Al Nasser Holdings (ANH) was the brain-child of Abdulla Nasser Hawaileel who foresaw the need for a soundly based local holding company to serve as a vehicle to develop new schemes and to handle all his diversified investments and interests at home and abroad. ANH was therefore established to participate in the local development programme and also to take advantage of the associated business opportunities.

ANH's rapid growth into new fields was achieved by its insistence on excellence in product and service which represented the foundation stone of the Group. The combination of the highest levels of efficiency and a tightly-knit team of professionals resulted in an overall level of service particularly in the petroleum industry, that competitors found difficult to match.

With this impetus, ANH began to fully implement its policy of vertical integration through the formation of new joint ventures in many fields. ANH soon established a prominent position in the commercial and petroleum sectors initially within the U.A.E. and later in many Gulf States.