Forty management trainees, who joined Savola in 2012 and are being groomed and developed to become future leaders and executives within the group as part of a company scheme, attended a communications workshop recently.

This demonstrates Savola's commitment to develop future leaders within group.

Abdulraouf Mannaa, group managing director, opened the workshop.

Participants included the three core sectors: food (oils, sugar and pasta), retail (Azizia Panda hypermarkets and supermarkets), plastics and headquarters.

In his inspiring opening note, Mannaa said: “This is one of the happiest days of my life, seeing young, energetic faces that are the future of Savola.”

He said: “We wanted to bring you together on this special day to enhance communications amongst Savola team members to provide and encourage interaction and dialogue between the management trainees and Savola management.”

Addressing the management trainees, Mannaa said: “There are so many lessons we can benefit from and the greatest of them all is the journey of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH.) Every day in our life we live by the teachings of the Prophet (PBUH) and hope that we can make a significant impact in our community by following his teachings.”

Mannaa added: “At Savola we have taken these teachings and created what we call our ethics and our values, which represent our modus operandi, or the way we operate and I ask you to take these values and apply them in everything you do.”

He said: “Always have an objective and work towards achieving that objective because the objectives you set will prepare you for tomorrow and help you achieve your purpose in life. At Savola, we aim to expand your horizons, build your skills and thinking."

Key executives from the Savola Group’s various sectors have also attended the workshop.

These are executives who have ascended the corporate structure within Savola having started as management trainees within the company.