Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that one its staff has been honoured with the Feigenbaum Rising Stars Award 2012, which recognises superior leadership skills and capabilities.

The awards scheme runs in the UAE under the supervision of the Virtual Executive Club, Hamdan Bin Mohammed E-University (HBMeU).

The award was presented to Khalifa Ahmed Rabba, deputy head of Operations Division at DFM, by Dr Mansoor Al Awar, chancellor of Hamdan Bin Mohammed E-University during an event at the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai.

“We are extremely proud and delighted to see one of our employees honored with this prestigious award.  The DFM management spares no effort in offering opportunities to promising UAE nationals to join us, develop and promote into leadership roles,” said Essa Kazim, managing director and CEO, Dubai Financial Market.

“Rabba joined as a trainee at DFM and soon progressed through a career development process which has been crowned with this award. The continuous success of the UAE nationals in DFM reaffirms our undisputed belief in human investment as the key to success for organizations.”

Khalifa Rabba expressed his sincere gratitude to the DFM management in general and Kazim in particular for offering him the opportunity to enhance his capabilities which in turn prepared him to take a leading role at DFM. – TradeArabia News Service