ABOUT
Areej Mohsin Haider Darwish is the Chairperson of Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC and heads the company’s diverse operations in Oman and overseas, while continuously exploring opportunities for growth. She is widely recognized for her role in growing MHD LLC as a leading business house in Sultanate of Oman and is an outstanding example of successful Women’s empowerment and stands out as an inspiration to all industry peers.
Mrs. Areej’s leadership, professional management, ability to spot opportunities and to build upon them had led MHD LLC to be a renowned business house in the Sultanate of Oman. With diverse business presence and varied interests in trading, contracting, projects and manufacturing, MHD LLC has brought some of the most reputed brands to Oman like Land Rover, Jaguar, McLaren, Volvo, Ford, Ashok Leyland, Huawei, AKAI, Hitachi, YALE, Konica Minolta, KDK to name a few.
Full profile of MHD LLC can be reviewed at www.mhdoman.com
As a Chairperson, she has been successful in achieving considerable operational and financial synergies
Awards, Memberships & Honors:
Board Member
She represents at the Boards of many organizations in Oman as:
- a) Chairperson – Areej Vegetable Oils & Derivatives SAOG
- b) Chairperson – Duqm United Logistics
- c) Board Member – Muscat University
- d) Board Member – Unicef Leadership Circle
She has also been a Board member of the following organizations in the past
- Board of Directors – Areej Vegetable Oils & Derivatives SAOG during the year 2001
- Vice chairperson – Areej Vegetable Oils & Derivatives SAOG during the year 2000-2001
- Board of Directors – Armour Insurance from 2005 to 2008
- Member of the Board of Capital Market Authority (CMA) from 2008 to 2014
She was listed in the International Who’s Who for professionals
Awards
She has a host of enviable achievements to her credit and is a recipient of many prestigious awards mentioned below. These awards further substantiate her as an exceptional achiever and her accomplishments make her a strong role model for other women.
- Forbes Most Influential Arab Woman 2013
- Forbes 200 Most Powerful Woman 2014.
- Awarded “Oman Web Award for Best Corporate website”
- Al Mara Excellence Award 2014 – Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Al Mara Excellence Award 2015 – Most promising Woman of the year
- Al Mara Special Commendation – Corporate Leadership
- Al Mara Excellence Awards 2018 – Corporate Leadership
- CEO Today Middle East Award 2018
- Forbes Middle East’s Most Influential Women 2018
- Middle-East, North Africa & Asia Award Organisation (MENAAO) Best Business Leader
2019 has been equally spectacular.
- Under her guidance and leadership MHD LLC won the prestigious “Top 100 Achievements Register 2019 Award” under the Business & Economy category at the Achievements Forum 2019 held in London. At the same event she was awarded Manager of the Year Award.
- She was once again conferred CEO Today Middle East Award 2019 for her leadership and strategic management
- In the 2019 Business Worldwide Global Corporate Excellence awards, she won 2 awards – ‘Female Business Leader of the Year, Oman’ & ‘Employee-Focused Chairperson of the Year, Oman’
- She won Woman Leader of the Year Award – Oman at GCC GOV HR Awards 2019
- Women Leadership Excellence citation and Middle East Woman’s Leaders
- Most Influential CEO- Holding company – Areej Mohsin Darwish – Oman 2019 by International Finance
- Menaa Award for Best personal Award
- Listed in Forbes Women Leading Family Business 2019
- Gold Award winner for Business Leader of the Year at the Business Brilliance Awards held in London in December 2019
Interviews / Features
Mrs. Areej Darwish has featured in renowned magazines in the Sultanate of Oman as well as publications abroad. Some of the noteworthy publications wherein her interview has been published is mentioned below:
CEO Today Middle East – 2018
Al Mara Magazine – January 2019
Oman Economic Review – February 2019
The Business Year Oman 2019
Time Magazine – April 2019
CEO Today Middle East 2019
Featured in Amwal Magazine – Strongest Arab Women 2019
Al Roya Magazine – November 2019
Business Ventures
Apart from heading MHD LLC, she has established her own business venture under the name of “Areej Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC” and launched two well-known brands – “BLESSING Chocolates & Gifts” and “First Impression Artwork”.
Blessings was listed in the Top 100 Luxury Brands in the Signature Awards and was awarded Gourmet Confectioners 2018 – Blessing Chocolates