Ghassan Aboud Group

international trade and development

dubai, dubai, united arab emirates

Ghassan Aboud Group (GAG) is a multinational conglomerate engaged in several key business sectors including Automotive, Hospitality, Real Estate, Retail (Supermarkets), FMCG, Healthcare, Logistics, Catering, Pastoral and Digital Platforms. Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, GAG business operations are complemented by offices in Australia, Belgium, Jordan and Turkey. The group was listed by Forbes Middle East in its 2020 list of Top 100 Arab Family Businesses in the Middle East. The Ghassan Aboud Group believes that productivity, innovation and transformation require community engagement and acting responsibly. GAG’s sincere commitment to social responsibility is an integral part of its operations and is the motivation behind the Group’s motto: “Building a better future … together”

Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

international trade and development

dubai, dubai, united arab emirates

The Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group LLC (ESAG), founded in 1960, by H.E. Easa Saleh Al Gurg, KCVO, CBE, is a multidivisional conglomerate with over 30 companies. The Group has a range of diverse product and business interests that predominantly include retail, building and construction, industrial, client services and joint ventures. With an active presence throughout United Arab Emirates and Oman; its reach stretches across Asia, Middle East, African continent, parts of America, Australia and New Zealand. As one of the leading business houses in the U.A.E., ESAG is a regional partner to over 370 international brands and principals from across the world. Its portfolio of exclusive brands includes Siemens, Osram, British American Tobacco, Dunlop, Armitage Shanks, Viking Johnson, SieMatic, Danfoss, Interface, Parador, Smeg, and 3M among others. The Group’s key joint ventures include AkzoNobel, Al Gurg Unilever, Siemens LLC, Siemens Healthineers, Al Gurg Fosroc and Al Gurg Smollan.

The Kanoo Group

international trade and development

dubai, united arab emirates

The family business first made its name in the shipping industry, challenging the long-established foreign firms that had come to dominate the Arabian Peninsula. Kanoo Shipping is the largest regional shipping agency in the Middle East which operates in 20 countries and all principal ports and offshore tanker loading terminals around the Arabian Peninsula, including Iraq. Kanoo Shipping handles 20,000 port calls every year through its professional network, which covers all ports in the Suez to Sri Lanka range and East/South Africa, and represents some of the oldest, largest and most respected ship owners and operators in the world. In addition to its fully owned offices and joint ventures, the company’s regional network operates through established partners in Egypt, Jordon, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. Kanoo Travel became the first IATA agency in the Middle East and the very first travel company in the Middle East to receive the ISO certification in 1997. Kanoo Travel now operates in 180 IATA locations with a large portfolio of corporate clients in the Region, as well as a strong Global presence through its Network Partner - American Express Travel Services, and a 24-hour Regional Call Center. Today, the family-run business has diversified business industries across the Middle East into various divisions: shipping, travel, machinery, energy, logistics, specialty chemicals and business centers, and other retail and commercial activities.