GDI management invited all its staff members to a town hall meeting on 13^{th April 2010 at the Diplomatic Club. The meeting agenda included an overall evaluation of the company’s performance in 2009, and a review of its future plans and outlook for 2010.}

The meeting kicked-off with the PR department staff welcoming all staff members. The CEO then gave the opening speech, presenting a clear overview of the current state of the company and where it was heading. This was followed by the QHSE Manager presenting a summary of GDI’s safety statistics and the way forward for 2010, focused on improvements to our health and safety records. The COO then addressed operations issues, followed by the Senior Finance Manager’s presentation of the 2009 financial results and forecast of 2010. The management’s reports to staff were concluded by the CEO, in his summary of GDI’s past performance and future outlook and objectives.

A Q&A session followed, between staff and Senior Management, giving all employees the chance to ask questions on various topics related to GDI and the industry. Management then proceeded to recognize our long serving employees (those completing 5 years with the company) with awards. The bulk of our employees being field staff were unable to attend, however we were able to have 4 of our staff present to receive their awards from the CEO. The meeting was finally adjourned.

The awarded employees were: