Khaleej Times reported that the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority or DEWA has organized introductory presentations on its strategy and water projects for the UK Trade & Investment or UKTI mission headed by Mr Adil Khan, the UKTI's advisor at the British Embassy in the UAE.

These presentations were organized at DEWA's headquarters in the presence of DEWA managing director and chief executive officer Mr Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, top officials of the Dubai utility and many specialized British firms.

Mr Al Tayer said that "I trust that this meeting will enhance the ties between DEWA and the business community of the United Kingdom, with its innovative range of technologies and services. Let this be the start of many more future milestones."

Following the welcome note, a number of introductory presentations were delivered starting with a presentation by Ms Khawla Al Mehairi, vice president for marketing and corporate communications, emphasizing the importance of strategic leadership and innovation as key drivers to achieve DEWA's vision as a recognized world class utility and how its leadership has played a major role in supporting the continuity of excellence in DEWA.

She added that "DEWA is regarded as one of the best and recognized utilities in the world after having conducted benchmarks with similar authorities in developed countries. Customers' lost minutes have reached 8.7 minutes in 2010, in comparison with 24 lost minutes in European Union countries. As for efficiency and reliability, DEWA comes first at international levels in terms of reduction of electricity loss; 3.8% in 2010, which is considered one of the lowest and best percentages at world levels when compared with 6% in Europe and America."

Ms Al Mehairi also pointed out that DEWA is striving to achieve excellence performance results through the application a global excellence example and continuation of development initiative to instill a culture of excellence in the government sector employees.

(Sourced from www.khaleejtimes.com)