International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) has bagged three awards at the “Banker Middle East Industry Awards 2016” held in Dubai recently. Omar Bouhadiba, managing director of IBQ, received ‘Best Customer Service Award’; and Chaouki Daher, general manager and head of Private Banking at IBQ, was awarded ‘Private Banker of the Year’, in addition to the ‘Best Private Bank Award’ on behalf of the bank. “At IBQ, we believe that building long-term relationships with our customers and partners is what shapes our industry today. We strive therefore to establish close relationships with each and every customer at the Bank, based on mutual solid trust which we have built throughout years”, Bouhadiba said. The awards affirm IBQ’s sustained foresight in delivering exceptional, value-added products, in addition to the bank’s prudent investments in technology, human capital and streamlined banking operations that focus on impeccable customer service and client relationships, an IBQ spokesman said. “This is in recognition of our full value chain and I would like to dedicate this award to the IBQ family, including our customers,” Daher said. The Banker Middle East Industry Awards is the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading awards programme. The event, now in its 18th year, was attended by 400 senior Bankers with 20 chief executives in attendance as well as senior officials from the Dubai International Finance Center.