Our most recent winners’ & Judges’ feedback

All winners can request feedback from the judges about why they won for use in press releases, marketing material, brochures, advertisements, on their website etc. This service is included in the entry fee so there is no additional cost. Here are a selection of comments for past winners:

Previous winners

The Others Brand Experience Agency

Commenting on The Others Brand Experience Agency, the winner in the Best Communication category, the chairman of the judges said? :

“The Other Brand Experience Agency has created a knock-out cultural event for young people with its Fanta Fest 2023 carnival that was run in 10 cities across Turkey. During the event, aimed at promoting soft drink Fanta, participants enjoyed live music, snacks and fun. Promoted through the Daha Daha app, numbers attending was substantially higher than the year before and awareness topped 93% from 86%. Well done to The Other Brand Experience Agency for boosting sales, market share and awareness of Fanta.”

Ministry of Health and Prevention

Commenting on the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, the winner in the Best Innovative and Creative use of Technology category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, for making brilliant use of cutting-edge technologies to help it better understand its customers. Centre to gathering information on customers’ behavioural and cultural patterns is the ministry’s new user experience lab (UX Lab), the first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates. Ministry of Health and Prevention is a pioneer in the use of ground-break technologies, helping it to develop smart new applications that meet the needs of customers.”

SVAM AGROFOODEX PVT LTD AURANGABAD

Commenting on Manoj Ravsaheb Kadam, founder of SV Group, the winner in the Outstanding Entrepreneur category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Mr Manoj Ravsaheb Kadam is a man of many talents who has chosen to help his fellow nationals in India rather than pursue a career overseas. Despite a difficult start in life, Mr Kadam gained excellent qualifications and had a brilliant career in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. After choosing to help farmers, support budding engineers and others, he set up several companies in engineering, farming and filming to employ local people. Congratulations to Mr Kadam for making a major contribution to society in India.”

Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment

Commenting on Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment the winner in the Best Business Transformation category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MBRHE) for implementing an ambitious business transformation across the organisation to improve communication, productivity and to meet housing demand. The far-reaching programme has produced brilliant results with every one of the planning changes successfully introduced. The use of new technologies played an important role in creating new efficiencies and value for customers. The transformation met all its key objectives and helped MBRHE secure top satisfaction rates from both customers and employees of almost 100%.”

KocSistem

Commenting on KocSistem, the winner in the Best Corporate Social Responsibility category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to KocSistem for coupling sustainability with digitisation and bringing out its own green intelligence sustainability initiative as part of its commitment to its 2050 carbon neutral target. As Turkey’s leading technology provider, KocSistem has taken the lead and adopted a circular economy strategy to the benefit of the environment, society, customers, partners and stakeholders. As well as working with clients to help them reduce their environmental impact, KocSistem has cut back on energy, water and papers at its own premises.”

Shika Wellbeing

Commenting on Shika Wellbeing, the winner in the Best New Business category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to Shika Wellbeing for developing a thriving health and wellbeing online brand from scratch. After launching a popular acupressure mat and pillow set that has received rave reviews, the company introduced other products to relieve stress and tension; and improve the quality of sleep. It’s great to see that all products are carefully and sustainable sourced. Only launched in 2021, business is going so well that it plans to scale up operations and develop new product lines. Following the brilliant positive feedback received from satisfied customers, Shika Wellbeing is set for success.”

Previous winners

Ministry of Health and Prevention

Commenting on the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, the winner in the Best Customer Focus category, the chairman of the judges said:

“To improve its services, the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, has introduced a number of new customer research initiatives and set up a new team to analyse feedback. Part of this work includes launching a mystery shopper programme and making use of e-surveys and discussion forums. Customers are actively encouraged to share their opinions through their preferred media channel. Well done to the Ministry of Health and Prevention for building better customer relationships, helping it to create new innovative services based on their insights.”

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)

Commenting on the Road and Transport Authority, Dubai, the winner in the Best Innovation category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Well done to the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai for introducing smart efficiencies into the drivers’ licensing process with its new digital click and drive initiative. Instead of numerous visits to driving institutions for training and testing, the process has been re-engineered with fewer steps. As well as having a beneficial impact on the environment by cutting use of paper and numerous visits to driving centres, research shows that customers love using click and drive.”

The Permanent Makeup Training Academy

Commenting on The Permanent Makeup Training Academy, the winner in the Best Mentor category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Katy Jobbins, founder of The Permanent Makeup Training Academy, is a motivational leader who has had a positive impact on thousands of women. She has trained hundreds of women giving them the skills and confidence to set up their own business as permanent makeup artists and used her natural empathy with people and her life experiences to help others through difficult times. Katy has also made generous donations to UNICEF Ukraine, and she launched a pay with a smile campaign that provides cancer victims with free treatments.”

General Directorate of Residency & Foreigners Affairs

Commenting on First Lieutenant Engineer Eissa Al Kamali of the General Directorate of Residency & Foreigners Affairs, Dubai, the winner in the Outstanding Employee category, the chairman of the judges said:

“First Lieutenant Engineer Eissa Al Kamali is an exceptional employee who has had a far-reaching impact on the General Directorate of Residency & Foreigners Affairs and led the introduction of many innovative solutions. Working in the innovation and future centre, he has implemented new policies that have streamlined processes, reduced use of paper and significantly improved efficiency, productivity and customer service. First Lieutenant Eissa Al Kamali is a true team player who inspires and motivates colleagues to strive for greatness.”

LC Waikiki

Commenting on LC Waikiki, the winner in the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative category (Stronger Future with the Women in Business), the chairman of the judges said:

“Well done to Turkey-based fashion company LC Waikiki for boosting career opportunities for women with its ‘stronger future with women in business’ campaign that targets suppliers as well as its own staff. The company already has Turkey’s highest rate of female managers at 47%, out of a workforce of 62% women, and the new project aims to encourage them to reach for higher grade jobs. LC Waikiki is a leader in gender equality, helping women to learn new skills, become more confident and a dominant force in the workplace.”

Vision Independent Financial Planning

Commenting on Vision Independent Financial Planning, the winner in the Best Brand Development category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to Vision Independent Financial Planning for developing its new branding in-house, rather than using a creative agency, and producing brilliant results. By keeping it simple, minimising text, using real pictures of advisers and photographs of the local area in Cornwall, where the company is based, Vision has created a modern, bright and fresh look for its website and logo. The new clean look invokes feelings of authenticity and dependability. It just shows what can be achieved by people who know and understand the business.”

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Previous winners

Ministry of Health and Prevention

Commenting on the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, the winner in the Best Innovation category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to Ministry of Health and Prevention for being the first ministry in United Arab Emirates to launch an in-house user experience lab to measure the customer experience. Known as UX Lab, it has been set up to develop the ministry’s services in line with its digital transformation. UX Lab helps the ministry better understanding the cultural and behavioural patterns of customers. With the help of the lab, the Ministry of Health and Prevention has achieved an impressive customer satisfaction rate of 90%.”

Borusan

Commenting on Borusan, the winner in the Best Staff Training and Development Programme category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to Borusan for placing staff training and leadership development at the heart of the organisation and for setting up its own academy to meet the learning needs of all its staff. To enable it to keep ahead of the marketplace, the industrial company also launched its own leadership development programme run by Borusan Academy. Aiming to embed leadership development in Borusan’s culture, the new programme provides a comprehensive range of learning opportunities for staff, helping to boost loyalty and performance.”

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)

Commenting on the Road and Transport Authority, Dubai, the winner in the Best Innovative and Creative Use of Technology category, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) for completing a highly ambitious and complicated centralised asset management project. Using its big-data platform, RTA’s system was developed in house and, even at the pilot stage, it started to produce stunning results. The platform has helped to reduce the leadership decision-making time related to commercial retail space to one hour from three weeks. It is a credit to RTA that the asset management platform is so successful that it’s going public early in 2024.”

Enerjisa Enerji

Commenting on Enerjisa Enerji, the winner in the Best Place to work, the chairman of the judges said:

“Congratulations to Enerjisa Enerji for achieving top satisfaction rates from staff after moving to a next generation building near Ankara, Turkey. After relocating from an outdated rented building to a state-of-the-art luxury office in only seven months, staff now enjoy all the mode cons including an open plan workspace, relaxation rooms, terraces, social areas and a games room. Designed to be attractive and energising, the green building supports the well-being of staff and minimises environmental impact.”

General Directorate of Residency & Foreigners Affairs

Commenting on Lieutenant Colonel Faisal Abdullah Bin Belaila of General Directorate of Residency & Foreigners Affairs, Dubai, the winner in the Outstanding Employee category, the chairman of the judges said::

“Colonel Faisal Abdullah Bin Belaila is an innovator and inspirational leader who has made an outstanding contribution to the economy of Dubai in many different ways. In his role as manager of the innovation and future department, he implemented the partnership management system that fosters collaborations and enhances stakeholder relationships for the benefit of Dubai. Among many other things, Colonel Faisal also developed a cutting-edge mobile app for passports that has reduced processing time.”

LC Waikiki

Commenting on LC Waikiki, the winner in the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative category (LCW Limitless), the chairman of the judges said:

“Using its slogan ‘Everyone deserves to dress well’, fashion brand LC Waikiki must be applauded for being the first in Turkey to launch a fashion range for disabled people. Called the LCW Limitless Collection, the clothing is designed to be fashionable and easy to put on, allowing people with disabilities to dress themselves. The range is constantly modified and updated in line with feedback. Well done to LC Waikiki for taking a big step forward in equality and giving disabled people access to fashionable clothes.”

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