As BID' company President, I had unforgettable moments in our Conventions and I am very proud for having the privilege of presenting BID Quality Awards to numerous and significant representatives of business world and science. I would like to share the names of some of those international leaders: Sheraton Hotels owns a great recognition around the world. It was a great honor to grant the BID Quality Award to Mr. Mady, Sheraton Harare Hotel & Towers General Director.

One of the world's most impressive entrepreneur, Princess Shahnaz Husain, from India, Shahnaz Herbals company President, was a special guest at  two of BID Conventions, Madrid and New York, to receive the BID Quality Awards, after her appearance at the "Success" (U.S.A) cover magazine. Princess Shahnaz was one of the invited to the gathering of international business women hosted by Hillary Clinton, as a result of this spectacular issue in Success magazine. Shahnaz Herbals company is valued at over 100 million dollars on world market.

 

Mr Gennady Biryukov, Director of KBTM, whose company designs satellite launching platforms.

State and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, a Russian state organization, more than 100 years old, in charge of certifying and establishing quality and safety standards in Russia and in countries which once belonged to the former Soviet Union, as well as deciding which companies receive the ISO 9000 certification.

From China: Hong Yuen Electronics Ltd. (Hong Kong), a company belonging to China Aerospace International Holdings Limited (CASIL), specialized in research, development, manufacture and commercialization of products, and space technology; exporting 95% of its production to clients in the U.S., Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia.

Guangdong Foodstuffs Import & Export (Group) Corp., a corporation from China made up of 40 companies, which is ranked among the 500 most important import and export companies in the world; it owns Swire Guandong Coca-Cola Ltd, the company which produces and distributes Coca-Cola products in China.

Commercial Press, one of the largest and most influential publishing houses in China, well-known for its dictionaries and academic titles; although most of its editions are for the national market in China, some of its dictionaries and language text books are distributed throughout the USA and the rest of the world.

Inventec Electronics Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), of the Inventec Group, world leader in design and manufacture of electronics, associated with the largest corporations in the world.

Arab Contractors (Egypt), is one of the most important engineering and construction companies in the world carrying out more than 1,500 projects in 29 countries.

Royal Jordanian Airline, one of the leading airlines in the Middle East with daily flights to the U.S, Europe, Middle East and Far East.

Pharmed, a pharmaceutical leader in Uzbekistan whose international relations include accords with outstanding companies such as Bayer.

Laboratorio Nacional de la Construcción S.A. (LANCO), number one company in Mexico in verification and quality control for the construction industry.

Institute of Viticulture & Enology, a public organism belonging to Ministry of Agriculture in Bulgaria, a leading national scientific research institution, and fourth in viticulture worldwide.

Servicio de Electrónica (Selec), belonging to the Peruvian Air Force, top one in Peru and one of the most important in South America, specialized in logistics support and maintenance of communications equipment for the country itself and for the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration, U.S.A.).

From Spain: Comercial Cointra S.A., among the main 400 companies in the country, leader for the past 30 years of the Central Heating industry.

Grupo Zeta, one of the most influential media groups nationwide, compound of companies specialized in Internet, book publishing, audiovisuals, multimedia as well as other services.

Banque Centrale Populaire, belonging to Banques Populaires Group of Morocco, which has the 32% of the bank accounts in the country.

State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar).

Radisson SAS Lazurnaya Hotel Sochi, one of the most luxurious hotels in Russia on the coast of the Black Sea.

Poltava Petroleum Company (PPC), gas and petroleum producers of Ukraine.

EPAL S.A., an important company in Greece in aluminum production.

Korea Electric Power Corporation, ranked 240th worldwide.

Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp. Zo.o. (Poland).

British-American Tobacco and Navoi Mining & Metallurgy Combinat, from Uzbekistan, are leaders on gold mines worldwide.

 

BID awards have been consolidated throughout the years and have witnessed great business achievements. I have seen companies in the world growing in number, size and quality. I have had the opportunity to meet and speak personally with business leaders, scientists, politicians and marketing experts who have accomplished their ideas and turned them into business successes, achieving notable recognition amongst their peers. BID has positioned these entrepreneurs at the pinnacle of recognition with a quality award presented annually in locations such as Paris, Geneva, London, Frankfurt, New York, Moscow and Madrid.

I had the honor of sharing the stage of BID Quality Conventions and presenting the BID Award to Valery Menshikov, Director of the Research Institute of Space Systems of Russia (Research Institute of Space Systems – NII Kosmichekikh Sistem GKNPTS Im. Khrunichev), whose multiple achievements are crowned by the development of the motor of perpetual movement to be used both in space and on earth.

This year I was with Ali H. Odeh, Vice President & General Manager for the Middle East of Turner Construction International LLC, which is on charge of the on-going construction of the tallest building in the world, to reach 810 meters in height, which will hold, among other business stars, a hotel by Giorgio Armani.

I experienced a very special moment in 1986 when I delivered a BID Quality Award to the man who was then the Mayor of the city of San Antonio, Texas (USA), Mr. Henry Cisneros, at the Town Hall of the country’s 10th most populous city. Six years later, the elected president of the U.S.A. named Henry Cisneros as Secretary of Housing.Years later, my family and I had the opportunity of greeting Bill Clinton himself during an official visit to Spain as President of the USA.

China impresses me for the strength of its entrepreneurs and for the size of some of its companies, such as the one to which I presented a BID Quality Award: Beijing Cofco Plaza Development Co. belonging to the COFCO group, occupying 434th place in the Fortune 500. It is interesting to note that China, the world's most densely populated country and source of great immigrations to Europe and America, has produced a Chinese businessman named Mr. Peter J. Crowhurst, General Manager of Beijing Cofco Plaza and grandson of an Englishman who emigrated to China, making him an unusual Chinese business leader.

India, with its emerging strengths in business, has also collected BID awards annually. This subcontinent has produced outstanding leaders, in charge of companies of up to 80,000 employees. Indian Oil Corporation, whose Executive Director is Mr. P.S. Rao, received the BID Quality Award in Geneva and is presently holding the 153rd position in the Global Fortune500 and the 19th place in the world's petroleum companies.

 

An unforgettable experience was the encounter with Mr. Sergey Dubinin, Vice Chairman of the Board of RAO of Russia, the company which administers 60% of the energy in Russia. I had the great honor to present the prestigious BID Quality Award in Geneva to Mr. Dubinin when he was the Advisor to the President of Russia, President of the Central Bank as well as the Secretary of Finance.