MANAMA: The NBB Group, comprising the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) and Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), has been awarded the Collaboration in Resilience Award by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Middle East Awards.
This award underscores the demonstration of synergy and co-operation between the group’s entities as they move into the last leg of their ongoing transformation.
Showcasing its effective teamwork and active collaboration, the NBB Group is the first in the kingdom to be awarded in this category.
The group has been able to work together to overcome various challenges and has further enhanced its organisational resilience in the face of these obstacles, as it established a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach alongside a team of professionals working closely to exemplify the group’s organisational resilience based on international best practices and standards.
Commenting, NBB Group chief information officer Razi Amin, said: “This award is an outstanding achievement for the NBB Group, marking its first year of successful operation as an integrated entity. Our teams’ constant and unwavering efforts have been recognised as we deliver our first set of group-wide strategic projects aimed towards further emphasising our resilient capabilities. Our strategic roadmap has enabled us to introduce a larger set of innovative projects and initiatives that will benefit the future of the group for years to come.”
The NBB Group has made ongoing strides within the industry to further cement its organisational resilience and embed it within its core business practices and initiatives.
The group’s entities have had many achievements throughout the year, whereby NBB and BisB collaborated in further modernising and enhancing their infrastructure, BCM frameworks and practices.
This practice has helped demonstrate how the group’s professional team members are actively participating in enhancing and developing local regulations, participating in international BCI initiatives and recommending enhancements to the international ISO22301 guidelines through international advisory committees.
BCI is an international professional body that advocates for the advancement of business continuity and resilience within various institutes and has organised its awards programme across six regions worldwide.
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