Global CIO Forum honours exemplary CIOs with the CIO 200 Country Awards
A key highlight at the grand finale of the World CIO 200 Roadshow, held on December 14 in a virtual convention centre, was the CIO 200 Country Awards. CIOs from organisations in the UAE, who have been the catalyst in bringing about change in this challenging year, were honoured with this award. The winners also received blockchain certificates. This year, the impressive lineup of exemplary CIOs included:
| Name | Organisation | Designation | Winning category |
| Damian O’Gara | Kentech Group | Group IT Director | Legend |
| Mario Foster | Al Naboodah Group Enterprises | Group CIO | Legend |
| Muhamed Noufel | Royal Continental Hotels | Group IT Manager | Leader |
| Dr Erdal Ozkaya | Standard Charted Bank | Regional CISO | Legend |
| Lt. Col. Hamad Khalifa Al Nuemi | AD POlice GHQ | Head of Telecom Division | Legend |
| Faisil Syed | SEHA Abu Dhabi Health Services Co | SEHA Abu Dhabi Health Services Co | Master |
| Jaleel Rahiman | Prime Healthcare Group LLC | IT Director | Legend |
| Shah E Room Khan | Emirates College of Technology | IT Manager and Head of Information Technology Operation and Services | Legend |
| Vinay Sharma | Gulftainer | Group IT Director | Legend |
| HE Noor Al Noman | Department of eGovernment | Director | Legend |
| Mustansir Aziz | Gulf Diagnostic Center hospital | Head of IT | Legend |
| Syed Naqvi | Al Hilal Bank | Head of Data and Analytics | Master |
| Yasser Quraishy | Manzil Healthcare Services | Executive Director – Digital Health and Innovation | Master |
| ADITYA KAUSHIK | Adyard Abudhabi LLC. | Head of IT (Adyard) | Legend |
| Khalfan Al Hassani | Monitoring and Control Centre | ICT Director | Master |
| Muhammad Junaid Budhani | United Al Saqer Group | Group IT Manager | Master |
| Aliasgar Bohari | Zulekha Hospital | Director – IT | Legend |
| SHIJIN PRASAD R. S | Cure Medical Centers | Head of Information & Communication Technology | Master |
| Jayesh Maganlal | Majid Al Futtaim Properties | CIO | Legend |
| Sunando Chaudhuri | Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company | Head of IT | Legend |
| Dr. Alaeddin Al-Badawna | ADNOC Refining | Vice President | Legend |
| Nagesh Aswartha | Alhamra Group | VP Technology | Master |
| SHAILESH MANI | FLEMINGO INTERNATIONAL | GM – IT | Legend |
| Rabih Merhy | Rotana Hotels | Cluster Director of IT | Leader |
| Pradeepkumar Nair | Diyafah International Education | IT Manager | Master |
| Abraham Libu Varghese | Gulf Marine Services PLC | IT Manager | Master |
| Mubarik Hussain | Bloom Properties | Director of IT | Legend |
| Frank Watts | Al Tayer Group | Group CIO | Legend |
| Khamis Abulani | Rabdan Academy | ICT advisor | Legend |
| Krishnan Gopi | GEMS Education | Chief Disruption Officer | Legend |
| Piyush Kumar Chowhan | Lulu Group | CIO | Master |
| Ashraf Salah | Hilton Worldwide | Regional Director of IT Field Services – GCC | Legend |
| Saif Al Siksek | SEHA Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. | Group Business Applications & Digital Transformation Director | Master |
| Suresh Kumar | Red Sea Housing Services | Group Head – IT | Master |
| Sunil Kumar Sharma | Aldar Properties | Vice President (CISO) | Legend |
| Mamoun Alhomssey | ADIB- Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank | Group CIO | Legend |
| HAMED OBAID SEBAIT NASEIB AREIDAT | Central Bank of UAE | Director IT Operations | Leader |
| Pankaj Bajaj | Capital Health | Head of IT | Master |
| Dr. Jasim AlShams | Dubai Media Group | eCrim and Froud Section Manager | Legend |
| Ali Hassan AlAssi | Dar AlBer Society | IT Project Manager | Master |
| Abdalla Al Ali | Dubai Multi Commodities Center | IT Director | Legend |
| Mohammad Khaled | Gov | VP – Critical Infrastructure Protections and Resilience | Master |
| Tariq Khan | Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation | Chief Enterprise Architect | Master |
| Prashant Nair | Network International | CISO | Leader |
| Somnath Sarkar | Mashreq Bank | CISO | Leader |
| Hussam Juma | Dubai Customs | Director of Service Innovation Departmenr | Legend |
| Oliver Chester De Maiwat | Holiday Factory LLC | IT Manager | Next -Gen |
| deepak jadhav | dormakaba | IT | Next -Gen |
| Samit Jha | Laticrete | International IT Manager | Master |
| Aliakbar Patwa | NRS RELIEF FZCO | IT MANAGER | Leader |
| Mohammed Shahzad | Dubai Developments | Group Head of IT | Master |
| Umesh Moolchandani | Bin Dasmal Group | Group IT Head | Legend |
| Martin Wallgren | Gulf Agency Company (GAC) | Group CIO | Legend |
| Javeria Aijaz | Farnek Services | Director ICT | Leader |
| Khalid Saeed Al Shamsi | Dubai Land Department | Deputy Manager Technical Support, IT Department | Legend |
| AJAY RATHI | DAMAC GROUP | VP-IT | Legend |
| Hadi, Anwar | Group 42 | Group CIO | Legend |
| Hala, AlAblam | Dubai Business Women Development Association | IT Social Media Psychologist Director | Master |
| ROBERT, ARANIEGO | EMRILL SERVICES LLC | ASSISTANT ICT MANAGER | Master |
| Sasidharan, Narayanan | Mashreq Bank | Head, Architecture & Service Composition | Legend |
| Farruq, Ahmed | PCFC (Ports, Customs & Freezone Corporation) | Director – Product Development | Legend |
| srinivasa, Narasimhaiah | Julphar Gulf Pharmaceuticals | Director IT | Legend |
| Loay, AlNakhal | Ministry Of Health and Prevention | IT Innovation Consultan | Legend |
| Ashith, Piriyattiath | Regulus Capital | CIO | Legend |
| Venkatesh Mahadevan | Dubai Investments | CIO | Legend |
| Dr. Hoda AlKhazaimi | NYU Abu Dhabi | CISO | Legend |
About The CIO 200 Summit
Established in 2017, The CIO 200 Summit is a multi-country CIO felicitation ceremony that recognises achievements of digital leaders. The CIO 200 Awards are not a competition but a celebration of the amazing lives of CIOs and their game-changing careers.
The 2019 edition of the event toured 15 countries and gathered over 3000+ delegates over a span of three months. Key stakeholders tabled roadmaps for strategic decision making and identified yardsticks that are the key drivers of growth in the digital world. The World CIO 200 Summit 2019 concluded over December 09-10 with a gala event at the Double Tree Hilton in Ras Al Khaimah.
The workings of The World CIO 200 Summit 2019 was advised by the INSPIRE committee including Dr Esam Al Falasi MOE UAE, Venkatesh Mahadevan Dubai Investment, Ajay Rathi DHA UAE, Yahya Al Mawali, Dr Jassim Haji AI Society Bahrain, Mohammed Mahnashi MOF Saudi Arabia, and Ashith P from Almasa Capital.
Sponsors of The World CIO 200 Summit 2019 event included Dell Technologies, Intel, Guardian One Technologies, Mindware, StorIT, Spectrum Networks, Netapp, Purestorage, Tahaluf Al Emarat, Nutanix, Rittal Middle East, Sai Global, Spire Solutions, BITS, Veritas, Rubrik, EMT Technologies, Techneplus, Datacare, Exclusive Network, Cloudhost, Finesse, Logicom, Zebra.
Supporting partners of The World CIO 200 Summit 2019 event included MCIT Saudi Arabia, Shura Council Bahrain, CIO Klub India, Ghana Chamber of Technology, Tech Pakistan, NIC, AI Society Bahrain, LOCO Service Pakistan, Awwal.
The highlights from the 2019 edition can be seen here.
About Global CIO Forum
The role of a CIO is one of the most critical one in today’s business and industry. Today, CIOs hold the future of innovation, productivity and competitiveness in their hands. At the Global CIO Forum, we not only provide our members with an exchange forum for best IT leadership strategies and practices to enhance business results, but we are also developing a strong voice to ensure that CIOs are represented at key industry and government decision tables. In other words: Integrate. Influence. Impact.
The Global CIO Forum’s mission is to represents IT Executives and CIOs globally. Currently working in META region and with expansion plans globally, the Global CIO Forum is a non-profit community of CIOs and IT leaders whose mission is to facilitate networking, sharing of best practices and executive development, and to collaborate on issues faced by the CIOs and IT executives.
