An exclusive World Sustainable Business Forum (WSBF) C-level healthcare stakeholders roundtable was organised by its Founder and Chairman, Merzi Sodawaterwala to honor one of the Founding and Lifetime Patron of International Federation of Indo Israel Chambers of Commerce (IFIICC), the UAE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Dr Ahmed AlBanna and leading C-level healthcare stakeholders in Dubai with the WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award for their exemplary impact.
Presenting the WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr AlBanna, Sodawaterwala said, “He exemplifies the visionary and transformative leadership of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the rulers of the Emirates in the UAE. During his 7-year extended tenure serving as the UAE Ambassador to India, Dr AlBanna has made an unprecedented strategic impact on the UAE-India partnership including sowing the seeds of the very first Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed by UAE with India as rightly acknowledged by Piyush Goyal. In fact, Dr AlBanna had actually sowed the seeds of the UAE-India CEPA much earlier at the most widely noted IFIICC event by announcing this goal as a part of the historic UAE-India-Israel Trilateral goal of USD 110 billion by 2030 and also contributed to the maiden landmark trilateral deal facilitated by IFIICC. God bless the UAE and its compassionate leadership abundantly always as it continues to be a blessing for more than 200 nationalities living happily in the UAE.”
Dr AlBanna on receiving the WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award said, “I dedicate this award to the vision, determination, and commitment of UAE’s leadership to embrace challenges, transform and reshape the future of the world through a spirit of collaboration with other nations. It’s always been an absolute pleasure and honor serving my country and I am forever grateful to our leadership for their faith in me. I am humbled by this gesture from WSBF and my friend Merzi Sodawaterwala who has been playing a pivotal role in empowering innovation and enabling strategic business partnerships through multilateral collaboration across sectors between the UAE, India and Israel trilateral, the Quad i.e., I2U2 including USA and rest of the world for a sustainable future.”
Dr AlBanna and Sodawaterwala also felicitated the leading C-level healthcare stakeholders with a WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award saying, “Covid-19 tested global health systems beyond their limits resulting in a devastating impact on people, society, and economies across the globe. Under the wise and forward-thinking leadership of UAE and through effective public and private sector collaboration, the UAE and in particular Dubai under the visionary leadership of Dr. Amer Ahmed Sharif became a global benchmark for its response to the pandemic by enabling an era of innovative, future-proof, resilient and sustainable healthcare. WSBF values the passion and commitment of our esteemed government and healthcare industry leaders for their significant impact on sustainable healthcare in UAE and the larger region with utmost integrity, humility, and empathy.”
Ole Per Maloy, Managing Director – Middle East & Africa at Siemens Healthineers on receiving the WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award said, “It is a great honor to be recognized for working with an important topic which at the same time is so influential for quality of people’s lives.”
Dr Raza Siddiqui, Chief Executive Officer at Arabian Healthcare Group on receiving the WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award said, “We truly value this gesture, acknowledging our response to managing the pandemic and minimizing the negative consequences of this significant disruption. It is a recognition of the team members who have helped us get through and overcome hardships during these challenging times.”
Dr Fatih Mehmut Gul, Chief Executive Officer at Fakeeh University Hospital and Vice President Growth Office at Fakeeh Care Group on receiving the WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award said, "We, as a Fakeeh Care Group with 45 years of experience in achieving operational excellence, make investments in academic care and technology since this is the best combination for generating successful outcomes for patients. I would like to express my gratitude for the acknowledgement of the contributions made by our team."
Dr Abdulkareem Sultan Al Olama, Dr Jamil Ahmed, Dr Mounes Kalaawi, Ala Atari, Niyaz Mohamed and Naser Al Riyami on behalf of Dr Shamsheer Vayalil were some of the other C-level healthcare recipients of the WSBF Lifetime Achievement Award.
In his concluding remarks, Sodawaterwala said, “We are humbled and express our profound gratitude to HE and all our valued C-level healthcare stakeholders including the ones unable to join us due to their prior commitments for their significant impact on sustainable healthcare.”
