Last week, the publisher of this news service held its inaugural awards ceremony to honour outstanding industry practitioners in the Middle East region.

(An earlier version of this item was published on WealthBriefing, sister publication to this news service, on 21 November.)

Outstanding practitioners in the wealth management sector operating in the Gulf Co-operation Council region of the Middle East have been honoured at this publication’s inaugural awards programme for this area of the world.

At a black tie dinner held at the Mina A'Salam in Dubai, winners and shortlisted entrants for the WealthBriefing GCC Region Awards 2014 were congratulated for setting high standards in what has been another busy year in the sector.

The team at WealthBriefing wants to repeat its thanks to the panel of judges – drawn from across the sector – for the time and attention given to examining the entrants. It also thanks all the firms and individuals who entered the awards these year, which continue to expand in scope. To view a list of the judges, see here. To view further details about the awards programme run by the publisher of this news service see here.

The winners:

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRIVATE BANK

(REGIONALLY BASED BANK)

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRIVATE BANK

(PURE PLAY)

Lombard Odier.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRIVATE BANK

(INTERNATIONAL)

ABN AMRO Private Banking

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CATEGORY

FUND MANAGER

National Bank of Abu Dhabi.

MARKETING - ONLINE CAMPAIGN

ABN AMRO Private Banking.

MARKETING - PRINT CAMPAIGN

Barclays.

MARKETING - BRAND LAUNCH / RELAUNCH

Mashreq Private Banking.

EFFECTIVE LEGAL TEAM

Wragge Lawrence Graham.

INDEPENDENT TRUST OR FIDUCIARY COMPANY

Sanne.  

FRONT OFFICE SOLUTION

Finantix.

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Advent Software.

CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS & REPORTING

Advent Software.

RISING STAR

Carol Mushriqui, PwC.

WOMEN IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Leonie Kerswill, PwC.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL

Patrick Crowley, Lombard Odier.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT - BANKING

Muwaffak Bibi, Citi Private Bank.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT – PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES

Sandy Shipton.  

EDITOR’S AWARDS

QATAR PRIVATE BANK – EDITOR’S AWARD

Barclays.

EFFECTIVE TAX/ACCOUNTANCY TEAM – EDITOR’S AWARD

PwC.

INSTITUTIONAL TRUST OR FIDUCIARY COMPANY – EDITOR’S AWARD

Northern Trust.

TRANSACTION PROCESSING SOLUTION – EDITOR’S AWARD

ERI Bancaire.

RISK MANAGEMENT – EDITOR’S AWARD

Milltrust International.

CRM SYSTEM – EDITOR’S AWARD

Finantix.

ONBOARDING – EDITOR’S AWARD

Finantix

GLOBAL CUSTODIAN – EDITOR’S AWARD

Northern Trust.

INNOVATIVE CLIENT SOLUTION – EDITOR’S AWARD

Milltrust International.

ISLAMIC FINANCE OFFERING – EDITOR’S AWARD

Tajweez Advisory.

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO WEALTH MANAGEMENT THOUGHT LEADERSHIP – EDITOR’S AWARD

Scorpio Partnership.