Glossary

There are various conventions used for abbreviations in the blogs:

Glossary

' - foot
" - inch

AED - Emirati dirham. DH and DHS also refer to the Emirati dirham but these are not used. 

CAGR - compound annual growth rate 
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
CIO - Chief Information Officer
COO - Chief Operating Officer/Chief Operations Officer
CSR - corporate social responsibility
CTO - Chief Technology Officer

eDM - electronic direct mail, marketing-oriented email
EVP - Executive VP

GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council
GM - General Manager

HD - High Definition; sometimes FHD for Full HD and UHD for Ultra HD may also be found
HE - His Excellency/Her Excellency
HH - His Highness/Her Highness
HRH - His/Her Royal Highness

ICT - Information and communications technology
IDR - This abbreviation is not used for Indonesian rupiah. Rp is used instead.
INR - This abbreviation is not used for Indian rupees. Rs is used instead.
IT - Information technology, sometimes paired with OT, operational technology

JPY - Japanese yen; this abbreviation is not used, 'yen' is used instead
Jr - Junior

K - 1,000
KSA - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Lower case names - these are capitalised at the beginning of a sentence but left lower case elsewhere.

Md - Mohammed, Muhammad and variations of the name
MD - Managing Director
MENA - Middle East and North Africa

PM - Prime Minister

QoQ - quarter on quarter, meaning a figure compared compared to the same figure a quarter ago.
QR - Qatari riyal

RM - Malaysian ringgit (MYR)
RO - Rial Omani. The abbreviation OR for Omani rial is not used.
RMB - Chinese renminbi (CNY)

SGD - Singapore dollar; this abbreviation is not used. S$ is used instead
Sq ft - square feet
Sq m - square metre
Sr - Senior
SR - Saudi rial
SVP - Senior VP, see VP

THB - Thai baht
Trillion - Taken to mean a thousand billion if a figure in billions or millions is provided

UAE - United Arab Emirates
UK - United Kingdom<
US - United States of America. USA is not used.
USD - US dollars. This abbreviation is not used. US$ is used instead

VP - Vice President

YoY - year on year, meaning a figure compared compared to the same figure a year ago.

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