Khaled Diab board member Mastermind awards

The UAE’s Next Mas­ter­mind Awards 2026 hon­oured busi­ness lead­ers, entre­pren­eurs, edu­cat­ors, authors and change­makers at a cere­mony held in Dubai on June 27, recog­nising excel­lence across lead­er­ship, innov­a­tion, edu­ca­tion and per­sonal devel­op­ment.

Foun­ded by Dr Mansoor Al Obeidli and co-foun­ded by Dr Navana Kundu, the awards brought together pro­fes­sion­als from busi­ness, cor­por­ate, coach­ing and cre­at­ive indus­tries. Dr Al Obeidli said the awards aim to recog­nise indi­vidu­als and organ­isa­tions mak­ing a mean­ing­ful impact across sec­tors.

Gulf News hon­oured

The cere­mony was atten­ded by Dr Sheikha Aye­sha Bint Saud Al Qassimi and Salma Saeed Salem Mus­al­lam Alkitbi as chief guests. Guests of hon­our included Rashad Had­dad, Khaled Diab, Nidal Abou Zaki, Frank Beck­mann, rep­res­ent­at­ives from Gulf News, the Art of Liv­ing Found­a­tion and Nasra Mohammed Ali.

Gulf News was recog­nised as the event’s offi­cial media part­ner, with CEO Vijay Vaghela, Editor-in-Chief Mark Thompson and Tina Bhak­tha, Dir­ector of Events and Spe­cial Fea­tures, rep­res­ent­ing the organ­isa­tion. The Art of Liv­ing Found­a­tion was named the offi­cial well­being part­ner.

The event also fea­tured a spe­cial seg­ment by DP World ILT20, with CEO David White and Head of Activ­a­tions Arushi Mishra out­lining the league’s plans for grass­roots cricket and the upcom­ing sea­son.

Spe­cial recog­ni­tion awards were presen­ted to Saeed Mohammed Hareb, Gulf News, Ajay Math­ra­das Khimji of the Art of Liv­ing Found­a­tion, Sri­man Japa­das and Lal­chand S. Rajput.

A high­light of the even­ing was the launch of CHARM: The Five Ele­ments of Last­ing Wealth, the latest book by author and wealth strategist Sri­man Japa­das, fol­lowed by a cere­mo­nial book sign­ing atten­ded by dig­nit­ar­ies and award recip­i­ents.

The pro­gramme included key­note speeches by Ajay Math­ra­das Khimji, Ery Sanc­hez, Sal­man Kafeel, Khaled Diab, Dr Cath­er­ine O’Far­rell and Mohammed Mur­tuza, as well as a panel dis­cus­sion on lead­er­ship, entre­pren­eur­ship and innov­a­tion fea­tur­ing Frank Beck­mann, Sri­man Japa­das, Maur­its Man­naert and Laurens Man­naert.

Awards were presen­ted across sec­tors includ­ing busi­ness, media, health care, edu­ca­tion, tech­no­logy, fit­ness, enter­tain­ment and lit­er­at­ure. Among the recip­i­ents were Hubert Sepid­nam (Mr Taster), Ebra­heem Al Samadi, Abdu Rozik, Ahmed Ben Chai­bah, Ahmad Almar­zooqi, KarlAl­ex­an­dre Chini­ara and Toby Ayres.

The even­ing con­cluded with a net­work­ing din­ner. Organ­isers announced that the next edi­tion of the Mas­ter­mind Awards will be held on Novem­ber 21, 2026, with a focus on recog­nising lead­ers in health care, sports, tech­no­logy, well­ness and aes­thet­ics.

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