Top performing employees of the Bank of Maldives has been honored with a series of accolades at their annual Staff Awards ceremony.

At the special ceremony held last night, the Head of Banking Solutions, Afrah Ahmed and the Moratorium Project Team won the coveted CEO’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2020 while the Head of Loan Services, Hawwa Sheeniyaz Adnan, received the Employee of the Year Award for 2019.

Recognition Awards celebrating the outstanding performance and contribution of staff during the COVID-19 pandemic were awarded to 17 teams across the bank.

In his address at the event, the CEO and Managing Director of BML, Tim Sawyer congratulated the award winners stating that the Staff Awards honor excellence in performance and said that he passion and perseverance shown in the work of BML staff is an inspiration.

“Our employees went above and beyond to show exemplary performance during the pandemic to ensure banking services continued uninterrupted during the pandemic, at one of the most challenging times faced by the bank and the entire country.” He said.

BML is the largest bank and one of the largest employers in the Maldives, with 99 percent of its staff base being Maldivians. The bank also takes great pride in implementing forward looking human resources policies to ensure the highest professional standards of employee recruitment, development and reward.

The Bank recently held its Long Service Awards to recognize long serving employees.