Kuwait Finance House – Bahrain, a leading provider of Islamic commercial and investment banking services, recently honoured three more employees in its "Fursan Baytik" employees’ recognition awards for their outstanding contributions.

They were selected based on criteria of high performance and achievements both in the workplace and during their time outside the office.

At an award ceremony held at the KFH-Bahrain headquarters, Yacoob Majed, chairman of KFH-Bahrain, Abdulhakeem Alkhayyat, managing director and CEO together with executive and senior managers at KFH-Bahrain presented the six employees with awards and certificates of appreciation.

Winners of Q3 2013, Abdulkarim Mohamed Al Zakari received the ‘Leadership Award’, Hamed Yousef Meshal received the ‘Smart Performance Award’ and Ahmed Zainalabedeen Al Shaikh received the ‘Ambassadorship Award’.

“I am proud to announce that these employees have proven their excellence both in and outside of work and congratulate them for their sincere efforts and skills which have led to them being nominated for the ‘Fursan Baytik’ employees’ recognition awards,” said Majed.

“The concept of the ‘Fursan Baytik’ awards is to motivate employees to aim higher and perform better and these winners have proven themselves to be of the high caliber that is sought after.”

Alkhayyat added: "Our employees play an essential role in the bank as they are considered the most valuable asset available to any success achieved on the many products and services offered by an Islamic bank to their customers. The bank’s success in today’s market relies heavily on the performance of our employees and I am delighted to see these staff members join the current “Fursan Baytik” award winners to date."

The Fursan Baytik employees’ recognition awards aim to honour and appreciate the achievements of employees in the bank based on a set of criteria that considers their performance both during work and in their own time out of the office in order to motivate and develop their potential.

Employees are nominated every quarter from all departments within the Bank and a special committee selects employees who fall within the pre-defined criteria. Candidates for the award would need to be recognized for having a positive attitude towards work and colleagues, providing an outstanding level of service to a customer, leadership, innovation, teamwork and active participation in team achievement.

The committee also considers employee's achievements outside work such as pursuing and attaining professional certificates or academic degrees in order to motivate them for self-development. – TradeArabia News Service