Abu Dhabi Airports identified excellence focus groups and champions to lead the award exercise and has been supporting them by organizing a series of workshops to finalise submissions for all relevant award categories. The program has seen tremendous support from the executive management who recognize the value of such awards in highlighting good performance. 

Commenting on the Company’s readiness for the ADAEP, H.E. Eng. Awaidah Murshed Al Marrar, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Airports said: “Abu Dhabi Airports is one of the UAE’s leading companies, with many talented and indeed exceptional individuals. We have well defined processes and procedures across our business, and we feel that we are a highly efficiently performing government entity. The company has achieved many concrete and tangible milestones in the past decade, which have not only impacted its operations and business, they have had a remarkable impact on Abu Dhabi itself and the international aviation scene.”

Abdul Majeed Al Khoori, Acting Chief Executive Officer at Abu Dhabi Airports, added: “Innovation is the beating heart of our company. Over the last decade we have shaped ourselves as being innovators in aviation, driven by capabilities and human resources that have contributed to us reaching where we are today. We are on a journey of continuous enhancement, and we aim to achieve the highest standards in excellence and leadership. I have full confidence in my team and know that they will continue to make us all proud.” 

The objectives of the Abu Dhabi Awards for Excellence in Government Performance are to inspire organizations to improve their performance, practices and capabilities based on a proven model of excellence, and in doing so, deliver better value to government customers and stakeholders.