Mawashi, Qatar Company for Meat and Livestock Trading, has been recognised at the 16th International Star for Leadership in Quality Convention at Paris under the Business Initiative Directions (BID) Awards.Managing director Ahmad Nasser Sraiya al-Kaabi said Mawashi was honoured to be amongst a number of global leaders, to represent Qatar and to be bestowed a coveted title for the steadfast commitment to quality across divisions.“The BID Awards serves to ratify the strong commitment of every person at Mawashi to the principles of the QC100. We have implemented a total quality management programme which highlights our quality-driven and customer-minded approach, our personnel’s job satisfaction, our system efficiency, our investment in technology, our leadership in society and our concentration on solid and continued profit.”BID was founded by Jose E Prieto with a primary aim of sharing quality culture in leading companies worldwide.BID is currently the most important private organisation in the world presenting a quality award on the basis of principles as solid as those of the Deming in Japan (only for Japanese companies), the Baldrige in the US (only for US companies), or the EFQM in Europe (only for European companies).Al-Kaabi stated that quality at Mawashi is a systematic, integrated and organisational way of life. “It is deeply engrained in our corporate culture and a guiding principle of every activity we undertake in order to achieve sustainable business results,” he added.In May 2012, al-Kaabi was honoured as one of the key Arab figures in food security at a ceremony in the UAE, on account of his role in turning Mawashi into a first-class livestock resource with a growing positive impact on the local economy.