The AmCham Abu Dhabi Women in Business Committee is proud to announce Sayah Engineering MENA as a signatory of WOMEN ACHIEVE, an innovative program that promotes the professional advancement of women. WOMEN ACHIEVE was developed by AmCham Abu Dhabi’s Women in Business Committee to encourage companies and organizations to offer women more opportunities to advance to positions of greater responsibility and leadership. Sayah Engineering MENA is a leading multi-disciplined firm in Abu Dhabi that delivers comprehensive architectural design and engineering services. It has been serving private and government clients in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since 1989. Elias B. Sayah, Chief Executive of Sayah Engineering MENA, said “As a founding corporate member of AmCham Abu Dhabi, Sayah Engineering MENA is proud to be part of the WOMEN ACHIEVE initiative. Promoting women in business is a key to our success as 40% of our engineers and architects are women.”
Front Row, Left to Right: Cassandra Gaudin, Executive Director, AmCham Abu Dhabi; Sana Bagersh, Chair, AmCham Women in Business Committee; Elias B. Sayah President & CEO, Sayah Engineering MENA; Theresa Weber, Member, AmCham Women in Business Committee. Top Row: Sayah Engineering MENA staff: Vicky Moss, Sanooja Ali, Nevine Mahmoud El Dardeer, Amani Fadlalla, Giselle Fernandez
WOMEN ACHIEVE focuses on seven key ideals that companies undertake to guide them towards developing a work environment that is conducive for the professional growth of women. The ideals include encouraging women to grow through training, shadowing, coaching, mentorship and internship programs, to consider female candidates for new opportunities and support ‘rising stars’ into leadership positions. WOMEN ACHIEVE also encourages the induction of women to serve on boards of different organizations and promotes the importance of fair remuneration for female employees. “We believe that initiatives such as WOMEN ACHIEVE set AmCham Abu Dhabi apart by demonstrating our desire and commitment not only to promote commercial ties between the US and UAE, but also to promote positive changes in the marketplace which will serve the interests of our members and the communities in which they operate.” said Gregory Golden, Chairman of AmCham Abu Dhabi.
Participation in WOMEN ACHIEVE is open to entities of all sizes. Companies that are interested can elect to become signatories by contacting AmCham Abu Dhabi. WOMEN ACHIEVE signatories receive a certificate of acknowledgement from AmCham Abu Dhabi and are eligible to use the WOMEN ACHIEVE seal on their communication collateral.
