- Recruitment leaders attend live gala dinner at The Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeriah
- 11 winners honoured with 4 highly commended finalists
Thursday 2nd November 2023 – Winners of the TIARA Recruitment Awards MENA were revealed at a Gala Dinner at The Waldorf Astoria in Dubai, attended by 200 CEOs, senior executives and leaders from the region’s top recruiters. Held in the glittering ballroom, our finalists arrived to a red-carpet welcome for the drink’s reception.
“Resilience, innovation, transformation and inclusion are all important themes for the TIARAs, and all of these have been demonstrated by this year’s winners,” said Alex Evans, Managing Director of TALiNT Partners. “The pace of change in recruitment, and growth in the MENA region, has accelerated so much that only those recruiters with the right vision and capability to adapt have been able to capitalise on demand whilst building the foundations for sustained success.”
Mitchell Franklin, Founder of UMATR was awarded The Leader of the Year Award. The judges saw Mitchell as a worthy winner as he demonstrated authentic leadership in driving innovation and investment in people to deliver exceptional client and candidate service that has supported scale.
“Those shortlisted this year are championing recruitment as a professional service and demonstrating true excellence, game-changing innovation, and stellar growth,” said Andy Daniel, Global Partnerships Director at TALiNT Partners. “The TIARAs are distinguished by the rigour and transparency of its judging process and elevated further by the quality and diversity of our judges – making a TIARA a powerful endorsement.”
The full list of 2023 TIARA Recruitment Award winners and highly commended is as follows:
The Specialist Recruitment Company of the Year
- Winner – VHR
- Highly Commended – UMATR
The Contract Recruitment Company of the Year
- Winner – VHR
The Client Service Award
- Winner – Salt
- Highly Commended – UMATR
The Growth Recruitment Company of the Year
- Winner – VHR
- Highly Commended – NES Fircroft
The DE&I Award
- Winner – Mark Williams
The Best Recruitment Company for Emiratisation
- Winner – Mark Williams Recruitment
The Candidate Experience Award
- Winner – VHR
The Talent Solutions Company of the Year
- Winner – Marc Ellis
The Best Recruitment Company to Work For (Under 50 Employees)
- Winner – JBAndrews
- Highly Commended – VHR
The Best Recruitment Company to Work For (Over 50 Employees)
- Winner – Marc Ellis
The Leader of the Year
- Winner – Mitchell Franklin, Founder at UMATR