Congratulations to the 2nd Edition’s Award Winners


Micro-Enterprise of the Year


Alia Almoayed

Alia Almoayed Nutrition Consultancy

Alia Almoayed is a Nutritional Therapist running a busy nutrition consultancy in the Kingdom of Bahrain, offering nutrition advice to the Middle East community and beyond. With a background in public relations and marketing, Alia qualified in Nutrition after a personal illness made her reassess her health and search for natural solutions. She now writes health articles for various publications, runs TV and radio programmes on health and nutrition, holds lectures and seminars on the subject, and leads life-changing health trips called Alia Retreats. Alia is the author of I Want Healthy Kids, The Dream Body Eating Plan, and I Want a Healthy Pregnancy; she is also co-author of 101 Ways To Improve Your Health. Alia is the founder and host of the Award-winning Arabic TV show ‘Shrayha Alia.’ She also runs the seal of well-being in her Alia Approved family of products. For more information, visit http://www.AliaAlmoayed.com.

Start-up of the Year


Khalifa Al Mannai

Mannai Technological Facilitations W.L.L.

Founded on the basis of true passion, entrepreneurial spirit and excellence in service, Mannai Technological Facilitations W.L.L. was initiated in 2014.

Initially a specialist venture in IT Medical Services, the company rapidly expanded into sectors such as projects and consultancy which put Mannai on the map for further development and innovative expansion.

Today, Mannai strives to be one of the best service providers in the fields of health, training, solutions, and consultancy. Through their own platforms, Mannai has become one of the pioneers in the health facilitation sectors, providing customers with a cutting edge and innovative, yet a simple and a convenient way of managing health solutions worldwide, we call “The Phoenix Portal”.

The vision is to provide and create excellence through tailor made services, always putting our client’s need above all. In essence it is about establishing a border-less and flexible service which is able to bring experts, professionals and the common man together.

SME of the Year


Dr. Lamya Mahmood

Dr. Lamya Specialist Dental Center

Dr .Lamya’s Laser Specialist Dental Center, is the first laser specialist dental center in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the GCC. It provides ultimate excellence in dental services including the latest laser technologies, and cosmetic/smile makeover with digital smile design studio, orthodontics, surgery, pediatric dentistry, implantology with all specialties under one roof. Our goal is to implement the latest dental technology and pain-free treatment experience with our professional team in state of the art amenities.

Our founder Dr. Lamya is the first female in the Gulf who has successfully completed her Master’s Degree in Laser Dentistry from Aachen University, Germany. She successfully expanded the brand Dr. Lamya’s from a simple practice to a specialised center, that is well known within the community for ultimate excellence in high quality dental services, in addition to her other local and international businesses. The center has won two awards, 1) The Young Entrepreneur Award, and 2) The Young Business Award.

Enterprise of the Year with International Footprint


Mohamed Rafea

Midal Cables Ltd.

Midal Cables is an aluminium rod, wire and conductor manufacturer, originally conceived and established in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1977 as a downstream project for adding value to the aluminium metal produced by ALBA smelter.

Midal has grown from its very modest beginning, when it processed about 12000 MT of aluminium annually, to its present position as a globally recognised aluminium and alloy rod, wire and conductor manufacturer processing about 300,000 MT of aluminium annually from its various plants in Bahrain. Midal expanded its presence and its global footprint by establishing manufacturing facilities in Australia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia & Mozambique with a combined processing capacity of over 150,000 MT annually.

Midal has earned international recognition for the quality of its products and its customer oriented business approach. The products of Midal meet various international standards and are supplied to almost every corner of the globe.

Midal takes its corporate social responsibility very seriously and contributes its part in developing human capital by facilitating training and skills development amongst the local populace in each of the locations where it has established its factories.

Sustainable Business Award


Hala Almoayyed

Almoayyed Contracting Group

Almoayyed Contracting Group (ACG) is one of the leading construction companies in Bahrain with a core competence in building construction, civil infrastructure, interior fit-outs and landscaping with more than 16 companies under its umbrella. ACG is one of the leading companies that has successfully undertaken projects and facilitated in the overall growth and development in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It has done this by offering international know-how to a local market. ACG believes in training its employees to offer turnkey solutions to its customers through a dedicated team of engineers and technicians. ACG prides itself by utilising the latest industry standards and innovations to ensure successful completion of its projects. ACG has received numerous awards and commendations for Health & Safety and Training. ACG puts a continuous effort towards its crucial role in society by believing in a strong corporate responsibility program and forging strong relationships with its business partners and the community at large.

Female Enterpreneur of the Year


Dr. Sara Al Reefy

London Breast Care Center

The London Breast Care Centre in Bahrain is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary medical centre, offering a full spectrum of breast care services, from screening and diagnosis to treatment, counseling and follow up care. The Center provides innovative, integrated, high quality and cost-effective breast care services to women in a caring and compassionate manner. This involves demonstrable and audited excellence of the three essential components – medical staffing, diagnostic equipment and support services. Our vision is to improve breast awareness and provide women with quick, reliable and accurate diagnosis in one day.

With such unparalleled levels of dedicated staff and superior technology, the London Breast Care Centre, Bahrain, strives to contribute to the future of improved breast care services for breast cancer.

Lifetime Achievement Award


Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali

AMA Group

Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali is one of the pioneering Bahraini entrepreneurs who have made significant contributions to the national economy and achieved unparalleled breakthroughs in the construction, contracting and real estate sectors in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He was born in the year 1930, founded Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali company before reaching the age of 19, and further developed the business as a group of companies with diversified interests in real estate construction, manufacture and supply of equipment, and related fields such as mechanical engineering and manufacture of construction materials, either operating in Bahrain or as subsidiaries outside the Kingdom.

For over 60 years, Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali has been responsible for the establishment of various infrastructure projects and major developments in Bahrain’s government and private sectors, including Salmaniya Medical Complex, Khalifa bin Salman Port, Bahrain International Airport, various water desalination and power generation plants, and the construction of custom-designed housing units.

The company has also been responsible for the development of BAPCO production facilities and the opening of a fifth production line at ALBA, including provisions and facilities upgrade for the new bus transport network system in Bahrain.

He is also recognized for his commitment to various social welfare and charitable organisations, and helped provide university scholarships to numerous deserving Bahraini students. He was conferred the Knight of the Order of Merit of France by former French President Jacques Chirac.

Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali is acknowledged for his important contribution to the development of trade relations between Bahrain and France, and for the launch of several French companies in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He holds several distinguished positions including Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jafari Waqf (religious endowments), Member of the Shura Council, Board Member of the Bahrain Islamic Bank and Takaful Company, and Honourary President of Al Aali Charity Fund.