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Sponsors of Canadian Business Council (CBC) Abu Dhabi Feel Appreciation at the Official Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the UAE, His Excellency Masud Husain

18 January 2017 15:57 | Canadian Business Council Abu Dhabi (Administrator)

CBC Abu Dhabi organized a reception in honor of its Platinum, Gold and events sponsors. It was hosted by HE Masud Husain, Ambassador of Canada to the UAE and his wife Mrs. Leila Husain, at the Official Residence in Anantara, Eastern Mangroves.

The list of guests who attended the reception included: H.E. Rashed  Al-Baloushi (ADX), Deline Pereira (Air Canada), Shamis Al-Dhaheri (Ali & Sons), Firas Mallah (Bank of Montreal), Peter Lawton (CAE), Omar Al Hashmi (Canada-UAE Business Council), Mike Cessford (CCC), Mahmoud Awad (Concorde Corodex), Desmond Hatton (Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi), Mohamed Wakeb (Fairmont Bab Al Bahr), Andre Sayegh (First Gulf Bank), Maher Ezzeddine(Ideanco), H.E. Juma Al-Kait (Ministry of Economy), Aiham Al Khatib (PAL), Ziad Awad (SNC-Lavalin Interational), Jack Matar (Toledo Engineering and Mechanical Works) . The list of guests who were not be able to attend include delegates from: Apparel Group, Awazen Medical Centre, Bombardier Specialized Aircraft, Etihad Airways, General Dynamics Mission Systems.

In a short speech, Mr. Gregory Zoughbi, CBC Board Member and Head of Memberships and Sponsorships thanked the CBC sponsors for their support and stated that the reception was organized to thank and honor them for their contribution to CBC whether in cash or in kind. Gregory also introduced HE Ambassador Husain and invited him to make a speech.

HE welcomed the guests, emphasized the importance of CBC role in the UAE Business community as a catalyst; he also updated the invitees on the latest Canadian government news, namely the re-shuffling of Cabinet and  naming of Chrystia Freeland as foreign minister to replace Mr. Stephane Dion. Ms. Freeland was replaced by Francois-Philippe Champagne . Furthermore, The Ambassador mentioned the appointment of Somali-born Ahmed Hussen as immigration minister, replacing John McCallum. HE elaborated on how Mr. Hussen immigrated  to Canada when he was 16 years old as a refugee from Somalia and is now serving as a Minister in the Canadian government. He said:”This is Canada, this is who we are”!

Mr. Zoughbi then introduced Mr. Jack Matar, CBC Board Chairman and Platinum sponsor to make his remarks. Mr. Matar welcomed the thanked HE Masud Husain and his wife Leila for their hospitality in hosting the event and addressed the guests, highlighting the importance of sponsorships in the survival of CBC; he also encouraged the sponsors to spread the word to their acquaintances, friends and contacts to join CBC and support the efforts the Council approach in bringing together Canadian and local business communities. Mr. Zoughbi then stated that Mr. Matar will be handing certificates of appreciation to every sponsoring organization . Mr. Matar handed the certificates and paused for pictures with each company representative. More group pictures were taken. The reception resumed in a warm ambiance until 8:30pm.



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