The LOG.LEO results are in!

And the winners are…

Mariam Al Afridi, Operations and Marketing Senior Manager, Dubai Trade, presents Geoff Wheatley with the Lifetime Achievement Award

Geoff Wheatley, Managing Director, SSI Schaefer, took home the Lifetime Achievement Award at the LOG.LEO Awards Sunday night at the Westin hotel in Dubai. “This year is a double anniversary for me,” he exclaimed. “I’ve been in the industry for forty years and I’ve been with my wife for forty years.” Mariam Al Afridi, Operations and Marketing Senior Manager, Dubai Trade presented him with the award. Cyril Bleasedale, Director General, CILT, also stood up to hand Wheatley a Fellowship from his organisation.

Mohammed Al Muellam, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DP World UAE Region presents the LOG.LEO Social Conscience of the Year Award to Fathi Hilal Buhazza, CEO/President Maximus Air Cargo

The LOG.LEO Social Conscience of the Year went to Fathi Hilal Buhazza, President & CEO Maximus Air Cargo, who has signed a deal with the UAE Red Crescent to offer its services at cost. Mohammed Al Muellam, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DP World UAE Region handed over the trophy.

Robert Ziegler, Vice President, A.T. Kearney, presents Khaled Fawzy, Trimar Forwarding, with the LOG.LEO Young Achiever Award

Khaled Fawzy made his flight from Egypt worth while, when he picked up the LOG.LEO Young Achiever Award. Robert Ziegler, Vice President, A.T. Kearney, presented the 28 year-old the trophy and offered him an internship at the prestigious consultancy. Fawzy started his business, Trimar Forwarding, when he was only 23.

Wade Thompson with CEVA was the winner of the LOG.LEO Innovator of the Year Award, which was awarded by Angela Schaschen, Managing Director, Deutsche Messe Dubai, which will be organising CeMAT Dubai in 2009.

Hisham El-Sawy, Supply Chain Director, IATCO, took the LOG.LEO Supply Chain Manager of the Year Award back to Saudi Arabia, where he manages the distribution for Proctor & Gamble. Jay Jayatilaka, Marketing Manager, University of Wollongong in Dubai, presented him with the LEO, and also offered a scholarship to the university’s MsC in Logistics programme.

Finally, Mahmood Al Bastaki, Director, Dubai Trade, presented Mashaweer Transport with the Dubai Trade E-Services Award, for the transport company’s use of Dubai Trade’s E-token.

The event was introduced by Tewe Pannier, Publisher, DVV Media, and Jacob Joseph, Executive Editor, DVV Media, explained the awards procedure. Kathryn Semcow, Editor, LOG.Middle East, hosted the awards.

Tewe Pannier, Publisher, and Jacob Joseph, Executive Editor, both with DVV Media Middle East entertain a guest

Ram Menen, Emirates Skycargo, and wife; Nigel Tomkins, Business Development Manager, DVV Media; Prakash Nair, Emirates Skycargo; and Dr. Dieter Flechsenberger, CEO, DVV Media enjoy the ceremony

The winners