Etisalat Group, the leading telecoms operator in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, recently held its seventhannual Group HR forum in Abu Dhabi. This forum brings together more than 75 professionals from 15 markets to reinforce its HR strategy, values and foundations across its operations. Over the course of two days, participants shared best-practices and discussed the latest trends in the HR industry, while mapping Etisalat Group’s HR vision for the next five years within the broader industry framework.

Abdulaziz Al Sawaleh, Chief Human Resources Officer of Etisalat Group, commented: “Human Resources plays a vital role in the success of any organization and continues to be strong and innovativeat Etisalat Group.The organization has benefitedfrom progress in how our HR teams support our operating markets across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, which contributes to local success and sets them on the path to achieve the Group’s and their own objectives. We are proud to see the daily outcomes of the value that we provide to our employees,throughefficient processes and better employee experiences overall.”

As a key take-away from the forum,Al Sawalehrecommended that Etisalat’s future HR plans be hinged around innovative new systems and processes witnessed within the HR industry at large.He also called for greater collaboration and the exchange ofbest practices across Etisalat’s markets, which would allow consistency and real-time alignment.

Etisalat Group’s commitment to industry-leading Human Capitalsystems and practices was recognisedasEtisalat UAE received the Group HR Excellence Award in a special ceremony alongside the forum. The award highlighted the UAE’s focus on employee engagement, culture development, HR technology, talent development and innovation. Etihad Etisalat (Mobily)is another successful affiliate of Etisalat Group operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has also receivedthe MENA HR Certificate of Excellence at the 6th annual MENA HR Excellence Awards Ceremony that was held in Dubai. This award highlightedMobily’sfocus on innovation in recruitment, an improved work environment, and employee motivation and development through training and incentives. EtisalatMisr in Egypt has also won a Bronze level award in the 2013 Human Resources Category Stevie Award Winners and was named the Human Resources Department of the Year.

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