IBX Awards – Inspirational Male Leader Award 2019
GSD® CEO Graham Shapiro was announced as the winner of an International Business Excellence (IBX) Award in Dubai 2019, as Inspirational Male Leader.

The Awards are recognised as a prestigious international occasion as part of the celebrated festival for business, an unprecedented success for the people and government of the United Arab Emirates.
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The clear aim of the awards programme is to create a vehicle for sharing best practice and to promote continuous improvement as a path toward personal development
The Finals and Awards Ceremony for the International Business Excellence Awards 2016 were held on the 29th and 30th of June 2016 in Dubai. The two-day event was an exciting affair celebrating business excellence and “best practice” from around the world.
On receiving the award for ‘Inspirational Male Leader’, Graham Shapiro said:
“Thank you to the IBX judges for their nomination, everyone at The IBX Awards and The Dubai Government. I would like to congratulate all of the incredible finalists in my category*. I have the greatest possible respect for where this journey has brought them, well done. It is important for me to say how much I respect the scale of their collective business achievements. They are all incredible leaders and for this reason, I am honoured and indeed, humbled to be happy to count myself amongst them and be considered for this award. To win this award is truly outstanding.”
*The other finalists in the Inspirational Male Leader category were: Anis Sajan – Milano – Danube Group, Mahmoud Awad – Concorde Corodex Bristol, Jaber Almarar – Aldhafra hospitals, Ramesh Gopal – Deutsche Bank AG, Abdalla Al-Tamimi – 3mushrooms marine consultancy, Adam McEwan – Platinum Heritage Group and Jad Toubayly – Idealz Enterprises LLC.