• Infection Control
• Insurance Broker
• Interior Design
• Internet/New Media
• Investment Banking
• IT Services
• Life Insurance
• Legal
• Logistics
• Luxury Retail
• Machining and Tooling
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Technology
• Marine and Offshore Engineering
• Marine Services
• Marketing
• Marketing Technology
• Materials & Construction
• Media & Entertainment
• Metals & Mining
• Motion Picture & Video
• Music
• Networking Technology
• Non-Profit Organization
• Oil & Gas
• Outsourcing
• Payments
• Personal Insurance
• Pharmaceuticals
• Printing Technology
• Printing and Signages
• Property Services
• Real Estate
• Reinsurer
• Remittance
• Renewable Energy
• Residential Building Construction
• Residential Product Manufacturing
• Retail
• Safety & Security
• Semiconductor
• Shipping
• Social Media Marketing
• Sports
• Supply Chain
• Technology
• Telecommunications
• Television
• Tourism
• Trade Technology
• Training and Development
• Transportation
• Travel Retail
• Travel Services
• Utilities
• Venture Capital
• Virtual Banking
• Wholesale

Executive of the Year

• Achievements - What accomplishments were achieved by the executive's exceptional leadership and how did they help drive the company's growth?

• Challenges & Solutions - What were the biggest challenges that the executive encountered in moving the company forward? What solutions were implemented to overcome these challenges?

• Innovation - What new ideas did the executive introduce to substantially boost the company's business?

Innovator of the Year

• Uniqueness - What was the unique and innovative initiative that the innovator have spearheaded which led to a significant growth in the company? 

• Success - What were the initiative's outcomes and what measures were used to achieve its success?

• Effectiveness - How effective was the innovation and how did it impact the company?

Team of the Year

• Achievements - What were the team's remarkable contributions to the company's growth?

• Challenges & Solutions - What were the biggest challenges that the team encountered in driving growth? What solutions were implemented to overcome these challenges?

• Innovation - What new ideas did the team introduce to substantially boost the company's business?

Employee Engagement of the Year

• Strategy - What are the recent strategies implemented to engage the company's employees and enhance fulfilment with their careers?

• Effectiveness - How effective was the strategy and what was its impact on the workforce?

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year 

• Strategy - What initiatives were implemented to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace?
• Effectiveness - How effective were the initiatives and what was their impact on the workforce, the company's business and/or customers? 

1. Prepare a 500-word write-up about the individual, team, or project/initiative that you are nominating. Use the judging criteria guide questions above to tell us about why your entry deserves to win the award.
2. Go to the online nomination form.
3. Fill out the required fields.
   • Company and entrant details
   • Chosen category and industry
   • Nomination entry title and overview/synopsis
   • 500-word write-up
   • Upload photos and supporting documents
   • 3 key achievements
   • Client or employee testimonials (optional)
   • Chosen winner's package
4. Once you're done, you will receive an email confirmation of your nomination.

Note: You may submit up to three (3) entries. If submitting multiple entries, you must fill out the form once per entry as each nomination form is valid for one entry only.