Osama Abdel-Raouf Abdeen, CEO of Abu Dhabi National Takaful Co (ADNTC), a leading Takaful operator in the GCC, has been named among the GCC’s 100 Best CEOs at the Top CEO Awards for 2017 organised by Mediaquest.

The elite roster of top-performing CEOs in the Gulf is compiled annually by Mediaquest’s Trends magazine in association with world-renowned business school Insead.

The criteria for the selection process were set by independent financial and governance experts and were based on financial factors including profits, revenues, assets, company size, earnings per share, corporate governance and transparency, market capitalisation, and market values.

Following comprehensive analyses of listed companies in the GCC stock exchange, 100 honorees were chosen from which 17 are from the insurance field, with six of them representing UAE-based companies.

Abdeen has been honoured for his exceptional role in driving ADNTC’s sustained profitable growth and helping uplift its regional position as a leading Takaful operator and the only one worldwide with an A- (excellent) financial strength rating from AM Best.

He joined ADNTC in 2010, bringing with him more than 24 years of experience in multicultural work environments across multiple jurisdictions, backed by strong operational management expertise. Throughout his career, Osama has contributed immensely to the growth of the emerging insurance markets in the Middle East and has positively impacted the progression of talented insurance professionals in the region working under his leadership. -TradeArabia News Service