Kuwait Finance House – Bahrain honored 3 employees in its "Fursan Baytik” recognition awards for their outstanding contributions to the Bank for the 3rd quarter of 2015. They were selected based on criteria of high performance and achievements both in the workplace and during their time outside the office. At an award ceremony held at the KFH-Bahrain headquarters, Mr. Abdulhakeem Alkhayyat, the Managing Director and CEO together with Executive and Senior Managers at KFH-Bahrain presented the 3 employees with awards and certificates of appreciation. The winners of Q3 2015 were; Adel Taqi who received the ‘Smart Performance’ Award, Khalid Yousif Fulad who received the ‘Customer Service’ Award, and Eman Ashoor Ali received the ‘Teamwork’ Award. During the Award ceremony, Mr. Abdulhakeem Alkhayyat, commented "We in Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain are proud of the outstanding performance of all our staff.” He pointed out that the three new employees who have joined the "Fursan Baytik" employees’ recognition awards have made significant and outstanding contributions, and that the Bank is keen to recognize the achievements of its team members." Also commenting on this occasion, Mr. Yousif Al Hammadi, Executive Manager and Head of the HR Department at KFH-Bahrain, commented “In Kuwait Finance House – Bahrain we consider our employees part of a large and close family who are considered one our important pillars of success." He pointed out that "honoring outstanding employees in the Bank is an ongoing process in recognition of the efforts of our staff to provide better services to customers." The Fursan Baytik employees’ recognition awards aim to honor and appreciate the achievements of employees in the Bank based on a set of criteria that considers their performance both during work and in their own time out of the office in order to motivate them and develop their potential. Candidates for the award would need to be recognized for having a positive attitude towards work and colleagues, providing an outstanding level of service to customers, leadership, innovation, teamwork and active participation in team achievement. Employees are nominated every quarter from all departments within the Bank and a special committee selects employees who fall within the pre-defined criteria. The committee also considers employee's achievements outside work such as pursuing and attaining professional certificates or academic degrees in order to motivate them for self-development. All Fursan quarterly winners will receive an opportunity to enter into The Grand Fursan Award that will take place in the following year’s annual staff gathering. Prior to the ceremony management will vote to select 3 of the Quarterly winners to receive the Grand Fursan Award, who will be honored at the gathering.