SME Success Series
Stars of business power lunch Presented by
Meet our winners As this was our last event within the SME Advisor Success Series for 2011, we decided to invite three winners from the SME Advisor Stars of Business Awards to come and share their story with attendees. Presented by ADCB, in conjunction with our
Nilanjan Ray, Sr. Vice President, Head, SME, ADCB, extending a warm welcome to attendees
Exclusive Telecom Partner, du, the event was a chance not only for established businesses, but also budding entrepreneurs, to hear first-hand how these companies plotted their route to success.
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hen considering the theme for the concluding event for 2011 it seemed appropriate that attendees should be offered the opportunity to listen and interact with some of the leading SMEs in the region. It is often asked how SMEs, especially within the more challenging economic climate, manage to overcome the various hurdles that appear on a daily basis and push ahead with impressive strategies. With this in mind we asked the three winners to give short presentations, mapping their success story and at the end of each session audience members were encouraged to make full use of the Q&A platform. More time to interact with speakers through audience participation and networking opportunities during coffee breaks and lunch was something conveyed to us by attendee feedback and so we created an opportunity for this value-driven interaction.
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Guest speakers Shabana Karim, Managing Director, The Nail Spa Winner in the categories of Health and wellness and Admirable Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. Rabea Ataya, CEO and Founder, Bayt.com Winner in the categories of Technology and online and Business Star of the Year. Dr. Ata Atmar, Managing Director, Bateel International Winner in the categories of Retail and Manufacturing. One-on-one consultations have proved a big hit at our events during 2011 – it is an opportunity to sit and have a casual, yet, informative, discussion with subject matter experts from the various companies and government entities that we have as partners. With this event, the speakers also very kindly offered their time to sit and talk with attendees. We had consultants not only from our presenting partner ADCB, offering SME lending advice, but also from Zawya and
SME ADVISOR MIDDLE EAST JANUARY 2012
Chris Stevenson, Commercial Director, CPI Business, addresses the audience
SAS, contributing advice on effective visibility solutions and business analytics, respectively. The event was concluded with all attendees and speakers attending a lunch, where all were encouraged to mingle and mix and enjoy some food. It proved a great end to the 2011 event calendar and if there are any events which you may have missed then please visit www.smeadvisor.com/events for the written and photo updates on all the year’s activities. We will of course continue to build on the momentum of 2011 with an exciting list of events for the coming year. Keep an eye on our Website www.smeadvisor.com for all updates.
Date: 20th December Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Venue: The Address, Marina, Dubai For more event photos, visit www.smeadvisor. com/wp-content/themes/wp-clear-basic/ powerlunch-sme/fbphotos.php