The AUK Annual Dinner: An Evening of Fashion and Flair

This year at the Missoni hotel, AUK rolled out the red carpet in a unique celebration of its 5-years of service employees. The unique theme of the evening this year was designed to treat each of the 300 invitees like a celebrity. Surrounded by photographer flashlights and autograph seekers, the AUK stars walked down the red carpet dressed in glamorous evening gowns and Tuxedos. In his opening word, Ronald McNeill, Director of AUK HR Department, greeted the attendees with an insightful statement, "Here today, you are stars".

Every year, AUK brings together its faculty and staff in celebration of dedicated service and hard work. Five-Years of Service awardees receive honorary trophies to recognize their years of achievement at AUK. This year, the iconic gold star trophies chosen for the event, perfected the red carpet experience and added to the charm of the evening. After dinner, the raffle ramped up the fun atmosphere as people excitedly observed the winners being called up to stage. This year's gifts were presented by Multitrend, Napket, Jazeera Holidays, KAPICO, Hotel Missoni, Burgan Bank, Gulf Net and Gulf Insurance Co. (GIC).

The 27 AUK members celebrating five years of service this year are:

Ms Amal Hadeed	Mr Joy John
Ms Amal Jaber Jaber	Mr Maher Tamimi
Dr Amir Zeid	Ms Marcella Janush-Kulchitsky
Ms Annie Arabian	Ms Micheline Zouein
Ms Buthaina Awwad	Dr Mohammad Akbar
Dr Charles Chiemeke	Mr Nawaf Abdulaziz
Ms Dana Al-Mansour	Mr Nezam Hamzah
Dr Dmytro Kulchitsky	Ms Sandra Stein
Ms Eman Kamel	Dr Ali Aljamal
Ms Hilda Bou Hatoum	Ms Maryam Hosseinnia
Dr Ildiko Kaposi	Dr Mohamed Rishard
Dr James McDougall	Ms Monique Livsey
Dr John Russell	Mr Robert Brown
Dr John Rutland