On November 15, the ICMA Regional Office in the U.A.E. held its annual ICMA Gala Dinner at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dubai. The dinner was a night of fellowship, entertainment, and awards meant to induct the first the inaugural Global Accounting Hall of Fame and Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame Awards in the U.A.E.
The award winners were Dr. Obaid Saif Hamad Al Zaabi, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) in the United Arab Emirates, who was inducted to the Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame; and Colonel Saif Ben Abid Al Mihairy, the Board Chairman of Accountants & Auditors Association, UAE, who was inducted to the Global Accounting Hall of Fame.