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The Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards is widely acknowledged by the industry as the highest possible accolade available in the financial services industry. Established in 2001, it is one of the most difficult and most exclusive awards for any top practitioner or institution in the financial services industry to win because of the scope of its evaluation, its stringent evaluation process and the eminent council of advisors who oversee the process.
The Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards are based on very stringent criteria, and overseen by an Advisory Council of some of the most respected names in the financial services industry today.
We discount luck or inheritances from strong predecessors and other external circumstances. Because the business cycles have shown us that performance in any one year alone does not always indicate the leadership of a truly stable, sustainable business, we balance this against skill and vision, and the recent global economic downturn has shown that this is the correct approach to judging leadership.
Until this awards programme was introduced, most awards programmes focused only on institutions, and the role of individual excellence in an increasingly complex industry was not sufficiently emphasized. For this reason, the Leadership Awards go to both the institution as well as the individual whose leadership made the difference.
The Goals of this Programme
These awards are designed with the following goals:
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To underscore the role of strong and sustainable leadership of the complex organisations that constitute the financial services industry
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To generate an important platform for dialogue on the values of true leadership, governance, values, skills, vision and the sustainability of the enterprise
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To provide benchmarks of exemplary leadership for future generations of potential leaders so that the industry as a whole can develop in a sustainable manner.
The leadership awards made include:
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The QFC-Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement Awards
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The QFC-Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards for the Asia Pacific region (once every three years)
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The Asian Banker Promising Young Bankers Awards (once every three years)
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The QFC-Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards for Women in the Financial Services Industry
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The QFC-Asian Banker Outstanding Regulator of the Year Award
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The QFC-Asian Banker Award for the Most Admired Leader Outside the Asia Pacific and Gulf regions
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The QFC-Asian Banker Award for M&A of the Year
These awards are proudly supported by Qatar Financial Centre Authority, through its commitment to leadership in the financial services industry.
The Regions Covered
The programme is intended to be global, and we hold all of the nominees for the awards against global benchmarks and best practices. By building experience and nurturing relationships, we have been gradually extending our main coverage from the Asia Pacific region to Central Asia and Middle East. We also recognise outside the region those global leaders whose unique capabilities are truly second to none, applying concise leadership skills to vast, incredibly complex institutions that span continents.
Guests of Honour at previous ceremonies
The awards are always presented by noted leaders, either from prominent local officials or from inspirational figures from the financial services industry, all befitting the dignity of the award itself. Past guests of honour include Mr Al Gore, former vice president of the United States of America and Nobel Laureate, Senator Paul Sarbanes, author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and former chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States, Mr Kaspar Villiger, former President and former Finance Minister of Switzerland, current chairman of UBS, Switzerland, Sir Brian Pitman, former Chairman, Lloyds TSB, United Kingdom, Mr Frederick Ma, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Hong Kong, SAR, Mr Thanong Bidaya, Minister of Finance, Thailand, Dr Doediono, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Indonesia.
For more information on the awards programme, please contact:
Mr Peter Hoflich
Tel: +65 6236 6523
Email: phoflich@theasianbanker.com
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