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Padmasree M.A Yusuffali

Mr. Yusuff Ali M.A., Managing Director of Emke Group ranks today among the top NRI Business personalities. The Group has diversified into many significant areas under his dynamic stewardship, retail being the most prominent of them.

His astute business vision and strategic mind have evolved ambitious growth plans for the Group and ensured their materialization through a team of people who share his drive and dynamism. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of United Arab Emirates the Group is best known in the Gulf through a chain of popular Shopping Malls, Hypermarkets, Supermarkets and Department stores which serve the widest segments of multi-ethnic residents in the region. Foremost among them is the Lulu Chain of outlets, followed by Al Falah Plaza and Emirates General Market. The Group’s formidable position in retailing is ably supported by an integrated network of import, distribution and whole-sale marketing operations, apart from a cross-continent network of outsourcing operations.

Emke Group, with its 20,000 strong workforce from 29 different nations and operational bases extending over the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Benin and Tanzania is one of the most successful corporates of the times with a steadily ascending growth curve over the years. The Group employs more than 14,000 Indians.

In recognition of his remarkable achievements in Business & Industry and his distinguished services in the field of Social Work, he was conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award by H.E. Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Hon’ble President of India on 05th May, 2008. He was the first Non-resident Indian from the Gulf and the Middle East countries to be honored with this coveted award by the Government of India.

Taking into consideration his valuable contribution in promoting the honour and prestige of India, his efforts in fostering the interests of overseas Indians, and his outstanding achievements in the field of business, he has been conferred with the prestigious “Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award” the highest Indian Government Award given to Non-Resident Indians by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the Hon’ble President of India at Mumbai in January, 2005.

The crowning glory in his career came when he was overwhelmingly elected by the business community in Abu Dhabi as the Director Board member of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industries (ADCCI) in the year 2005. This was the first time that elections were held for the ADCCI and expatriate was elected to the Director Board of one of the world’s most prosperous and wealthy business regulatory authorities. In addition to this, he was also unanimously elected by the Board members as the Vice-chairman of the prestigious Trade Committee of the ADCCI.

Apart from his busy business involvement, Yusuff Ali is equally active on the social front and is associated with various organizations.

 Positions

Managing Director – Emke Group (U.A.E., India, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, China, Hong Kong, Kenya, Benin, Tanzania, Indonesia, Thailand)

Chairman – Lakeshore Hospital & Research Center Ltd., Cochin, Kerala.

Managing Director – Lulu International Shopping Mall, Cochin, Kerala.

Managing Director – Lulu International Convention Centre, Thrissur, Kerala.

Government Bodies & Agencies

Member - Prime Minister’s Global Advisory Council

Trustee - The India Development Foundation.

Trustee – Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre.

Director Board Member, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI)

Director – Cochin International Airport Ltd. (CIAL)

Director – Air Kerala International Services Ltd.

Director – Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd., (KSIDC)

Vice Chairman – Non-Resident Keralites Affairs Committee (NORKA ROOTS), Govt. of Kerala.

Former Special Invitee to the Board of Directors – Air India & Indian Airlines Ltd. (1997 – 98).

Former Member – Central Wakf Council, Government of India.

Chairman – Muslim Educational Society Medical College, Kerala.

Chief Patron – Le Mer Public School

Founder Member – Indian Business / Professional Group, U.A.E.

Member – Indian Business & Professional Council, Dubai, U.A.E.

Chief Patron – Indian Islamic Centers in U.A.E.

 

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