Al Tayer: "The awards are accolades that reflect the efforts of all our staff to achieve the vision of Emirates NBD and motivate us to pursue building on our performance to reinforce our position as a leading Bank"

UAE - Dubai, April 5th, 2011: Emirates NBD, the leading Bank in the region, won the "Best Bank in UAE" Award for the year 2011 from Global Finance magazine. The award granted by Global Finance, a monthly magazine headquartered in New York, reflects Emirates NBD's position as a leading bank with an increasingly significant presence regionally and globally.

H.E Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer said: "We are very pleased to win the "Best Bank in UAE" award for the year 2011, another addition to the numerous awards that the bank has won and considered as accolades that reflect the efforts of all our staff to achieve the vision of Emirates NBD. This award will only motivate us to pursue building on our performance to reinforce our position as a leading Bank and to bring added value to the Bank's shareholders, customers and employees".

Emirates NBD has won recently several awards, including "Human Resources Development in Banking & Financial sector", "Best investment bank in the UAE", "Best Private Banking Services Overall in UAE" and Middle East IR Society Awards: "Best Investor Relations in the Middle East", "Best Investor Relations Website for the Middle East" and "Best Investor Relations Team for Management Access & Meetings in the Middle East".

Rick Pudner, Chief Executive Officer of Emirates NBD said: "Winning the "Best Bank in UAE" Award for the year 2011 from the prestigious magazine Global Finance, supports our Group's position as a leader in the region and reflects the confidence in Emirates NBD and its reputation. This recognition comes as a result of the Bank's commitment to deliver superior banking, investment and financial services. We look forward to further progress and more achievements".

In an exclusive survey to be published in the May 2011 issue of the magazine, Global Finance editors with input from industry analysts, corporate executives and banking consultants selected the best emerging market bank in 13 countries in the Middle East region. Criteria for choosing the winners included growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing, and innovative products. For further information related to these classifications and standards, please visit: www.GFmag.com.

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About Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD, is a leading banking Group in the region. The Group has a leading retail banking franchise in the UAE, with over 133 branches and over 750 ATMs and SDMs.  It is a major player in the UAE corporate banking arena and has strong Islamic banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management and brokerage operations. 

The Group has operations in the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Jersey (Channel Islands), and representative offices in India and Iran.

The Group is an active participant and supporter of the UAE's main development initiatives and of the various educational, environmental, cultural, charity and community welfare establishments.

For more information, please visit: www.emiratesnbd.com or contact:
Ibrahim Sowaidan
Direct: +971 4- 609 4113
Mobile: +971 50 653 8937
Email: ibrahims@emiratesnbd.com 

Claire Andréa
Direct: +971 4-609 4143
Email: clairea@emiratesnbd.com

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