2020 SPEAKERS

Yasser Abbas, Sr. Manager Global Customer Development - Vogue International, Johnson & Johnson

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Farah Abbas, Marketing Manager, kiddo App

Bhavin is not only a co-founder of KIDDO, a digital marketplace and mobile payment solutions for the education sector. He is also a Partner at Roland Berger, focusing primarily on banks, sovereign wealth funds, capital markets, asset management, private equity, real estate, development...

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Farah Abbas, Marketing Manager, kiddo App

Ahmar Abdullah, Retail Solutions Leader, The Solution Consulting

Sadeq Abdulrasool, CDO, Homiez.me

Ahmed Abo El Ela, Chief Marketing Officer, Egypt Gold

Christopher Abraham, Head - Dubai Campus And Senior Vice President, Associate Dean Global Bba And Ug Programs, S P Jain School of Global Management

Muhammad Abrar, Head Of Finance, Seven Emirates Investment LLC (7-Eleven)

Ahmad Abu Eideh, Chief Executive Officer, United Arab Bank

Waleed Abu Eleiz, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Al Qassimi Group

Ali Abulhasan, Co-Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Tap Payments

Gawel Adamek, Director, Simon-Kucher & Partners

Khaled Adawi, Vice President, Elite Brands

Tejasvi Addagada, Deputy Vice President - Heading Data Management, Axis Bank

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Vivek Agarwal, Global Head - Enterprise Sales, Comviva

Vivek Agrawal is Head of Enterprise Sales with Comviva and responsible for driving Business across Banks, Fintech Service Providers & Retailers. He works with Banks to evolve their digital banking strategy and helps them to launch innovative solutions around digital payment & consumer...

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Vivek Agarwal, Global Head - Enterprise Sales, Comviva

Mohsen Ahmad Al Awadhi, Chief Executive Officer Logistics District, Dubai South

Guillaume Akbaraly, Supply Chain Manager, Sanofi Aventis

Ammar Akhtar, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Finalrentals.com

Flo Akinbiyi, Master Of Ceremonies, Akinbiyi Group

Flo Akinbiyi, Master Of Ceremonies, Akinbiyi Group

Zeina Akkawi, Managing Director - Public Relations and Media Relations, Paz Marketing Management

Layal Akouri, Regional Director - Mena, Modanisa

Khaled Al Ahli, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Consultant

Leen Al Atassi, Head Of Innovation, Oman Arab Bank SAOC

Athbi Al Enezi, Co-Founder And Managing Partner, Just Clean

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Laila Al Hadhrami, Senior Executive - Digital Transformation, Ministry of Technology & Communication

Laila Al Hadhrami is a senior Executive Digital Trasnformation in eTransformation team in Information Technology Authority and is a member in Smart City Platform. She started working from 2006 and has experience and professional certificates in different fields in Government Innovation; Change...

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Laila Al Hadhrami, Senior Executive - Digital Transformation, Ministry of Technology & Communication

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Khaldoun Al Khaldi, Vice President - Head Of Infrastructure, Noor Bank

Visionary IT leader with a track record for defining, building and optimizing best-in-class IT infrastructures and security operations in financial sector for more than 18 years  . Reputation of defining enterprise technology strategies/solutions that reduce cost, improve efficiency, support...

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Khaldoun Al Khaldi, Vice President - Head Of Infrastructure, Noor Bank

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Raja Al Mazrouei, Executive Vice President – FinTech Hive, D.I.F.C.

As Executive Vice President of FinTech Hive at DIFC, Raja Al Mazrouei oversees the region’s first FinTech accelerator, which brings together Financial Institutions, Government entities, technology partners and entrepreneurs to develop technologies that benefit the financial industry.  Ms. Al...

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Raja Al Mazrouei, Executive Vice President – FinTech Hive, D.I.F.C.

Mohammed Al Muallem, Chief Executive Officer And Managing Director, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority

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Rashad Al Musafir, Chief Executive Officer, Oman Arab Bank SAOC

Rashad Al Musafir is the Chief Executive Officer of Oman Arab Bank (OAB), one of the first banks to be established in Oman with 65 branches strategically located across the country.  Al Musafir has over twenty years of in-depth industry experience and a proven executive management track record in...

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Rashad Al Musafir, Chief Executive Officer, Oman Arab Bank SAOC

Ambassador Mohamed Al Rabea, Secretary General, Council of Arab Economic Unity

Ahmed Al Refaei, Chief Operating Officer, Al Masraf

Majed M Al Tahan, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, AYM Commerce

Abdulla Al Tuwaijri, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Boubyan Bank

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Ziad Al Yousef, Acting Deputy Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority- SAMA

Ziad Alyousef is currently the Managing Director of Saudi Payments, a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA).  As the Managing Director, Ziad is responsible for developing and defining the national payments strategy and roadmap to guide the development and modernization of the...

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Ziad Al Yousef, Acting Deputy Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority- SAMA

Mohammed Al Zarooni, Director General, Dubai Airport Freezone

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Yahya Salim Alazri, Director Of National Digital Certification Centre, Ministry of Technology & Communication

"Yahya is the Director of National Digital Certification Centre (NDCC) in the Ministry of Technology and Communications (MTC), Sultanate of Oman. He has 14 years of experience in IT field specifically in PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), Cyber Security and Digital Transformation.Yahya was a...

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Yahya Salim Alazri, Director Of National Digital Certification Centre, Ministry of Technology & Communication

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Fahad Albader, Chief Executive Officer, NEO MENA Technologies

Fahad Albader has worked in roles across capital markets, corporate finance, and asset management in the Middle East and North Africa region over the past 15 years.   At Neo Technologies, Fahad is leading the development and execution of innovative investment solutions built as a plug-&-play...

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Fahad Albader, Chief Executive Officer, NEO MENA Technologies

Ehab Al-Bakri, Head Of Global Transaction Banking, Riyad Bank

Yousef Al-Barqawi, Regional Manager, Editions - Emea, Deliveroo

Anas Albayari, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Krave Healthy Restaurant

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Hamad Al-Fouzan, Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Boubyan Bank

Head of Innovation and Partnerships at Boubyan Bank in Kuwait with experience in banking and IT. Managed platforms related to compliance, trade finance, remittance, cards, and automation within the bank. Currently overseeing innovation and partnerships to overcome new banking challenges.Attended...

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Hamad Al-Fouzan, Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Boubyan Bank

Shihab Alhammadi, Director, Sharjah Media City

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Thuraya Al-Harthi, Senior Specialist - Innovation And Emerging Technology, Ministry of Technology & Communication

"Thuraya Al-Harthi is Senior Specialist - Innovation & Emerging Technology Development in Information Technology Authority Oman and she is also a board member in the Omani National Youth Committee, a member of GCC eGovernment Portal Executive Team, UAE, and a member of Steering Committee...

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Thuraya Al-Harthi, Senior Specialist - Innovation And Emerging Technology, Ministry of Technology & Communication

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Saif Aljaibeji, General Manager, Sehteq

Saif AlJaibeji is Co Founder of Sehteq, a digital health insurance startup in Dubai, and Chairman of the Board. Prior to that, Saif was regional CEO for Middle East and Africa at UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest health insurance companies in the world, and worked with Aetna, Daman and Green...

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Saif Aljaibeji, General Manager, Sehteq

Manar Alkassar, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Helpling ME

Hany Alkholy, Managing Director, CG Shopping Malls Development

H.E. Dr Ali Al-Khouri, Chairman, Arab Federation for Digital Economy

Muna Saif Alnuaimi, Future Economy Expert, Dubai Economy

Mohammed Alothman, Head Of Consumer Banking Group, National Bank of Kuwait Egypt

Imad Aloyoun, Chief Executive Officer, DINARAK

Aref Al-Ramli, Senior Vice President, Head Of Digital Banking And Innovation, Mashreq Bank

Ala Alsallal, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Jamalon

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Ziad Alshobaki, Executive Member, Global Blockchain Business Council

Digital & FinTech Entrepreneur, Senior experienced executive with extensive International exposure in Leading Global Multinational organizations.- Member of Global Blockchain Council - Mentor at Oasis500 

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Ziad Alshobaki, Executive Member, Global Blockchain Business Council

Marwan Alzarouni, Director of Information Services, Dubai Electronic Security Center

Shezan Amiji, Managing Director, Beam

Yousuf Amin, Vice President, Consumer Lines Claims, Engineering Services And Operations, Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)

Prem Anand, Business Analysis Manager Mea, Zoho Corporation

Hammad Anwar, Vice President, ekuep.com

Hammad Anwar, Vice President, ekuep.com

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Muhammad Ashraf, Chief Operating Officer, Mint Middle East LLC

Overall 43 years’ experience -   Rich varied experienceo Information Technology:    Infrastructure, Architecture, Network, Security, Databaseo FinTech / Digitization:     Debit/Credit/Prepaid Cards, Wallets, Payment Gateway,            Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC),     ATM, POS, Core...

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Muhammad Ashraf, Chief Operating Officer, Mint Middle East LLC

Furqan Athar, Managing Director, Spret Retail

Peter Avram, Managing Director, Avani Middle East DMCC

Noman Azhar, Head Of Digital Implementation, J.S. Bank

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Avinash Babur, Chief Executive Officer, InsuranceMarket.ae

Avinash Babur is the Founder and CEO of InsuranceMarket.ae™ which offers a digital-first service for comparing and buying all types business insurance (like property, liability, marine, motor fleet, and group medical insurance) and personal insurance (like individual car, health, home, life and...

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Avinash Babur, Chief Executive Officer, InsuranceMarket.ae

Henri Bacha, Chief Commercial Officer, Abu Dhabi Finance

Amol Bahuguna, Head Of Payments And Cash Management, Commercial Bank of Dubai

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Mark Balovnev, Chief Executive Officer, Educhain

"Mark is an international entrepreneur, innovation consultant, and tech expert, quoted on CNN and in TIME Magazine. Since 2010, he has founded several ventures, working with governments and corporates on projects across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He is...

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Mark Balovnev, Chief Executive Officer, Educhain

Paolo Barbesino, Senior Vice President And Head Of Multichannel Banking, Emirates NBD

Wael Barghouti, Founder, BSG

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Talal Bayaa, Chief Executive Officer, Bayzat

Talal Bayaa is the CEO and co-founder of Bayzat, a UAE based technology start-up that empowers businesses with smart insurance & HR solutions. As Chief Executive Officer, Talal is responsible for providing the vision, overall leadership and strategic management for the company as well as...

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Talal Bayaa, Chief Executive Officer, Bayzat

Mirza Ashraf Beg, Head Of Treasury And Investment, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Moussa Beidas, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Bridg

Adil Belhouari, A Vice President, Analytics And Data Mining, Riyad Bank

Soumia Benturquia, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, FODEL

Sayra Berirmen, Head Of Digital Innovation, Al Farwaniya Property Developments LLC - Reem Mall

Kartik Bhatt, Retail Head Of Operations, Marketing And Retail Planning, Adventure HQ

Gunjan Bhow, Global Chief Data Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Jamal Bin Marghoob, Director, Sales, Dubai Airport Freezone

Frederik Bisbjerg, Chief Strategy & Business Acceleration Officer, Noor Takaful

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Zaher Bitar, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Sondos Market Research

Consultant for building a customer experience measurement strategy for banks & insurance company, regional guest experience improvement for 5 stars hotels, customer black belt six sigma.

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Zaher Bitar, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Sondos Market Research

Louise Blake, Vice President Of Data, Seera Group

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Roland Brandli, Strategic Product Manager, Smartstream Technologies

Roland Brandli has worked for SmartStream for over fifteen years and currently holds the position of Strategic Product Manager. Roland began his career at SmartStream as Professional Services Consultant in Europe, moving on to become the Head of Consulting, Emerging Markets. During this...

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Roland Brandli, Strategic Product Manager, Smartstream Technologies

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Louise Brett, Consulting Partner, Deloitte Digital

• Louise is a Senior Partner at Deloitte and is the UK FinTech and Financial Services Innovation Lead for Deloitte, working across the ecosystem with Financial Services clients, government bodies, regulators, advisors and the broader FinTech community.  • A natural innovator and strategic...

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Louise Brett, Consulting Partner, Deloitte Digital

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Lars Buch, Chief Executive Officer Startupbootcamp Mena and Russia, Startupbootcamp MENA

As the CEO of Startupbootcamp MENA and Rainmaking partner, Lars is on a mission to scale and grow the MENA & Russian entrepreneurship ecosystem by working with the world's leading corporations in the regions. He aims to support different corporations in developing tangible solutions to...

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Lars Buch, Chief Executive Officer Startupbootcamp Mena and Russia, Startupbootcamp MENA

Katharine Budd, Co-Founder And Chief Executive Officer, NOW Money

Vineet Budki, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Guiddoo World Travels

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Mory Camara, Director General, ANGEIE

"Mory Camara is the president of the ID4AFRICA IDENTITY COUNCIL (IIC).  The IIC is an institution of ID4Africa which was launched at the Ambassadors Summit of 2019. It holds its own meetings presided by the elected President and Vice-President. The objective of the IIC meetings is to provide...

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Mory Camara, Director General, ANGEIE

Mats Carrgard, Senior Vice President, Business Performance, Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa

Chitrajit Chakrabarti, Head of Sales - GCC, South Asia and India Region, BPC Banking Technologies

Fadi Chalouhi, Group General Manager Retail Banking, Kuwait Finance House

Faiyaz Chand, Co-Founder, wecashanycar - A dubizzle company

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John Chaplin, Payments Advisor, Helios Investment Partners And Chairman, Global Payments Innovation Jury

John has been a key global player in retail payments for more than 30 years. He was one of the driving forces behind the phenomenal growth of Visa in a 17-year career where he was Executive Vice President and latterly ran the European processing business. He also spent 5 years working with First...

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John Chaplin, Payments Advisor, Helios Investment Partners And Chairman, Global Payments Innovation Jury

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Kinda Chebib, Consultant, Euromonitor International

Kinda Chebib works as Consultant for Euromonitor in London, providing strategic intelligence for EMEA markets. In her current post, Kinda is responsible for key data building and insights in Technology, Finance and Services. She conducts research and make strategic recommendations to Tech and...

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Kinda Chebib, Consultant, Euromonitor International

Mai Cheblak, Vice President - Media And Social, Emirates NBD

Hariprasad Chede, Head - Information Security Risk, Risk Management, National Bank of Fujairah

Omar Chihane, Chief Executive Officer, Englease

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Mohsin Choudhury, Uk Head Of Information Security And Data, ABN AMRO Bank

Mohsin Choudhury has 20 years of Cyber Security experience from diverse sectors including Invesment Banking, Defence & National Security, Government, Big 4 Audit Firms, Nuclear and global health organisations. He is responsibl for all areas of information security from defining new requirements ...

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Mohsin Choudhury, Uk Head Of Information Security And Data, ABN AMRO Bank

Sandeep Chouhan, Executive Vice President And Group Head Operations And Technology, Mashreq Bank

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Gorkem Cokcetin, Vice President and Head Of Fintech Engagement, Emirates NBD

Görkem Çokçetin is the former head of Fintech Engagements and Partnerships in Emirates NBD. He conducted Fintech engagements for the banks  from scouting to implementation to deliver solutions for business needs  and create new products and services with Fintechs and other partners.  He created ...

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Gorkem Cokcetin, Vice President and Head Of Fintech Engagement, Emirates NBD

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Colette Dalessandro, Director, Women in Identity

"Colette D’Alessandro is an Account Executive at Ping Identity and a co-founder of Women in Identity, a not for profit organisaition focused on developing talent and diversity in the Identity Industry. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish for the Professions from the University of ...

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Colette Dalessandro, Director, Women in Identity

Danielle Dawson, Head – Business Transformation, Landmark Group - Babyshop

Sara Walter De Freitas, Head Of Multichannel Marketing And E-Commerce, GAIA Healthcare

Mohamad Dennawi, E-Commerce Marketplace Manager - Gcc And Mena, azadea group

Bart Denolf, CEO, Sacoor Brothers

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Joanne Dewar, Chief Executive Officer, Global Processing Services

Joanne Dewar is CEO of Global Processing Services (GPS), the payments technology provider powering challenger banks, digital wallets and FinTech. Initially driving client onboarding, Joanne had oversight of the launches of Revolut, Starling Bank, Monzo Prepaid, Imagine Curve and Treezor. Over the...

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Joanne Dewar, Chief Executive Officer, Global Processing Services

Gaurav Dhar, Chief Executive Officer, Marshal Fintech Partners

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Pam Dixon, Founder And Executive Director, World Privacy Forum

"Pam Dixon is the founder and executive director of the World Privacy Forum, an established public interest research group. An author and researcher, she has written respected and influential studies in the area of privacy, identity, biometrics, AI, data brokers, health privacy, and other...

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Pam Dixon, Founder And Executive Director, World Privacy Forum

Alpesh Doshi, Director, Fintricity

Nav Dulay, Regional Marketing Head, ACCA

Mahip Dwivedi, Head Mm, Flipkart

Enaz Ebrahim, Vice President And Head Of Prepaid Cards, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Seham El Behissy, General Manager Digital & Connected Cars, Renault Middle East

Yasser El Dahmy, Head Of E-Commerce - Consumer Electronics Division, Samsung Electronics

Nihal El Daly, Managing Director, Axellerus Consultants

Ali El Hagar, Commercial Director, Turner Networks

Mohammad El Saadi, Mamo Pay

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Ihsan Elgin, Co-Founder, FinTech Istanbul

İhsan Elgin is the Founder of Core Strateji, a strategy firm that specializes in entrepreneurial transformation and strategy development, including innovation strategy at leading companies and “Entrepreneur in Residence” at Özyeğin University. He is also Co-founder of Startups.Watch, Turkey’s first ...

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Ihsan Elgin, Co-Founder, FinTech Istanbul

Essam El-Okda, Transportation Manager-Mena, Unilever

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Rao Umer Farooq, Head Of Product, Strategy And Bi, J.S. Bank

Rao Umer is an expert in the field of Mobile Payments, Fin-tech, Digital Implementation and Digitization of Public Services. Rao has over 5 years of experience working in a market of more than 200 million individuals and has been at the forefront of creating a digital eco-system which connects...

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Rao Umer Farooq, Head Of Product, Strategy And Bi, J.S. Bank

Mahmoud Fawzy, Head Of Global Transaction Banking, CIB

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Hassan Fayed, Head of Innovation, Dubai CommerCity

Hassan is the Head of Innovation at the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA). He is also a Board Member at Tradeling.com, a B2B online trading platform based in Dubai, and is leading the Project Management Office of Dubai CommerCity. As a former entrepreneur and public policy consultant, his...

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Hassan Fayed, Head of Innovation, Dubai CommerCity

Craig Fernandes, Co-Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Lock&Stock

Ihab Fikry, Chief Executive Officer, Almentor.net

Omar Fisher, Founder, iwealth

Greig Fowler, SikSilk - DBS Clothing

David Fuller, Chief Digital Officer, Aquitude

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Alfred Gachaga, Director of Compliance, Conduct and Financial Crime, Standard Chartered

Compliance Officer with progressive experience (16 years) in Conduct and Ethics, Compliance, Regulatory and Business Risk Management, alongside Stakeholder management. Experienced in guiding business through regulatory expectations and internal policies, offering solutions and mitigating strategies ...

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Alfred Gachaga, Director of Compliance, Conduct and Financial Crime, Standard Chartered

Pawan Gadia, Chief Executive Officer - Retail And Online, Ferns N Petals

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Bimal Gandhi, Chief Executive Officer, Uniken Inc.

Bimal Gandhi most recently was with Ameriprise Financial, a Fortune 250 company, where he served as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Services for the parent company, President of Ameriprise Holdings and Chairman of Ameriprise India Pvt. Ltd. He began his career as an entrepreneur and was a...

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Bimal Gandhi, Chief Executive Officer, Uniken Inc.

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Nicola Garelli, , Beema Insurance

Nicola Garelli is CEO at Beema Insurance, an innovative, market-first, insurance product tailor launched in the UAE in september 2019.Earlier Nicola joined the London-based BCG Digital Ventures leadership team as Venture Architect Director and contributed to the significant growth over the last...

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Nicola Garelli, Beema Insurance

Shaloo Garg, MD, Microsoft for Startups; Director, Strategy & Tech Projects, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Global Innovation Champion, UN Women

Sara Gentile, Head Of E-Commerce Mena, Facebook

Sudeep Ghai, Chief Customer And Commercial Officer, flyadeal

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Tarek Ghobar, Regional Manager, Union.vc

A three time tech entrepreneur with fintech and e-commerce focus, Tarek managed Foodpanda growth across the Middle East (part of Talabat.com today), taking the platform from 100 to over 15,000 orders per day in less than 3 years. His previous two ventures were in healthtech, one of which -...

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Tarek Ghobar, Regional Manager, Union.vc

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Ronit Ghose, Global Sector Head For Banks Research, Co-Head Of The Fintech Group And Head Of Mena Research, Citigroup

Ronit is the lead author of Citi's GPS Bank of the Future and FinTech report series - the first edition has had more than 300,000 downloads making it the most read report ever published by Citi, and one of the most read FinTech reports ever published. Since joining Citi in 1997, Ronit has...

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Ronit Ghose, Global Sector Head For Banks Research, Co-Head Of The Fintech Group And Head Of Mena Research, Citigroup

Chris Gledhill, Futurist And Co-Founder, Secco Bank

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Mohit Gopal, Head of Bancassurance - UAE, Takaful Emarat Insurance PSC

Mohit is an astute professional with over 18 years of rich multi-functional experience in to Banking and Insurance Industry.Worked with an organizations of Global repute of the likes Tata – AIG (American International Group Inc.), Standard Chartered Bank, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., in India from...

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Mohit Gopal, Head of Bancassurance - UAE, Takaful Emarat Insurance PSC

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Mayank Goyal, Founder & CEO, HOP

Mayank Goyal is the founder of Founder & CEO of Hop Financial Solutions. Hop is a digital banking platform which provides Indian international Travellers a seamless & economical way of exchanging money on an app supported by a multi-currency debit card. Travellers can exchange currency at...

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Mayank Goyal, Founder & CEO, HOP

Laurent Guitart, Chief Executive Officer, Circle K Europe

Kunal Gupta, Director - Supply Chain, Bateel International

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Neeraj Gupta, Chief Executive Officer Dubai, PolicyBazaar.com

Neeraj Gupta is the CEO of Policybazaar.ae, which is the overseas venture of India’s biggest insurance aggregator Policybazaar.com. Neeraj envisions fostering a behavioral change in the UAE relating to how finances and social security is perceived in the region by the masses and promote digital...

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Neeraj Gupta, Chief Executive Officer Dubai, PolicyBazaar.com

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Sameh Hablas, CEO, Al Danah Information Systems Solutions

Sameh is an experienced advisor leader with 17+ years of experience leading management, technology & digital transformation organizations in listed companies across both mature and emerging markets. He has been one of the pioneers of Experts in GCC as head of consulting & practices, leading ...

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Sameh Hablas, CEO, Al Danah Information Systems Solutions

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Hasan Haider, Managing Partner MENA, 500 Startups

Hasan Haider is Managing Partner, MENA at 500 Startups with over 10 years of experience investing in MENA Startups. He has led the firms growth in the MENA Region over the last 5 years, turning 500 Startups into the most active VC fund in the MENA region, raising and deploying the 500 Falcons...

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Hasan Haider, Managing Partner MENA, 500 Startups

ALSHEIKH Hamad A, CEO, ZAIDOON INVESTMENT CO

Fares Hamade, Arabian Peninsula Corporate Sales Manager, Procter & Gamble

Triska Hamid, Editor, Wamda

Vivek Hans, Chief Executive Officer, Bevarabia

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Neil Harris, Chief Commercial Officer, Global Processing Services

With over 14 years of experience in the payments industry, Neil’s key focus has been on driving positive change within the payments industry, initiating collaboration between influential peers to support financial inclusion initiatives and building customer success by delivering added value through ...

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Neil Harris, Chief Commercial Officer, Global Processing Services

Malay Harsha, Director Marketing, CleverTap

Aftab Hasan, Chief Executive Officer, Arya Insurance Brokerage Co Llc

Joumana Hathout, Head of internal transformation, Chalhoub Group

Elizabeth Heron, Amet E-Commerce Manager, Johnson & Johnson

Mamoun Hmidan, Managing Director Of Mena And India, Wego

Stephen Holbrook, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group L.L.C.

Shafika Houcine, Group Director - Digital Channels, Etisalat

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Nabil Ibenbrahim, Deputy Managing Director, HPS

After several years working as a consultant for Arthur Andersen, Nabil joined HPS in 2001. In 2003, he was put in charge of creating and developing HPS Dubai in order to occupy the position of Regional Director for Asia and the Middle East. Nabil is currently the Deputy Managing Director of BU-HPS...

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Nabil Ibenbrahim, Deputy Managing Director, HPS

Shafique Ibrahim, Chief Digital Information Officer, Al Fardan Group

Shafique R Ibrahim, Group Head Of Information Technology, AL FARDAN EXCHANGE

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Funsho Idowu, Chief Operations Officer, Mutual Trust Microfinance Bank

Funsho is chartered accountant and certified IT service manager. He is a Fintech enthusiast with special focus on digital lending, payments, and artificial intelligence.Funsho has extensive practical, management and consulting experience in various aspects of his profession and is an excellent...

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Funsho Idowu, Chief Operations Officer, Mutual Trust Microfinance Bank

Michael Ilyas, Chief Executive Officer, BuyanyInsurance.com

Michael Ilyas, Chief Executive Officer, BuyanyInsurance.com

Ali Inam, Head Of Marketing, Cafu

Christina Ioannidis, Chief Executive Officer, Aquitude

Atahan Isik, Instructor - Zero Gravity, University of California, Irvine

Helal Ismail, Head Of Technology, Cafu

Moath Ismail, Vice President Digital Banking Cismea, Gemalto, a Thales company

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Ayman Ismail, Director, Auc Venture Lab, American University in Cairo

Ayman Ismail is an international expert in entrepreneurship and economic development. He is currently the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor at AUC School of Business and the founding director of AUC Venture Lab and AUC Angels. He is a co-founder, angel...

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Ayman Ismail, Director, Auc Venture Lab, American University in Cairo

Ahmed Issa, Chief Executive Officer - Consumer Banking, Commercial International Bank - Egypt

Sridhar Iyer, Head Of Mashreq Neo, Mashreq Bank

Sowmya Iyer, Founder and CEO, DViO Digital

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Siddhaarth Iyer, Head of Digital, AXA

I am a start-up guy turned corporate with a wide experience in creating amazing Digital journeys for customers across industries like Insurance, Agriculture, Healthcare, Government & Procurement tech. I have been a Digital-tech guy throughout my career with a keen focus on customer/user...

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Siddhaarth Iyer, Head of Digital, AXA

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Farah Jaafar-Crossby, CEO, Labuan IBFC

Farah Jaafar-Crossby is the Chief Executive Officer of Labuan IBFC Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Labuan Financial Services Authority, the statutory Regulatory Authority for Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, under the purview of Ministry of Finance, Malaysia. Labuan...

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Farah Jaafar-Crossby, CEO, Labuan IBFC

Mohamad Jaber, Chief Executive Officer, Beirut Luxury

Mohammad Jabri, Founder, Managing Director, Verb

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Miles Jack, Head Of Business Development, TSYS

A 30 year industry veteran, Miles has spent more than 20 years developing and implementing payment solutions for TSYS. He has worked extensively with clients across all sectors of the payment industry in many international markets, having being responsible for professional services, product...

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Miles Jack, Head Of Business Development, TSYS

Rohit Jaiswal, Dabur International Ltd

Jimmy James, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, plantshop.ae

Armin Jamula, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Itsherway.com

Lidija Jankovic, Lidija's Kitchen

Sarah Jones, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Sprii.com

Halima Jumani, Chief Operating Officer, KIBSONS

Katia Kachan, Case Study Writer, INSEAD

Soheyl Kadjani, Vice President - Agile Delivery Retail Banking, Agile Transformation And Agile Chapter, Emirates NBD

Rameez Kakodker, Product Manager, Al Futtaim Private Limited

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Rajkumar Kanagasingam, President, Fintech Association of Sri Lanka

Rajkumar Kanagasingam is the Founder President of the Fintech Association of Sri Lanka(FASL).He is the Founder & CEO of Ambuli International, a consultancy firm focusing on Blockchain applications in the financial and other sectors.  He has delivered speeches and moderated panel discussions at...

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Rajkumar Kanagasingam, President, Fintech Association of Sri Lanka

Kunal Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, The Luxury Closet

Aleksandr Karapetyan, Sales And Operations Manager, APPAREL GROUP

Lovrenc Kessler, Managing Partner, Simon-Kucher & Partners

Suliman Khader, Group Chief Information Officer, AlFaisaliah Group

Leena Khalil, Co Founder And Vice President Of New Markets, Mumzworld.com

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Yusuf Khan, Solutions Architect, Digital Identity And Trust Services, Smart Dubai

"Yusuf is seasoned IT professional and his technological forte is in the area of Identity and Access Management, Digital Identity, Digital Signatures and its legal binding, PKI and Trust services, Enterprise Integration and middle-ware platform design and implementation.He is the Solutions...

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Yusuf Khan, Solutions Architect, Digital Identity And Trust Services, Smart Dubai

Umar Khan, Senior Vice President Of Innovation, Noor Bank

Khalid Khan, Managing Director, Astound Commerce

Mohamed Khattab, E-Commerce Director, B-Tech

Saif Kidwai, Managing Director, Digitalgurus

Zaid Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer, Borrow Blob

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Kazim Kirmani, VP – Product, Proposition & Portfolio, Payments, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Kazim Kirmani is a passionate about all things digital payments. Having worked in the industry for the past 13 years, he has led the development of some of the industry awarding winning products including the region's first 3DS certified Payment Gateway, the region's first EMV certified...

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Hasheer P Kottal, Senior Vice President, Bancassurance, Mashreq Bank

Hasheer Kottal is the Senior Vice President & Business Manager, Bancassurance at Mashreq for its MEA businesses. In his current role, Hasheer is responsible for the management of overall Bancassurance business across the Retail, Private banking and SME segments for Mashreq. He is instrumental...

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Mohammed Tarik Koubaa, Head of IT Business Management, Quality & Services, Emirates NBD

14 years of experience in the financial sector.IT Strategy & Governance professional with experience in Digital & Agile Transformation.

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Mohammed Tarik Koubaa, Head of IT Business Management, Quality & Services, Emirates NBD

Vikram Krishna, Head Of Group Marketing And Customer Experience, Emirates NBD

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Vimal Kumar, Chief Executive: Retail & Business Banking, Digital & CX – Absa Regional Operations, Absa Group Ltd

Ramana Kumar, Senior Vice President And Head Of Payments, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Prakul Kumar, Head Of Human Resources, Dabur International Ltd

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Khaled Lababidi, Managing Director, Startup Boot Camp

Khaled Lababidi is the Managing Director for Startupbootcamp’s Dubai FinTech, an accelerator for startups looking to solve innovation challenges facing Financial Institutions. Khaled is also a Venture Partner for Arbor Ventures, a VC based in Singapore investing in early stage companies spanning...

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Marc Lee, Vice President Emea Sales, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Marc Lee is Vice President of EMEA Sales at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Marc has experience working in IT spanning 20 years starting his career at SilverStream, working for Novell, JBoss, Imprivata and Courion before joining ThreatMetrix 5 years ago, who were acquired in 2018 by LexisNexis Risk...

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Robin Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Hellogold

Robin Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of HelloGold, an ASEAN fintech focused on creating financial products for the underserved and the unbanked in emerging markets. HelloGold launched its platform in Malaysia in April 2017 with gold as its first financial product with a minimum transaction size of...

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Andy Letting, Global Head Of Digital Acquisition And Retention, Jack Wills

Renata Liuzzi, Customer Experience Director, Dubai Properties

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Wesam Lootah, Chief Executive Officer, Smart Dubai Government

Wesam Lootah is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Smart Dubai Government Establishment, the technology arm of the Smart Dubai Department; the government entity entrusted with Dubai’s city-wide smart transformation envisioned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice...

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Frank Maeder, Head of Product Marketing Business Systems, Epson Europe Bv Middle East Office

Rita Makhoul, Director of Insights, Arabnet

Johnny Malek, Marketing Consultant, Dubai Airport Freezone

Amit Malhotra, Personal Banking Group General Manager, Commercial Bank of Dubai

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Mirhan Mandour, Managing Director, Digiteam

Mirhan Mandour is the founder and Managing Director of SalesARM – Digiteam; the award-winning sales digitization and gamification solution used by top tier financial institutions. She is a passionate entrepreneur and a seaseoned professional in the banking field. Besides her experience at...

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Ahmed Mansour, Head Of Digital Channels, Integration Department And Blockchain Expert, central bank of egypt

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Florian Marcus, Presenter - Analyst, E-Estonia Briefing Centre, Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication

Florian has worked at the Prime Minister's Office as well as in the cybersecurity private sector and now works as a Presenter-Analyst at the e-Estonia Briefing Centre, creating partnerships between the Estonian government and countries around the world to advance digitalisation. He is also...

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Dan Martin Heywood, Technology Director, Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa

Starting his career in the UK in 1999 as Commissioning Engineer, Dan Heywood now has over 20 years of experience in telco with both vendors and operators. He has been at the forefront of shaping customer experiences from old-school prepaid telephony to today’s digital offerings via mobile apps and...

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Jonathan Matchett, Regional Chief Operating Officer - Middle East, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (Middle East) Ltd. E.C.

Jonathan is Regional Chief Operating Officer for Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Middle East, responsible for transformation and change, including initiatives in the areas of digital, operational excellence, cost optimization, customer, and large technology implementation. Prior to his current...

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Jonathan Matchett, Regional Chief Operating Officer - Middle East, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (Middle East) Ltd. E.C.

Manish Mathur, Chief Financial Officer, Dabur International Ltd

Sophia Matveeva, Founder, Enty

Rachel Mcarthur, Founder And Managing Editor, Digital Ink Media

Craig Mckelvie, Chief Executive Officer And Co-Founder, The bootroom Collection

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Arun Mehta, Head Of Data And Analytics Engineering, RBS

Arun Mehta is a digital senior executive with more than 22 years of international experience (Denmark/ USA/ UK/ India/HK/ Singapore). He has owned, lead strategy and executed complex Digital, Cloud Analytics, Machine Learning, Big Data, Predictive Analytics, Data Governance, Business...

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Mustafa Melhem, General Manager, First InsurTech

Paul Melotto, Chief Executive Officer, AlRaedah Finance

Nuzhi Meyen, Chief Executive Officer, Helios P2P

Sophie Louise Middleton, Marketing – F&B and Lifestyle, Marriott International

Cameron Mirza, Strategic Director, Global Career Accelerators

Firas Moazzen, E-Commerce Executive Manager, Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Co.

Chasan Mochament, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lensyapp

Shreyansh Modi, Head Of Affiliate Marketing, Flipkart

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Hisham Mohamed Aly, Chief Information Security Officer, Emirates NBD

Hisham Mohamed AliChief Information Security OfficerCISO of the Year 2018 & 2019 – Arab Security ConferenceCISO Of the Year – IDC CIO Summit 2019

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Hisham Mohamed Aly, Chief Information Security Officer, Emirates NBD

Hashim Mohamedkutty, Co-Founder & CEO, Covermatch

Sajid Mohamedy, EVP of Growth and Delivery, Nisum Technologies

Abdelaziz Mohammed, Marketing Director, Emaar

Khaled Moharem, Regional General Manager - Middle East And Africa, Financial Software and System Technologies F.Z.E.q

Sharjeel Moin Akhtar, Marketing Specialist, Dubai CommerCity

Hassan Mokdad, Chief Executive Officer, Futurecard

Marwan Moukarzel, Chief Executive Officer, Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair

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Malek Mroueh, Regional Head And Vice President Of The Asia, Middle East And Africa Region, TSYS

Malek Mroueh, VP & Regional Head, Asia, Middle East & Africa, TSYS, a Global Payments companyMalek 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...

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Sagheer Mufti, Chief Operating Officer, Habib Bank Ltd

Anisa Muhammad Ali, Marketing Manager, Dubai CommerCity

Salah Mustafa, Vice President Digital Marketing, Wego

Khaled Nabhan, Head Of Customer Experience, Bank Audi

Walid Nagy, Head Of Consumer Banking, National Bank of Kuwait Egypt

Nitin Nambiar, Chief Marketing Officer, ASA Ventures

Syed Mohammad Ali Naqvi, Head Of Analytics, Data And Information Technology Governance, Al Hilal Bank

Eihab Nassier, Chief Executive Officer, Saee

Ambeshwar Nath, Senior Vice President - Industry Head Retail, Cpg And Logistics, Infosys

Michael Natusch, Global Head Of Ai, Prudential Mortgage Capital Company

Roxana Nicolescu, Brand Marketing Director, Wego

Richard Nicoll, Managing Director, Liquid OmniCommerce

Joseph Noujaim, Head Of Digital Transformation, Fine Hygienic Holding

Farshad Nowshadi, Estrategy And Tech Adviser To Chief Executive Officer And Board, Saman Bank Corp

Ian Ohan, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, Freedom Pizza

Said Ouchnak, E-Commerce Director, ALMALL

Erdal Ozkaya, Head Of Information, Cyber Security And Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank

OZGUR OZVARDAR, VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, Verifone

Ashish Panjabi, Chief Operating Officer, Jacky's Retail LLC

Abhishant Pant, Founder, The Fintech MeetUp

Marina Parac, Chief Executive Officer, mywaydress.com

Stephane Paraiso, Managing Director, Azur Digital

Neal Patel, Managing Director, Bruce Clay Media

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Jayesh Patel, Head Of Liv Digital Bank, Emirates NBD

As the Head of the fastest growing bank in the Middle East, Mr. Patel was responsible for the set up and launch of Liv. the first digital-only lifestyle bank. The mobile-only lifestyle bank is part of a long term strategy by Emirates NBD (UAE’s largest retail bank) to define the next generation of...

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Bronwyn Patten, E Commerce Director, Pepsico International Pte Ltd.

Johan Persson, Vice President Captain Experience, Careem

Naveed Pirzada, Chief Strategy Officer, Mall.global

Kumar Prasoon, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer, Cirrus1

Usama Qasem, Head Of Marketing And Visual Merchandising - Sports And Lifestyle, Al Futtaim Group

Junaid Ali Qureshi, Chief Technology Officer, Dubaipetfood.com

Arshad Qureshi, Global E-Commerce Head, Agepha

Rami Rabia, Head Of International Business - E-Commerce, My Bazar

Umran Rafi, Director of Data and Analytics, 1st Central Insurance

Ahmed Ragab, Group Chief Executive Officer, Baraka Retail Group

Rafees Rahmathulla, Chief Executive Officer, Bisdesk.com

Ravi Raman, Associate Publisher, Nervora

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Rahat Rana, Regional Director, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Rahat is a UK born and educated executive who has over 20 years experience in information technology and transformation engagements working for companies such as Cisco, KPMG, SAP, HP, Oracle, Salesforce and, of course, LexisNexis Risk Solutions - the world's #1 Digital Identification PlatformHe ...

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Abhishek Ranjan, Chief Technology Officer, Csc E-Governance Services, Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology

Abhishek is the CTO with CSC e-Governance Services India a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt of India. He runs the technology behind CSC which drives the world’s largest front end service delivery points to deliver government & business ...

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Noman Rasheed, Chief Information Officer, Noor Bank

Neeraj Rathi, Head Of Asset Products, Bank Nizwa

Ratnakumar Ratnakaran, Deputy Head of Compliance, Bank of Baroda Tanzania Ltd

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Jonathan Rawling, Chief Financial Officer, Yallacompare

Jonathan Rawling is the CFO of yallacompare. Prior to joining the online comparison site, Jonathan spent 20 years working in the insurance industry in the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the Middle East and Turkey. He was Audit Director at Zurich, and, most recently, was CFO for Zurich in the Middle...

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Kartik Raj Rewar, Strategy And Digital Innovation Lead, Emaar

Jon Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Yallacompare

Guilherme Rodrigues, Avp Customer Experience And Design Lead, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Guilherme Rodrigues, Avp Customer Experience And Design Lead, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Tomaso Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, Talabat

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Henrik Rosvall, CEO, Dreams

Henrik Rosvall is CEO and Founder at Dreams. With a background as Head of Marketing at Avanza Bank, the biggest online bank in Sweden, and Sales Director at EF Education Henrik has extensive experience in driving growth. He’s also a true entrepreneur, he founded and sold two companies prior to...

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Mohamed Roushdy, Founder, FinTech Bazaar

Mohamed Roushdy, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Dubai Asset Management

Hesham Saad Al Ghamdi, Digital Transformation Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Motors

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Romouz Sadeq, Chief Executive Officer, Mrayti

Romouz Sadeq is founder CEO of www.mrayti.com Jordan's first specialized mobile beauty salon. Mrayti delivers convenient, trusted, and affordablebeauty services right to your doorstep. With Mrayti, Hair cuts, Hair Styling, Makeup and much more are now available to women in their...

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Abhish Saha, General Manager, MerchantSuite

Arif Saiyad, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, ASA Ventures

Mohammed Sajjad, Vice President Of E-Commerce And Digital, azadea group

Nahla Salem, Head Of Service Quality Improvement, Bank Audi

Muhammad Salman Chaudhry, Country Manager, Adamjee Insurance

Jean Salomon, Chief Executive Officer, European Association for Biometrics

Firas Samko, Regional Senior E-Commerce Lead, Dyson

Nadine Samra, Chief Business Officer, Zee Entertainment

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Suresh Santhanaramakrishnan, Founder, Sifr Fintech Limited

I'm the Co-Founder & CEO of Sifr FinTech Limited a Fintech Startup with FSP Regulatory Approval from ADGM-RegLab (Abu Dhabi Global Market) to launch mobile app-based Cash@Shop, an alternative to ATM, Cash Withdrawal solution at ZERO cost in UAE. A senior Internet - Mobile (VAS & Mobile...

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Suresh Santhanaramakrishnan, Founder, Sifr Fintech Limited

Mudit Saxena, Former Head Of Retail Marketing, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Mahmoud Sayedahmed, Chief Marketing Officer, BulkWhiz

Ursula Schilling, Director Ecosystem Management Payment and Ticketing Solutions, Infineon Technologies Ag

John Scott, Former Vice President C2C Marketing, Dubai tourism

Mohamed Seghir, Chief Executive Officer, AXA Green Crescent Insurance Co

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Timo Seifert, Head Of Credit Card And Marketplace, Wirecard

Timo Seifert is Head of Credit Card and Marketplace at Wirecard. He joined the leading financial technology specialist in 2014.On joining the company, Timo was initially responsible for the Checkout Portal. As Project Manager, he enabled small and medium-sized businesses to simply integrate...

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Timo Seifert, Head Of Credit Card And Marketplace, Wirecard

Adnan Shaffi, Co-Founder And Chief Executive Officer, PriceOye

Richa Shah, Founder, Liberitee Limited

Mihin Shah, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Operations And Logistics, Landmark Group

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Arun Sharma, Director, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India

"Arun Sharma is working as Director, DBT Mission in Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, which is responsible for driving the world’s largest identity linked social benefits delivery program. He works on policy, regulatory and supervision aspects of Aadhaar (India’s Unique Identification...

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Arun Sharma, Director, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India

Kunal Sharma, Senior Director – Sales, MoEngage

Darshan Shetty, Project Head, Engage Dxb, Department Of Economic Development

Amrit Shivlani, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, MusicMajilis

Shailen Shukla, Supply Chain and Logistics Expert, Consultant

Yassine Sibari, Chief Executive Officer, Zara & Inditex Alhokair

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Abhijit Singh, Assistant General Manager- Investments And Special Projects, Solidarity Group

Abhijit Singh - AGM Investments and Special Projects, Solidarity Group Holding B.S.C. (c) Mr. Singh has over 15 years of experience in financial management with emphasis on investments portfolio management for insurance companies. At Solidarity he has also been closely associated with the Group’s...

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Abhijit Singh, Assistant General Manager- Investments And Special Projects, Solidarity Group

Pallav Singhvi, Sr Director Sales, Digital Marketing and CRM, Seera Group

Parvez Siraj, Manufacturing Excellence Lead, Target

Tomi Siren, Head Of Digital And Tech Innovation, Arla Foods

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Prabath Siriwardena, Senior Director of Security Architecture, Wso2 Inc

"Prabath Siriwardena is an identity evangelist, author, and a blogger, with more than 12 years of industry experience in designing and building critical Identity and Access Management infrastructure for global enterprises, including many Fortune 100/500 companies. He spent most of his time in...

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Suren Siva, Director - Strategy And Innovation, Credit Suisse

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Andreas Skopal, Group Chief Digital Officer, Gulf International Bank B.S.C.

Andreas is responsible for GIB’s digital value propositions, practices and organization as well as the innovation agenda across the Group, ensuring that GIB maximizes the opportunities that digital presents. He has responsibility for transforming the digital landscape across the Bank, including...

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Andreas Skopal, Group Chief Digital Officer, Gulf International Bank B.S.C.

Mirna Sleiman, Co-Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Fintech Galaxy

Matthew Sliedrecht, Director - Marketing, Cleartrip

Peter Somers, Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Post Dubai

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Srivatsan Sridhar, Director Of Transformation, Aster DM Healthcare

"Dr. SRIVATSAN SRIDHAR G MBBS, MBA, FCCE(Endocrinology), Fellow in Cardiology, C. Diab.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-srivatsan-sridhar-6b729217/Mobile: +971-524186931/+917358295229/+919941367244email: drvats11@gmail.comTamilNadu Medical Registration No. - 114298Permanent Address:...

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Shriram Srinivasan, Programme Manager - Digital Transformation, Landmark Group

Shriram is a retail professional who holds Double Masters in areas of Strategy, Digital Transformation, Marketing and a bachelor's in technology. He is an Alma Mater of the prestigious IE Business School, Spain.Shriram has extensive knowledge in Omnichannel planning, digital transformation of...

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Shriram Srinivasan, Programme Manager - Digital Transformation, Landmark Group

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Krishnan Srinivasan, , Financial Software and System Technologies F.Z.E.q

K Srinivasan popularly known as “KS” is the Global Chief Revenue Officer at FSS Technologies, where KS leads all the Sales and Customer Management & Experience, Service Delivery, Pre-Sales, Bid Management and Collection across the Globe.KS has over 25 years of experience and is known for...

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Ananth Srivatsa, Director, RAKBANK

Ananth is a globally experienced, award winning business & marketing leader. Over the last 15+ years, he has led business and marketing strategy for global brands in fintech/banking & financial services, technology, FMCG and telecom. With strong fundamentals in marketing and business...

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Stephen Stanton, Chief Business Officer - Parcels and Express, Emirates Post Dubai

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Sai Subramanian, Chief Financial Officer, Kay International Plc

Sai Subramanian currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer – Finance and Operations at Kay International AMEA Limited overseeing the finance, accounting, IT and HR functions for the company, as well as ensuring compliance with DFSA financial reporting requirements.   Mr. Subramanian...

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Sai Subramanian, Chief Financial Officer, Kay International Plc

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Abdul Qadir Sultan, Head of Digital Compliance And Risk Governance, Bank Alfalah Limited

Mr. Abdul Qadir Sultan is currently working as the Head, Digital Compliance and Risk Governance at Bank Alfalah Ltd. He is a Qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP). Previously he was associated as Head of Branchless Banking Audits and Special...

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Abdul Qadir Sultan, Head of Digital Compliance And Risk Governance, Bank Alfalah Limited

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Shahid Sumar, Chief Information Officer, Al Baraka Banking Group

Mr. Sumar is currently heading the Technology Division of Al Baraka Bank, Pakistan. He has, in his career, the track record of various digital banking initiatives to transform the banking services for customers and to improve operational efficiencies through digitalization of internal processes of...

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Shahid Sumar, Chief Information Officer, Al Baraka Banking Group

Shyam Sunder, Chief Growth Officer, DViO Digital

Alexander Suski, Associate Vice President Of Sales And Marketing, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

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Talal Tabbaa, Co-Founder, Jibrel AG

Talal Tabbaa is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at The Jibrel Network. Talal also serves on the Board of Middle East Payment Services (MEPS) in Amman, Jordan. Prior to co-founding The Jibrel Network, Talal worked in financial and supply chain consulting services at PwC as well as...

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Talal Tabbaa, Co-Founder, Jibrel AG

Kareem Tabbaa, Chief Product Officer, Wahed Invest

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Sarel Tal, VP EMEA, Rapyd

Seasoned business manager with Fintech, Telecom and internet technology, sales and marketing experience.Specialties: credit card processing solutions, on-line billing, international business development, start-up incubation and financing. 

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Sarel Tal, VP EMEA, Rapyd

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Kartik Taneja, Executive Vice President, Mashreq Bank

Kartik has led large and complex businesses in the payments and lending space. He currently leads the payments business at Mashreq bank – where he and his team are at the heart of a digital transformation in this business. His previous  assignment was to lead the global product function for credit...

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Kartik Taneja, Executive Vice President, Mashreq Bank

Peter Tavener, Chief Operating Officer And Chief Financial Officer, Beehive UAE

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Shino Thomas, Head Of Pmo And Transformation Group, National Bank of Oman

Mr. Shino Thomas Philip serves as Senior VP &Head PMO ,Transformation Group of National Bank of Oman and manages large-scale Transformation initiatives and technology strategy of the Bank . He has extensive experience in driving Digital Transformation, Operational excellence, Cost...

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Shino Thomas, Head Of Pmo And Transformation Group, National Bank of Oman

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Bexta Tierney, Master Of Ceremonies, Mc Bexta

MC Bexta has been presenting on the live stage since 1988 & specializes in conferences, exhibitions, launches, live demonstrations & radio voiceovers. Based in the UK she travels extensively to Asia, Europe & The Middle East.

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Bexta Tierney, Master Of Ceremonies, Mc Bexta

Vishal Tikyani, Director Cash Product Management Mena, Standard Chartered Bank

Margherita Trestini, Founder, Apodissi

Bret Trevethan, Chief Operations Officer, Mercurius International

Konstantinos Tsanis, Chief Transformation Officer, ALAT/WEMA Bank

John Tsioris, Chief Executive Officer, InstaShop

Patrick Van Dervliet, Creative Director, Emakina

Sjoerd Van Gelderen, Managing Director - Netherlands, Emakina

Bernd Van Linder, Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Manuel Vanlijf, Director Digitalization And Innovation, National Health Insurance Company - Daman

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Anvita Varshney, Co-Founder, Investment Committee, Dubai Angel Investors

Anvita brings rich international experience in digital space and also an active investor. She serves on boards of several companies and co-founded Dubai Angel Investors in the Middle East. She also serves as Advisor to Board of Tauras Wealth, a multi-family office based in Dubai &  Singapore...

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Philippe Vigand, Managing Director, HPS

Nick Vinckier, Chief Strategy Officer, Duval Union Consulting

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Stefano Virgilli, CEO & Co Founder, PocketMoney

Stefano Virgilli is an Italian entrepreneur who ventured in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia, leading and/or participating close to 30 businesses and startups. Stefano is trained in design and communication, holding over 80 certifications in software for photo editing, video...

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Bruce Wade, Chief Executive - Financial Restructuring, National Bank of Bahrain

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Nigel Walsh, Consulting Partner, Deloitte

Nigel leads Deloitte Digital Insurance & InsurTech team. He focuses on end to end technology transformation, core system replacement & modernisation, digital transformation and InsurTech. Advises on insurance strategy and partnerships, new proposition and product launch and building...

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Nigel Walsh, Consulting Partner, Deloitte

Hassan Waqar, Founder, MoneeMint

Hani Weiss, Chief Executive Officer, Majid Al Futtaim

Alexandar Williams, Director, Department Of Economic Development

Paul Wright, Managing Director (Uk, Fr, Mea), AppsFlyer

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Pascal Xatart, Co-Founder And Director, Giift

With a diverse experience spanning over 18 years in FinTech and Buy-Out, Pascal Xatart has led many ventures in this domain. He brings this expertise and shapes the direction for Giift, a global loyalty marketplace, featuring 50,000+ loyalty programs (miles, points, rewards, gift cards) across 55...

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Amit Yadav, Head Of Marketing, 2XL Furniture & Home Decor

Serhat Yildirim, Chief Digital Officer, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)

May Youssef, Government and Public Relations Director, jollychic.com

Javed Yousuf Edhi, Chief Information Officer, Silkbank Limited

Ulugbek Yuldashev, Founder And Managing Director, Awok.Com

Nasser Zagha, Chief Technology Officer, International General Insurance Co

Fadi Zaghloul, Chief Operating Officer, VogaCloset

Rami Zahran, Chief Marketing Officer, Saudi German Hospital Group (MEAHCO)

Imran Zaidi, Assistant Vice President Gts Cards Acquiring, Corporate Banking, Noor Bank

Hussein Zawia, Co-Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Romman Marketplace

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Sonny Zulu, Head Of Retail Clients, Zambia And Southern Africa, Standard Chartered Bank

Sonny is the Head and Managing Director of Retail Banking business at Standard Chartered Bank, UAE. He is responsible for driving Wealth Management, Retail Products, Distribution/Branch Banking across Priority, Premium, Personal and Islamic segments. Prior to this role he was the Regional Head of...

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