The Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) Awards were presented on 14th December 2013 at Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa, Dubai. This third edition of the ABLF Awards was held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development.
M.A. Yusuff Ali received the 'India-UAE Business Visionary Award - 2013' from H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Airlines. One of the key awards of the ABLF Awards 2013, the ABLF Global Asian, was presented to H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, CEO and Chairman of the Emirates Group.
The India-UAE category awards also felicitated stalwart leaders such as H.E. Abdullah Mohammed Saleh, Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group, H.H. Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Dr. B.R. Shetty, and Capt. C.P. Krishnan Nair, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of India's Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts.
