Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC- Woman of the Year - Business Services

Company: Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC, Muscat
Company Description: Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC is a renowned family business in Oman & its origin goes back to 1974 when it was a proprietorship & t hen converted to a LLC in 1987. MHD LLC represents prominent global brands such as Jaguar, Land Rover, McLaren, Volvo, MG, Huawei, DELL, Konica Minolta & KDK. It was listed in Forbes as one of the Top Arab Family Businesses in the region
Nomination Category: Individual Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Woman of the Year - Business Services

Nomination Title: AREEJ MOHSIN HAIDER DARWISH

Areej Mohsin Darwish is Chairperson of ACERE cluster of Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC, a renowned & Forbes listed Top Arab Family Business in the GCC. She is a Computer Science graudate from Sultan Qaboos University.In recognition of her business leadership & corporate management, she was conferred a Professional Doctoral in Global Leadership & Management by European International University, Paris, France in November 2020. She embarked on her career with MHD LLC in 1994.Under her leadership the company achieved ISO 9001:2000 compliance for Quality Management System, ISO 27001 compliance for Information Security Management System. She is leading MHD LLC to develop better practices that ensures it continues on the path of growth and success. Areej Mohsin Haider Darwish is an aspiring and empowered leader of today & an exemplary role model for the young business leaders. She was listed in Forbes The Middle East Most Powerful Businesswomen in 2021, 2020, Forbes Women Leading Family Business 2019, Forbes Middle East’s Most Influential Women in 2018. She was also listed in CEO Middle East Women of Influence in Arab world 2021, Arabian Business– The Arab Power list 2021 & Retail ME– Most Influential Women in Middle East Retail 2021.

Her major achievement has been the Professional Doctoral which was awarded to her by the EIU University in 2020 in recognition of her corporate leadership. As Chairperson of MHD LLC, she has succeeded in driving growth and profitability of the company. In 2020, throughout the ups and downs, the group’s net worth has remained stable at around $200 million and while revenues dipped 4% year-on-year,EBITDA remained at a healthy $25 million. MHD even managed to grow its bottom line by 10%. in line with Oman's Vision 2040, she has led the organization to venture in Renewable energy to conserve the environment. She was listed in Forbes Powerful Businesswomen for the last 3 consecutive years. She was awarded 4 awards from the Harvard Business Council 2021 for her outstanding achievement for increasing the brand perceivability of the business throughout Oman. & was the highest scorer in the Individual International Awards section. She was also the receipeient of Menaa Award 2021 for the Best Personal Brand Award. She was listed in Arabian Business The Arab Power List 2021. She was also listed CEO Today Middle East - Women of Influence in Arab World 2021

Areej is a role model & has many business achievements. Her business astuteness, perseverance has contributed to the growth & success of the company. As the Chairperson, her strategy to innovate, build and strengthen relations, expand their portfolio, stay focused & resilient, continually assess their market share has driven the family legacy to greater heights. Her Economic Inclusion strategy works on creating of employment opportunities and development of skills & investing in green investments. Her achievements are unique as she has been successful in getting representations of International brands into Oman. The company has added McLaren as their premium Automotive brand. During Covid, despite the challenges, the company succeeded in maintaining a healthy bottom line. The company has also been awarded the Best Corporate Brand Award at the Menaa award 2021. It has also been listed in the Forbes Top Family Business consecutively over the last few years. Her social initiatives during Covid were commendable as she took the initiative of getting Covid tests done for people in the interiors of Oman. The recognition she has received for her leadership & corporate role has increased multifold over the past few years. This can be seen in her Leadership profile which has been attached with the nomination.