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About Us Governance Advisory Council

Professor Hadi Mohammed Ahmed Eltigani, MSc, Ph.D, Chair (P.E ), FCQI, MASQ, LT (EFQM, BQF)

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Prof. Hadi Eltigani is Chief Executive Officer of the Abu Dhabi Institute for Organizational Excellence (IOE), Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry. An academic, researcher and practitioner in Quality Management, Prof Eltigani is one of the pioneering figures in making the intellectual argument for Quality in the Arab World and in the implementation of Business Excellence Model in the region.

As well as being a fully licensed Trainer by some of the major international professional organizations (the British Quality Foundation & European Foundation for Quality Management), he also holds a PhD from the prestigious university of Glasgow-Strathclyde in the UK. He was at the forefront of research and teaching of quality and Excellence in the UK where he joined the most reputable centres at Bath University, Reading University, Strathclyde University and Glasgow Caledonian.

Upon his return from the UK after playing an effective part in shaping the salient features and characteristics of the movement there as an academic, researcher and practitioner, he continued to add value to the Arab world and the region. At the outset he helped the Government of Dubai to re-launch the Dubai Quality Award back in 1997 and launch the Government Excellence program in 1998. Moved on to Abu Dhabi, he assisted the Government of Abu Dhabi establish the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in 1999 and subsequently the Abu Dhabi Award for Government Excellence in 2006 as well as the Emirates Quality Association in 2005.

Moreover, he helped other Emirates such as Sharjah and RAK to establish similar Quality and Excellence programmes for the Private and public sectors respectively.

However, Professor Eltigani's activities were not confined only to the UAE, but covered other GCC contries such as Saudi Arabia were he helped established the King Abulaziz Quality in 2007, and State of Qatar's ministry of interior, Bahrain's ministry of Oil as well as Kuwait's establishing the Industry Award.

At the Arab World at large, Professor Eltigani also played an active and particularly effective role in rendering support to the Government of Sudan in setting the Presidential Programme for Quality and Excellence as well as the Sudan Quality Award for the private sector and the Presidential Award for Excellence in the Government Sector.

Please visit the ADICOE website for more information about Prof Eltigani