UTEC is one of the leading electrical manufacturers in the Middle East & Africa with 4 factories based in Riyadh and products sold in more than 20 countries reaching from the USA up to Australia. They are well known for our quality products with large market share in Saudi and several of the markets that they sell to. At UTEC, they have more than 1000 competent family members with a strong leadership team who are well known and respected as industry experts. At UTEC, they Power Cities through innovative quality products and services and they Empower Life through sustainable smart solutions, and people are at the center of all this. They develop and empower our people, embrace creativity, and promote collaboration so they could deliver on our values and brand promise every single day. It’s also worth mentioning, UTEC is a part of a large publicly listed conglomerate, “Bawan Group”, this also makes us have high levels governance and integrity backed up with solid financial capabilities.

At UTEC, the corporate culture is inclusive that embrace diversity, creativity, and teamwork. they have 6 values that shapes and governs the culture which are, “Customer First, Quality Always”, “Greater Together”, “Continuous Improvement”, “Compassion for People”, “Passion for Results” & “Frugality”. Living by the core values every day shapes the culture and helps all the employees always deliver on the brand promises.

The company has several activities that they offer to the UTEC family members, including different sports competitions : Football, Basketball & Cricket, they have innovation competitions such as Quarterly Kaizens and they also have several celebrations and fun events, such as “The Ice-cream Day” , “ The National Day” celebration and “Predict and Win” competitions.

They do give back to the community and their focus is always around people and empowerment. Accordingly, they have constant programs with universities and technical institutions where they provide sponsored trainings inside their facilities both soft skills and technical and manufacturing skills. They believe that knowledge is power, they also believe that providing the right skills and job opportunities is vital to growing the community and empowering young graduates.

They have different training programs for all the employees. Those include in-class soft training and on factory technical trainings. They also sponsor technical certifications for the workers and have periodic on premise and off premise workshops for the people with their partners.

AstraZeneca is a company that values Science, Patients and People meeting patients’ needs; They follow the science bringing all the innovative science possible scaling up the practice of the partners. They put patients first making the maximum difference in patients’ lives through the innovative medicines. They play to win; they collaborate, coach and transfer learnings & best practices.

They do the right thing; they are disciplined and focused on outstanding execution. They are entrepreneurial taking smart risks for faster and better decision making.

The company is guided in its work by a strong set of values that enable the people to do their business in a right way. The company hires people who share the passion for science and believe that everyday can make a difference. The company seeks the best talents and develop winning teams. They encourage the people to take and adopt calculated smart risks and learn from both success and failure. And most importantly, they value the corporate social responsibility as part of the sustainability strategy and are committed to serving the communities in which they live in. Moreover, they foster a collaborative engaging culture to make people feel comfortable in their second homes, while ensuring the right balance between their corporate and business lives.

The people are offered a career not only a job through the company learning & development culture and career progression opportunities. The company created a future for the employees through having a clear career path and development plan tailored to each individual’s needs and enrolling them in several developmental programs that would help build talents and create future successors.

The past year was exceptional across all aspects as the situation around the world with regards to COVID-19 has been evolving. But despite the challenges, the company was able to make good progress on the business agenda with several improvement initiatives.

The company has adopted a “Work from Home” culture where our employees are trusted to deliver on both their business and personal responsibilities and most importantly treasure the health and safety of our people.

The company stopped all travel plans, replacing physical with virtual meetings and utilizing technology through the digital platforms.

Following the value of putting patients first and the social responsibility towards patients, AZ has donated a fully equipped ambulance to the Lebanese Red Cross. In addition, they have supported the different governments and MOHs across Near East & Maghreb during the pandemic by the donation of N95 face masks.

Novo Nordisk is one of the world’s leading biotechnology organisations built on passion and a patient centric commitment over the last 100 years. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases, such as obesity, rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease.

This year, the company celebrates its 30th anniversary since its inception. GBM is regarded as the leading end to end digital solutions provider in the region. They operate across seven offices and have over 1500 employees across the GCC and Pakistan. They have nurtured partnerships with the world's leading technology companies and invested in a talented, skilled workforce to implement solutions that cater to customer's specific and diverse business needs. With on-the-ground, readily available expertise, GBM provides round-the-clock support to customers across the region.

The culture of the organization is inclusive and fosters diversity as evidenced having over 50 nationalities who can effectively contribute and collaborate towards the business's continued success and that of our customers. They continuously develop the employees by instilling a life-long learning mantra to enable them to support the customers as they prepare their businesses for tomorrow. They always care about the employees' wellbeing, and the current pandemic has showcased their ability to leverage the technology investment and understanding to ensure the business continuity and service to the clients was uninterrupted while providing the employees with a safe and secure environment to operate.

The company has a comprehensive offering for the employees, allowing them to have the ideal work-life balance and active employee engagement. In 2020, they have moved many activities to a virtual setting, such as wellbeing webinars on mental resilience, stress management, and healthy habits. Besides, they have an active Social Committee who has recently conducted well received virtual initiatives such as, Netflix movie parties, Happy Weekend initiatives, and a virtual FIFA 2020 PS4 tournament, to name a few. 

They continuously invest in this area, as they genuinely believe an engaged and happy workforce leads to successful business outcomes.

Learning and Development are the key pillars and central areas of investment, as they believe the most valuable asset and the key differentiator is their employees. They offer Linkedin E-learning access to all our employees, where they can access over 10,000 courses at their convenience to develop their core competencies and personal areas of interest. Besides, they have a successful engagement with some blended learning providers such as Simplilearn. Their technical and sales teams have access to the latest offering from leading practitioners to build their understanding of the latest technological offerings. Notwithstanding, they also run many sales enablement sessions for all employees by leveraging their talent who are well recognized within their field to deliver webinars on various topics. All the above is on a virtual learning calendar, which allows the employees' flexibility to learn at their convenience and fit their work and life commitments around these learning interventions.

Caring, Connecting, Challenging, Family, Innovative

The company is offering lots of activities; here are some:

• Yearly football tournament
• Treasure hunt
• Celebration out National day
• Looking for best discounted offers for the employees in (restaurants, gyms, banks , insurance and many more)
• Echo survey – engagement survey
• HR application

In the current situation, the company is providing vital medical equipment and supplies to Hospitals. They also made an internal donation campaign where employees donated more than 20000 OMR to the ministry of Health. This donation was from the employees’ salaries and it was on voluntary basis. Every year, we have Good will Journey. Where the journey goes into the villages and make donation to the poor families. Employees get involved in a  journey for a week to renovate some houses, fixing some home appliances and many more

The company is offering learning and development opportunities provided to all OO family members based on the needs. The needs are gathered every mid of the year when they run development cycle (Tatweer Cycle). The approach we use is 70% 20% 10% and the needs are categorized as follows:

• Soft Skills, which is mainly OO behavioral competencies
• Technical programs
• Professional qualification and certification
• OO learning activities are a blend of online, classroom and experiential learning how ever due the current situation of Coved 19 virus, all programs are done virtually

Our corporate culture is built on a foundation of fairness, trust, respect, quality, and business ethics. We believe in creating an inclusive and equitable work environment where all employees are treated with fairness and have equal opportunities to grow. Trust is at the heart of our interactions, fostering open communication and strong collaboration. We uphold respect in every aspect of our work, valuing diverse perspectives and ensuring a supportive workplace. Our commitment to quality drives us to continuously improve and deliver excellence in everything we do. Above all, we adhere to the highest standards of business ethics, ensuring integrity, transparency, and accountability in all our operations.

We foster a strong sense of community and collaboration through various engagement activities that bring our teams together outside the workplace.

• Cycle Meetings & Team Building Activities: Regular meetings and team-building exercises help strengthen teamwork, enhance communication, and align our goals.
• Family Gatherings & Iftars: We celebrate together with family-inclusive events and special gatherings, such as Iftars, to reinforce our shared values and connections.
• Sports & Social Activities: We encourage an active and balanced lifestyle through weekly football games, fishing trips, and other recreational activities that promote well-being and camaraderie.

These initiatives create a dynamic and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and connected.

• Public Health Initiatives: We actively participate in the MOH’s annual awareness campaigns against obesity and hypoglycemia to promote healthier lifestyles.
• Diabetes Nurse Educator Program: We organize specialized training for diabetes nurse educators, bringing together 60 nurses from MOH, DHA, and HAAD. This program is conducted in collaboration with Aarhus University from Denmark.
• Educational Resources for Patients: We develop comprehensive patient education materials in Arabic and English, covering diabetes management, hypoglycemia, foot care, and insulin diaries. These materials undergo internal medical review and receive MOH approval.
• Professional Training Programs:
  • "Take Charge of Your Diabetes": Trained 80 healthcare professionals (HCPs) in partnership with DHA.
  • "Ramadan Diabetes Management": Provided specialized training for 120 HCPs on managing diabetes during Ramadan.
• Diabetes Awareness Initiatives:
  • World Diabetes Day (WDD): Annual public awareness campaigns conducted in collaboration with HAAD, DHA, MOH, and local diabetes societies.
  • Record-Breaking Screening Event: Partnered with DHA to set a Guinness World Record for the largest diabetes screening activity, launched at Burj Khalifa.
  • World Diabetes Bus Tour: Conducted screenings and promoted diabetes awareness across various Emirates in the UAE.

• Local Talent Program (Pegasus) – accelerating the growth of talent & soft skills capability to support the growing business.
• Local Assignment Program (Wings) – allowing employees to gain exposure and experience in the functional area of their choosing. Also allowing to build pipeline and business continuity for the organization
• Training Roadmap – Soft Skills – allowing employees to further develop their competencies with usage of external classroom trainings
• Continuous Medical & Sales Training as we constantly have innovated and launched new products in the last 5 years. International Programs for identified High Talents & Sucessors.
• International Programs for identified High Talents & Sucessors.

In AstraZeneca Near East, the people are offered a culture of respect, transparency & continuous learning

In AstraZeneca Near East, employees are offered several activities such as job rotations and internal & external assignments in line with their career aspiration and growth, which enhance the employees' engagement and ensure their motivation, inspiration and their will to do their best in their respective roles.

In AstraZeneca Near East, the company value corporate social responsibility as part of their sustainable strategy, and the company is committed to serving the environment & communities in which they live. The company highly encourages the employees to take part in community services and charitable events as part of their job without deduction neither from their leaves’ balance nor their salaries.

In Near East, the company initiated several practices that include:

• Supporting refugees in the different Near East countries
• Supporting the elderly, orphans & children in need
• Moving to a “Green Building” in Amman that uses solar energy and recycled water to save our environment,
• Encouraging the use hybrid & electric cars in Jordan
• Inaugurating several waste recycling & coast cleaning initiatives in Lebanon in cooperation with several NGOs
• Launching reconsider program in Lebanon that limits the use of plastics – because we have no planet B

At AstraZeneca Near East, they offer the people - their greatest assets - a career not only a job through our robust learning & development culture and career progression opportunities. They encourage the people to take & adopt smart risks & learn from both success & failure.

• Patient focus
• Integrity
• Respect for people
• Transparency

• Flexible working – Work from Home
• Family Day
• Health & Wellbeing Activities
• Cultural Days celebration

• Reducing paper consumption to give back to the environment
• PULSE – where by the employees volunteer and give back to the society – 6 months assignment paid by GSK to Africa etc. to volunteer
• Orange Day – annual day where all employees work in the community to help support others

• Internal GSK Learning Platforms
• Keep Growing Campus
• Harvard Courses
• LinkedIn Learning
• GSK Tube
• Leadership development programmes

An transparent commitment to changing lives for better.

They offer a variety of engaging activities to all the employees e.g. sports and fun activities during the day in the office. They support membership in health clubs and we fully cover smoke cessation plans. In addition, They sponsor employee football championships every year where all our employees travel annually to new destinations as a thank you for good work done the previous year.

They work under the guidance of Novo Nordisk way and their Triple bottom line culture which means that in everything they do they have to be financially, socially and environmentally responsible.

They support the World Diabetes Foundation. Locally in Saudi Arabia, they support the Advanced Diabetes Education Centre where many courses are run to raise awareness about managing diabetes. They do this with key local stakeholders.

Every year, they sponsor public awareness campaigns about diabetes and obesity which also include big sports activities to promote healthy life style.

They invest in the talents to make sure to achieve their potential. They do so by providing continuous on the job training opportunities. In addition, they co-sponsor post graduate study programs for talented employees.

The foundation of the company success is the caring culture, together with a focus on high performance. They enable and empower the team members globally to think and act with an entrepreneurial spirit, exercise sound judgment and enjoy what they do. The values contribute to fostering a truly inclusive workplace and guide how they perform, work together, respect each other, communicate and practice leadership. They are evident in their work every day.

A year full of employee engagement activities such as sports events (football &cricket), family day, women day, men day, giving back to the community initiatives

The company organizes a campaign of blood donation, and labor Iftar during Ramadan month, pass the bottle initiates to distribute water across Kuwait in the month of July, beach clean-up