Diego Abba is the Chief Executive Officer of Italist Inc., a global marketplace for Italian luxury multi-brands boutiques and brands,based in Los Angeles.Diego was the former CEO of Sleepy Giant, a fast growing game publisher and technology provider, participated by TPG Capital and CAA. He also...

Waseem has driven OMD’s digital agenda over the past decade, breaking down silos to demonstrate the importance of this medium early on. He has also been behind several industry-firsts, including the integration of digital within offline teams at OMD to create a new hybrid planning system well...

Nagham has over 13 years of digital marketing experience across various disciplines and verticals, and is part of OMD Transact- the agency’s e-commerce unit. She is passionate about technology, analytics and creativity, often interweaving all three in her work, some of which has been awarded at...

Florian Akinbiyi is an inspired individual who enjoys every moment of captivating an audience. This joy and positive spirit comes to life when he presents and keeps the event moving as an MC.His background in event management and experiential marketing makes Florian a valuable asset, on and off...

Raja Al MazroueiExecutive Vice President – FinTech Hive at DIFCDubai International Financial Centre AuthorityAs Executive Vice President of FinTech Hive at DIFC, Raja Al Mazrouei oversees the region’s first FinTech accelerator, which brings together Financial Institutions, Government...

Majed M. Al Tahan is the founder and CEO of AYM. He is an established entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a great passion to impact the apps market. From an early age, he was always eager to build up his own businesses and take the entrepreneurial plunge. After graduating university...

Hisham Albahar is the Group CEO at Posta Plus and has held this position since June 2017. His roles and responsibilities include overseeing management of all stations in the Middle East, namely Kuwait, Bahrain and UAE as well as office facilities in Canada, US, UK and China. As Group CEO, he has...

Adrian has worked in cross-functional areas for more than 14+ years, living the "beat" of technology and constantly researching and evaluating the new ways that technology evolves. Technical savvy and solution driven professional enjoying years of progression providing value-adding...

Bassam AlEidy has more than 11 years’ experience in digital banking covering both Retail and Corporate banking. Currently he is Heading the Alternative Channels Division in Bank Albilad and leading the digital transformation journey within the bank. Also, he is looking after Internet and Mobile...

Fawaz is a motivated business professional with an entrepreneurial mindset and background with 14+ years of Sales, Marketing, Management, Startups, Account Management, Relationship Management, and Business Development experience across USA, Turkey, UAE and Saudi Arabia. With two MBA's from USA...

Bilal Alhmoud holds the position of Digital Banking Solutions Manager for the Middle East and Turkey region at Gemalto, the world leader in digital security.With a solid 16 years’ experience in the banking sector, Bilal started his career in IT Security at Quest Software handling the Identity...

Manar Alkassar  is Founder of Helpling Middle East. Helpling is the leading platform for household services and active in more than 200 cities globally. Manar, a German of Arab origin, studied in St.Gallen (Switzerland), Kaiserslautern (Germany), and Wake Forest University (USA) and holds a Masters ...

Ala is the Founder and CEO of Jamalon.com, the largest online bookstore in Middle East, offering more than 10M titles of Arabic and English books with worldwide delivery.

Ziad Alyousef is currently Director General of Payment Systems at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA). As the Director General, Ziad is responsible for all national payment systems in Saudi Arabia. The payment systems in operation today, consists of the Saudi Arabian Riyal Interbank Express ...

Hammad is a union of technology development with creative thinking. His expert technological leadership and dynamic out of the box thinking has won praises from clients and staff alike.Professionally, Hammad works as CTO of Bargo Ventures, A venture capital company based out of the GCC with 4...

Over the past 20 years, Furqan Athar has been instrumental in the financial and administrative strategic planning and management of some of the most successful shopping centers and mixed-use developments in the Middle East and Asia.Furqan began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG before...

Ali started his career at Business Development at P&G where he gathered experience regarding Retail and Consumer Marketing. He joined Koc then, for a Data Unification and Predictive Marketing project with bluechip Retail companies in Turkey. He is currently overlooking Insider’s Middle East and ...

Mr. Mukul Bafana is a co-founder & CEO of Arvind Internet.  Prior to joining Arvind Internet, Mr. Bafana was a co-founder & managing director at Jabong.com.  In past professional lives, Mr. Bafana has worked in a strategy role at Google, private equity at Bain Capital, and as a management...

Anita Baker is the Business Director of Lush Middle East and has been based in the UAE for the past 6 years.  Her role involves handling brand strategy, commercial decisions and senior team development for the region, along with managing relationships with all MENA licensee partners. She oversees...

Jeff Bandman is Founder and Principal of Bandman Advisors.  Bandman Advisors is a consulting and advisory practice focused on innovation and regulation in financial services, with special expertise in FinTech and RegTech.  Bandman Advisors was formed to bridge the gaps in business, technology and...

IT and Business Change Leader with over 17 years of Retail Technology experience in the UK, US, Central Europe, Middle East and Asia in managing and leading teams in IT strategy, Product Design & Development, Technology Leadership, Process Re-engineering, Implementation and Business Change...

Moussa Beidas is a Startup Founder, Designer & Creative Strategist. He has had a global brand reach that includes DeNA (Tokyo), Tata DOCOMO (India), Skype, Mathaf Museum of Modern Art (Qatar), Microsoft (USA), Hero MotoCorp, i2, ALDAR(UAE), VOX Cinemas, Omran, Zayed National Museum, Qatar...

Philippe is a seasoned energy and telecom professional with a proven experience in Business Development, Financial Modelling, Program Managing, Mergers and Carve-outs with twenty years of exposure to the Mobile & Fixed Telecom industries, more recently to IOT Technology. He has worked across...

John Biggs is a writer, consultant, programmer, former East Coast Editor and current contributing writer for TechCrunch. He writes mainly about technology, cryptocurrency, security, gadgets, gear, wristwatches, and the internet. After spending his formative years as a programmer, he switched his...

With almost three decades of experience behind her, Luma brings a rich, diverse background to her role as Founder and Vision Creator of KOOOT.com, an online shopping and lifestyle destination for modern Middle Eastern women. She is also the Founding Member and General Secretary of Kuwait Business...

Alper Celen is the founder of ENHANCE DIGITAL, a holding company specializing in online vertical marketplaces that improve lifestyles in the Middle East and Africa. ENHANCE wholly owns JOIGIFTS.com, the leading online gifting platform in Saudi and UAE and is shareholder in MEDIGO.com, global leader ...

Samya Chahin is currently the Director of Digital Services at du. Her passion is to solve human challenges through technology & innovation. Samya has over 15 years of experience in leading large global digital transformation and product innovation programs from strategy through design and...

Ayshwarya Chari, Managing Partner of e-commerce platform Kidore saw a gap in the market for good quality products for her children that did not break one’s wallet and as a busy entrepreneur she faced the issue of balancing motherhood with her work-life. This led her to launch an online store that...

Loyalty Programs, CRM, eCommerce, Payments - Soumya is a start-up veteran with over 15+ years of experience spanning geographies across strategy, technology & operations in these verticals.  For better half of the decade Soumya is heads down & hands deep building Easyrewardz as the premier...

An internationally experienced manager, Muhammad Chbib served several successful startup organisations in Europe and the MENA since the late 1990’s and joined McKinsey & Company in 2004, where he worked on large-scale transformation projects with Fortune 500 companies in Europe and the Middle...

Omar Chihane is the Co-Founder and CEO of SellAnyHome.com, the Middle East’s first and largest home buying service, providing free home evaluations and offers in 30 minutes. Omar is an MBA holder from the London Business School and has had a very successful corporate-level career in Management and...

Ramesh Cidambi is the Chief Operating Officer of Dubai Duty Free (DDF) and is responsible for all aspects of the company's operation and reporting to the Executive Vice Chairman & CEO. His responsibilities include both the retail and leisure business of DDF. Prior to his promotion to his...

Vural Cifci brings more than 15 years’ experience in Digital Marketing, Online Marketing and Business Intelligence, identifying key digital marketing opportunities, developing strategic recommendations and implementation plans, and lead/partner with local/regional commercial teams to execute in...

Paul is a highly successful product and commercial leader with strong e-Commerce, mobile and payment experience of over 14 years, specialized in building and developing successful product development functions for both VC led start-ups and major PLC’s.Paul joined Network International from...

Having held numerous positions in sales, marketing, services, R&D and manufacturing, Jean-François’ extensive professional experience also includes the creation and management of company subsidiaries in multiple countries across Europe. Prior to joining Mi9 Retail, Jean-François was the vice...

Mustafa Dada is a marketing professional with over 16 years of experience in retail and corporate marketing, having worked with international companies across the GCC and Europe. Mustafa joined AW Rostamani Group in 2017 as Director of Marketing and Communications and is responsible for the...

Prajit Datta specializes in the use of blockchain technology for enhancing security in the financial sector. His presentations and talks on scope and significance of artificial intelligence, data science, and blockchain technology have been well-received at several national and international...

Frederic de Melker was appointed Managing Director of Personal Banking at RAKBANK in December of 2017. Frederic is currently running the Bank’s entire personal banking segment, which entails building and implementing strategy, growing the sales volumes, diversifying the product portfolio, and...

Global Marketing Director for Spire Payments, in the payments industry for over 30 years. During this time has been introducing pivotal payment technologies to many environments including Europe and the ME

Bart Denolf is currently the CEO Franchise for the Sacoor Brothers group. Since he joined the company in 2015 he has been actively increasing the presence in new markets.  Prior to joining the Sacoor Brothers group  he pursued a successful career at Pepe jeans group ( Pepe jeans, Hackett) from...

Albert Dias, Co-founder / CTO Albert co-founded Musafir.com, the UAE’s first premium online travel agency in 2008. He has led the company's e-commerce technology through 10 years of growth, and oversees Musafir.com’s products, engineering and technology infrastructure. The company was recently...

Pablo is a marketing leader with 13+ years of experience, mainly in digital & e-commerce (eBay). He has a solid knowledge of acquisition, retention & product marketing having covered positions in 10,000+ employees’ companies, as well as in early-stage start-ups. Pablo has worked, lived...

Enrique Duvos is a 20 year professional in the IT/Software industry, having joined Akamai in 2014 with strong expertise in Web and Mobile content creation and delivery. Prior to working for Akamai, Enrique managed several Global evangelism teams at Adobe Systems, helping customers design and...

Enaz Ebrahim,VP & Head of Prepaid Cards, FAB10+ years of experience in delivering optimal results and business value in high growth environments. Decisive and results-driven professional with bringing exceptional knowledge and expertise in Prepaid Card product development and enhancement...

An accomplished global business and people leader with +22 years of experience. Managed, and grew multi-billion-dollar brand and business franchises, in a variety of marketing and business development roles spanning multiple categories (Home Care, Personal Care, Food & Beverage) across the...

Antonia is the co-founder of Yum by Mum, the UAE’s first meal plan provider for babies and children. Yum by Mum offer a comprehensive range of fresh and healthy children’s meals, which are prepared with no added salt, sugar or preservatives and are delivered directly to your home. Yum by Mum has...

Scott is a Programme Director with a track record of successfully delivering large and complex strategy, technology and digital change programmes. Within Al Tayer Retail Scott is supporting an ambitious retail physical and digital expansion programme that will see the first ever Macy's to open...

CTO and Co-founder of insydo and Brand Ripplr, Sami Eltamawy manages the products technical strategies, development and infrastructure. Having over 7 years of experience in the software engineering landscape, Sami brought his expertise to both products. insydo is a Dubai-based 'City Guide'...

As a Campaign Director at Brand Ripplr, Manal has used her experience in Social Media & Digital Marketing to facilitate Influencer Campaigns across the region. Brand Ripplr is a micro-influencer marketplace that is set to stir the region’s advertising sector. Graduating with a BA in Political...

Chris Ferguson is one of the original senior management team that built the UK’s Government Digital Service. In 2011 he was brought into the Cabinet Office to take on the digital identity challenge and created the team that developed GOV.UK Verify.In January 2015, Chris became the GDS Director...

Chris Folayan is CEO and founder of MallfortheWorld  and MallforAfrica. The award-winning global e-commerce company enables customers from the Middle East, Africa and Carribean to purchase billions of products from over 200 of the best US retailers in the world. With over 20 years’ of C level...

Mohamed Galal is the President & CEO of TSM CRENOVATIONS Egypt, a leading real estate retail mall management consultancy firm with focus on Retail Shopping Malls Development, and Mixed Used Residential Management.TSM CRENOVATIONS has celebrated ten years in the Egyptian Market this year with...

Sudeep is an airline executive with over twenty years of experience in the industry in different countries and business models. Sudeep has previously worked for BA, TWA and Virgin Nigeria and in a number of roles as a consultant to the industry as Managing Partner of Athena Aviation. Sudeep was the ...

Matthieu Guinard is currently the CEO of GlamBox Middle East. He was previously the Director of Ecommerce at Chalhoub Group and has over 15 years of international experience in General Management, e-Commerce & Marketing for several industries (Luxury, Beauty, Travel, Consumer goods, &...

Stephen HolbrookKamal Osman Jamjoom Group LLCMember of the KOJ Executive Board Stephen Holbrook directs the Clothing Division for the Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group, comprising of 4 brands with a cumulative annual turnover running into the billions of Dirhams.He joined KOJ in 2013, with over 20 years of ...

Daniel is the CEO of Satalia, a London-based company that provides Artificial Intelligence (AI) and also the Director of UCL’s Business Analytics MSc, applying AI to solve business and social problems.  Daniel is a popular public speaker specialising in the topics of...

Bassel leads ‘Formidable Microfactory’, a company focused on solving the problem of poor fitting uncomfortable earphones. GENERICS are premium, custom earphones made to the size and shape of individual ears. The solution leverages smartphones, an App, image processing and conversion algorithms, 3D...

Morrad Irsane is the cofounder of Melltoo, a peer2peer marketplace for secondhand things with in-app payments and door to door delivery. A serial entrepreneur, Morrad has had several successful exits in Los Angeles and France and has been in the UAE since 2005. Having been raised in a family of...

Ahmed Galal Ismail is the Chief Executive Officer of Majid Al-Futtaim Ventures, a subsidiary of Majid Al Futtaim Holding. Mr. Ismail is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Enova, and both Majid Al Futtaim Finance and Cinemas. He manages the company’s strategic relationships with...

Mohamad Jaber is the Group Sales and Marketing Manager of the region's leading luxury retailer, Paris Gallery. He is in charge of the company's marketing, communications, worldwide franchises, and business development.Listed as “50 MOST INFLUENTIAL GLOBAL MARKETING LEADERS”, and awarded the ...

‘A true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer’. Sprii.com chief Sarah Jones is living proof of this. Bitten by the bug at just 14, Sarah set up a profitable eBay business importing items from across the globe and selling in the UK, igniting a love for e-commerce and developing an acute business...

Faraz Khalid is the Chief Executive Officer of Noon, the US$1 billion joint venture between Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and a group of prominent Gulf investors. Noon is live in the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the largest assortment of original products covering...

Sanjay KhannaChief Information Officer RAKBANK Sanjay Khanna joined RAKBANK in September 2011 as Chief Information Officer where he is responsible for developing a vision for the Information Technology (IT) department, ensuring high quality of overall services to the Bank from the technology...

Gokhan Koc is a seasoned customer analytics professional with 12 years of experience. Gokhan has helped various companies in telecommunication, consultancy and media industries to build or leap forward their analytics strategy. His passion is to create data driven solutions for complex business...

Kerem is the Co-Founder of Juntmop.com, an online on-demand home cleaning service marketplace where customers book, pay, rate for the service all in one place.

Over 20 years of experience in the discipline of CRM and Loyalty marketing across B2B and B2C. Driving loyalty strategy and implementing customer engagement programmes for leading global and regional brands across travel, retail, financial services, channel, automotive and media. Experience...

Julie is an Award Winning Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Listed as 100 Top innovative Start-Up in the Arab World by Forbes ME in 2017. Winner of the French Creative Entrepreneur Award 2016. Specialised in gifts & rewards, gift cards...

20 years of international experience with a proven ability to create value, provide strategic and operational leadership and to transform organizations towards excellence.Dynamic, keen and result oriented leader with a strong track record of performance within five multinational companies:...

After obtaining his master’s degree at ESDES Business School in 2007, with a major in Marketing, Yan joined a consultancy firm specialized in optimizing marketing and communication investments. In 2009, he was promoted as senior consultant and head of the back office. In November 2011, he joined...

Carla is the co-founder of Yum by Mum, the UAE’s first meal plan provider for babies and children. Yum by Mum offer a comprehensive range of fresh and healthy children’s meals, which are prepared with no added salt, sugar or preservatives and are delivered directly to your home. Yum by Mum has been ...

Anthony LongGlobal eCommerce Capability LeadKimberly-Clark Corp.Tony Long is a Marketing Technology innovator with over 20 years of global leadership of initiatives that combine marketing, technology and commerce. His diversified background includes founding one of the first “Silicon Alley” web...

Bogdan Lukasik is the Head of Supervisory Board of Modern-Expo Group, a leading international manufacturer and supplier of complete retail and storage solutions in Central and Eastern Europe.  Since co-funding Modern-Expo in 1997, he has driven the operational excellence, huge intellectual and...

Frank Maduri is VP Global Business Development for Rambus.  In this role, Frank works with key stakeholders including Retailers, Banks, Card Schemes and Fintech companies to create innovative experiences that will transform retail and e-commerce.   Frank has a wealth of experience, having spent 20...

General Manager - Personal Banking Group CBD is pleased to announce the appointment of Amit Malhotra. Prior to joining CBD, Amit was Senior Managing Director and Group Retail Banking Head at Al Hilal Bank in Abu Dhabi. Prior to moving to the UAE, he held senior retail and credit roles in Standard...

Roland Martin joined Swisslog in 2013 spearheading the corporate strategy to focus on the E-Commerce customer segment. In his role as Global Market leader, he works with the leading online retailers to develop future warehousing solutions. Currently, he is heading the Sales and Consulting Team for...

Head of GCMU-AWR Holdings, one of the umbrella company of the A.W. Rostamani Group, which is among the most highly respected conglomerates in the Middle East. Hani has accomplished a professional and successful career spanning 18 years, managing diverse functions for reputed organizations such as...

Shaf has over 18 years of digital, innovation, strategy and technology experience, and has worked across industries and sectors with some of the leading brands in their respective verticals. He regularly speaks and consults as an expert in ecommerce, digital, innovation, travel and...

Kirkland Morris is responsible for the broad-based strategic direction of Interac Corp. and of international growth opportunities and he oversees the communication and government relations group. Shortly after joining the organization, he championed work on the industry-level business case that...

Ronaldo Mouchawar is the co-founder and CEO of SOUQ.com, the largest online retail and marketplace platform in the Arab world.Since co-founding SOUQ.com in 2005, Mr Mouchawar has overseen aggressive expansion of the company to become the first choice in online shopping for millions of customers in...

Malek Mroueh holds a Master of Engineering in Microelectronics and has more than 20 years' experience working in the cards and payments industry. He has an in-depth knowledge of global payment landscapes, the requirements of financial inclusion and the benefits of branchless banking. Mr Mroueh...

Nader is Head of Business at Uber for Middle East and North Africa. In his role he looks after Uber's strategic partnerships with corporates and investors to ensure sustainable growth across the region.    Nader's experience spans across Europe, Middle East and Africa, leading growth...

Wael is a Y Combinator alumnus who has co-founded various startups in both the Silicon Valley and the Middle East. He leads our Product team at Careem. Wael is an entrepreneur at heart and has built various products used by 10's of millions of users worldwide and featured in publications such...

Martin Newman is known globally as one of the foremost authorities on eCommerce and Multichannel retailing.Widely considered a thought leader, Martin is the founder, and Chairman of one of the fastest growing Global e-­‐commerce & multi-­‐channel retail consultancies, and is an experienced...

An initial investor in Google and Amazon and investor in some FinTech startup across the Middle East, Europe and USA. VP of eStrategy at Saman Bank, helped the Bank to become one of the most innovative technological Banks in the Middle East with over 4 Million customers, and one the most used...

A later in life entrepreneur, husband and father of three, Ian has lived, worked and created in the Gulf Region for the past 20 years.Most recently Ian is the CEO and Founder of Freedom Pizza, a UAE based, all natural carry out and delivery pizza chain with over 250 employees, an airline packaged...

Asli OKAR is the Marketing Director for Middle East at Philips Lighting, the world leader in lighting, connected lighting and lighting for the Internet of Things. She is responsible for marketing strategies and activities for B2B and B2C lighting business covering 13 countries in Middle East.  Asli ...

Ahmed is the Business Development Manager – Retail,  for Axis Communications in the Middle East.  He has been with Axis for over seven years with various roles in sales and business development.In his role, Ahmed is responsible for defining and executing the strategy, messaging and developing the...

Stephane Paraiso is the Managing Director of Azur Digital, an independent management consultancy based in Dubai specialised in omnichannel commerce. Azur Digital has helped leading brands such as Majid Al Futtaim Carrefour, Virgin Megastore MENA, Lulu Group International and LVMH confidently expand ...

Jaideep Pawar, Business Head- Platform, FSSProfessional with qualitative experience of over 18 years in Retail Sales, Bancassurance , New Market Development, Channel Management, Corporate Sales , Business Development (Alliances) & Key Account Management, Digital Payments , Financial Inclusion...

Swedish born Johan Persson is the Vice President Captain Experience at Careem, one of the fastest growing startups in the Middle East and the leading app-based car booking serving in the region covering close to 100 cities from Morocco to Pakistan.Founded in 2012 in Dubai, Careem now has footprint...

Emilian is an investment professional with DiGAME (Digital Growth Africa Middle East), a Middle East and Africa focused subsidiary of Zouk Capital. DiGAME makes growth stage equity investments in companies with proven digital strategies and visibility on revenues, with the ultimate goal of...

Kumar Prasoon is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a prominent retail chain and honored as one of the Global Topmost CIOs in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Asia and also at the international level. In this prominent role, he makes technology recommendations for the group’s executive...

I am a passionate ecommerce and digital marketing entrepreneur with over 14 years of industry experience. I come from a hardcore development background which has always been supplemented by high success in digital marketing. I have worked with several leading regional digital agencies in different...

Heading Corporate Finance and extensive experience covering; Real Estate Investment & finance, Private Equity Fund Performance Management, Treasury, Corporate Banking, Assurance

Futuristic thinker, entrepreneur and senior executive with substantial experience of Retail Real Estate, large scale, master-planned projects, Shopping Malls Development, Design, Construction and Operation with over 20 years of development and retail experience in Europe and the Middle East.Active...

Amira is CEO of BulkWhiz, the first bulk grocery ecommerce platform in the Middle East, powered by home grown artificial intelligence. She has 20 years of strategy, operations and marketing experience across the technology, media, consumer products and services sectors. She was most recently the...

Brajesh Rawat is Director eCommerce and Omni-Channel with Global Healthcare Company - holding company of Whites, Kunooz Pharmacy and National Distribution Company based in Riyadh. He is responsible for digital transform of group business leveraging brands portfolio, existing physical...

Daniel is the Senior Portfolio Manager of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority managing the venture capital investments. Before he joined Dubai Silicon Oasis in 2015, Daniel worked for Etisalat Group in Saudi Arabia, where he setup and managed the Corporate Venture Capital unit of Etihad Etisalat. Daniel...

Mohamed Roushdy, Founder, FinTech BazaarA continuous achiever, self motivated, and results-driven Chief Information Officer with more than 22 years of demonstrated success directing business and technology operations to optimize bottom line productivity and achieve its goals :More than 12 years...

Ramzi Saboury joined areeba sal in March 2017 as Chief Commercial Officer, after occupying the position of Country Manager at VISA Inc for Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq during the last 5 years. During this period, Mr. Saboury, with the support of both the banking sector and the Central bank, has...

Chief Information Officer for Extra, the leader of Consumer Electronics Retail in Saudi Arabia, Speaker and Oracle Board Member of Global Oracle Usability Advisory Board (OUAB Result oriented technology leader, holding Engineering bachelor and MBA with 22 years in Technology and Retail...

Amgad Sanad currently works at Modern Electronics which is one of Al Faisaliah Group companies at Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1970, as Modern Electronics, the Group began operating the distributorship of Sony products in the Kingdom, supplying transistor radios, tape recorders ...

Mudit Saxena, Head of Retail, Commercial Bank of DubaiDigital , Transformation, Strategy, Marketing and Consumer business expert Have worked in five countries in the Middle East (UAE, KSA,Oman) and Asia (Vietnam,India) with over two decades of experience in Retail Banking* Conventional and Islamic...

Khalil Shadid, founder and CEO of Reserveout, is an Arab entrepreneur who is on a mission to revolutionize the dining experience for food lovers around the Middle East.

Malik Shehab is the co-founder and Managing Director of beauty and lifestyle e-commerce platform Golden Scent. A Saudi national, Malik brings a track record of entrepreneurial successes and financial management to his role. Malik is a financial expert who has served as a banker with CommerzBank AG...

Khurram leads our Robotics practice Globally for FAAS including the MENA region and has led multiple Robotics Proof-of-Concepts (POC) engagements, apart from performing and leading engagements to wide variety of clients including  (not limited to) clients from Telecom, Banking and...

Tejinder Singh is the Chief Operating Officer at Arvind Internet with 14 years of  diverse experience in various sectors. He is an alumnus of IIM-Bangalore and has been with Arvind Group for the past 3 years where he has build CREYATE - a custom clothing brand from scratch. He is currently working...

Amanpreet Singh is responsible for the overall strategy of Rehlat that includes (Product, Operations, New Market expansion and Growth). Aman brings close to a decade of travel and entrepreneurial experience to Rehlat and manages a team of experts across product, design, digital marketing and...

Matthew is the Director of Marketing at Cleartrip, one of the GCC's largest and fastest growing online travel agencies. This includes overseeing all PR, above the line, performance marketing (paid search, paid social and re-marketing), organic search marketing, and marketing automation. Matthew ...

Almir Smajlovic is the Ecommerce Manager at Virgin Megastore, an international entertainment retailing chain headquartered in Dubai. Almir has had over 14 years of retail experience and has been involved in various stages of the retail process from sales, purchasing and marketing to pioneering the...

Hunter lee soik is a Korean American technology entrepreneur from the United States. He is Head of Innovation on Futures Unit at Dubai Airport Freezone Authority where he is leading internal innovation, culture change and public-private cooperation strategies. hunter is part of the project...

Murat Soysal is the Co-Founder and the CEO of Segmentify which provides personalisation solutions for e-commerce businesses to help online retailers to increase conversion rates and online sales. He capitalizes his Phd studies in machine learning while developing the real-time algorithms that...

As a Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of insydo, Siobháin has used her passion for content to shape the voice and brand identity of insydo. This search-centric product provides people with curated recommendations and has gained a following of over 500,000 unique visitors per month since its launch in ...

Sunil comes with 18 years of rich experience and expertise in Marketing, Brand Strategy, P&L management and Digital Transformation across South Asia, Middle East, Turkey & Africa. He has a proven track record of leading teams and driving growth in Marquee F100 companies including Yum Brands ...

Adam has over 10 years’ experience helping top brands overcome their digital marketing challenges, including 6 years here in the Middle East.    Having met with hundreds of CRM directors, CMOs and CEOs and by using his IT and Marketing background he’s been able to help numerous companies elevate...

Launched in Japan, in June 2014, Pepper is the world's first social humanoid robot with an emotion engine, which enables him to recognize faces and basic human emotions. At 120cm tall, Pepper is optimized for human interaction and is able to engage with people through conversation and his touch ...

Eithne Treanor runs a specialist media consultancy company based in Dubai. www.etreanor.com  She is an expert media and communications trainer, a professional conference moderator and facilitator and a seasoned energy industry commentator.Eithne acts as OPEC’s official on-air conference and webcast ...

John Tsioris is the founder and CEO of InstaShop, the leading grocery shopping app in the GCC, operating in the region since 2015 and having been nominated as one of the most promising startups in the Arab World in 2017 by Forbes. John holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering and a MScBA in...

Sammy Tuffaha, Director of Digital Payments, EtisalatDigital payments, eCommerce, and FinTech professional with over 20 years of experience spanning multiple industries.

Anvita brings rich 15+ years of digital technology experience spread across 5 continents as a COO, Managing Director, Partner, Investor and M&A specialist. She serves on several boards of VCs and companies and co-founded Dubai Angel Investors seeking to invest in early-stage online...

Ankit is a co-founder at Wadi. Before Wadi, Ankit worked as an Engagement Manager in McKinsey & Company serving top retail and banking companies in the GCC, India, Europe and the US. In his past life, Ankit worked in strategy at Google Inc and in early stage investments at Helion Venture...

Carsten Wengel is leading the EMEA Business for Giesecke+Devrient, Mobile Security, aleading provider of physical and digital identities and payment solutions.In his capacity, Carsten holds accountability for sales and client satisfaction with the fullportfolio of G+D Solutions and...

Ulugbek Yuldashev, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AWOK.comKyrgyz entrepreneur Ulugbek Yuldashev is the founder and chief executive officer of AWOK.com, which is, one of the leading online retail platforms in the UAE. He founded the online store in 2013, which commenced operations, by...

Nasser brings in global Financial Services and Technology background along with proven business acumen. He has spearheaded technology initiatives in advanced areas like enterprise digital transformation, business process management, financial ERP, CRM, EDMS implementations, project management, IT...