Qatar Business Awards 2019

MEAMARKETS / 2019 Qatar Business Excellence Awards 9 g Sharaka Holdings sharing, integrity, creativity and transparency are carried forward in all of its business dealings across the entire group which makes this award all the more special. Amer discusses Sharaka Holdings’ internal culture in more detail and outlines how this drives the group to excellence on every project. “At Sharaka Holdings we are an agile organization, we identify op- portunities and then quickly orient people, resources and skills to convert the opportunity. To this end we promote both stability and dynamism. Our business is built on dedication and the expertise of our staff, who enrich our organisation by their mix of life experiences and cultural diversity. Sharaka Holdings encourages a service orientated culture. The head office team supports the individual companies in the group across the different disciplines of procurement, marketing, HR, finance and legal. Each of the subsidiaries endorse Sharaka Holdings as the mother company but go about their businesses in a fairly autonomous manner. “Team members are encouraged to multi task and motivated to also improve on their knowledge, performance, efficiency etc. Team members are rewarded by recognition from the Sharaka Diamond Award program where the company identifies certain im- portant qualities/ criteria. These criteria are then fashioned into the Diamond Award and the team votes to decide who exemplifies these qualities. The enthusiasm and range of experience of our staff, drawn from many different organisations, industries and cultures, is a powerful advantage for our business. We believe diversity stimulates creativity and collaboration leading to a deeper understanding of customer needs. “As such, Sharaka Holdings’ 2,500 skilled professionals come from over 31 different countries and comprise an exceptional team of entrepreneurs, strate- gists, educationists, innovators, engineers, hoteliers, architects, restauranteurs and even traders. While each business operates as an autonomous unit, with its own goals and ambitions, it also draws strength and knowledge from the group as a whole. In return, each individual company enriches the entire group through sharing its expertise and success.” Moving forward, Sharaka Holdings will be moving into the real estate and education spaces, focusing on creating new struc- tures that will help drive the group and its clients to even greater prosperity, as Amer is proud to conclude. “Overall, the future looks very bright for Sharaka Holdings and we are excited to share our plans. Our focus sectors will be real estate and education, and as part of this we have just signed with Marriott International a partnership to operate two of our star properties in the real estate sectors. The properties will be branded as Marriott Executive Apartments Doha, Le Mirage City Walk and Marriott Executive Apartments Doha, Le Mirage Downtown. We are very close to signing a partnership for our hotel but at this stage can not divulge details. With all our properties, over 1,500 high-end professional and their families will call Le Mirage properties their home. Building beautiful lives is what we do best. “Alongside this, we are building the Le Mirage Shopping Village which has over 170,000 sq. meters of built up area in the popular Abu Hamour residential suburb of Doha. In Lusail, we are constructing three residential projects in the Fox Hills and Marina Bay zones. “In the education sector, we are very proud of Sherborne Qatar, IQRA and KidZania Doha KidZania Doha’s formal opening ceremony will be held in April 2019 although the soft opening has already been completed and the edutainment park is open to public. Sharaka Education is very proud to bring Sherborne Girls School in to Doha. The education ministry has awarded us a plot of land in Al Ebb and the construction of this prestigious school is under way. All of these developments will help drive us towards even greater success over the years to come.” Contact Information: Company: Sharaka Holdings | Name: Malini Saldanha Address: P.O. Box 1108, Doha, Qatar |Telephone Number: +974 4021 4499 | Web Address: www.sharakaholdings.com