Close to 500 well-wishers assembled on October 8 to honor Ms. Hutham S. Olayan at the 2013 ABANA Achievement Award dinner.

Read the text of Ms. Olayan’s acceptance speech online:

Hutham Olayan Acceptance Speech-2013 ABANA Achievement Award

2012
H.E. Mohamed Ali Alabbar
Emaar Properties

2011
Bader M. Al Sa'ad
Kuwait Investment Authority

2010
H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency

2009
Youssef A. Nasr
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited

2008
Abdul Aziz A. Al-Ghurair
MashreqBank

2007
The Lebanese Banking System
Represented by H.E. Riad Toufic Salamé

2006
Dr. Mohamed El-Erian
Harvard Management Company

2005
Faisal Hamad Al-Ayyar
Kuwait Projects Company (Holding)

2004
Lubna S. Olayan
Olayan Financing Company

2003
Dr. Richard A. Debs
Morgan Stanley International

2002
Dr. Abdullah El-Kuwaiz
Embassy of Saudi Arabia to Bahrain

2000
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud
Kingdom Holding Company

1999
William R. Rhodes
Citigroup/Citibank

1998
Ghazi M. Abdul Jawad
Arab Banking Corporation

1997
Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz
National Bank of Egypt

1996
Dr. Khaled M. Al-Fayez
Gulf Investment Corporation

1995
Ibrahim S. Dabdoub
National Bank of Kuwait

1994
Nemir A. Kirdar
Investcorp

1993
Abdlatif Yousef Al-Hamad
Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development

1992
Suliman Olayan
The Olayan Group

1990
Abdulla A. Saudi
Arab Banking Corporation

1989
A. Robert Abboud
A. Robert Abboud & Co.

1988
Mohamed Abdul Mohsin Al-Kharafi
National Bank of Kuwait

1987
Salim Ahmed Bin Mahfouz
The National Commercial Bank

1986
Dr. Mohamed Abushadi
Al-Ubaf Group

1986, 2002
Abdul Majeed Shoman
Arab Bank

1985
Saleh A. Kamel
Dallah Albaraka Group

Each sponsored table at the ABANA Award Dinner seats ten guests.

Please note that ABANA Achievement Award Dinner payments are non-refundable after September 27, 2013 and a limited number of tables and seats may be available at each sponsorship level.