UAE Banks Federation at Seamless Fintech Middle East

12 of the UAE Bank Frederations committees will host their quarterly meetings at Seamless Fintech Middle East, before sharing selected findings and recommendations on the Seamless conference stage, addressing some of the most important priorities facing the UAE financial sector.

Closed-door committees.
Industry-wide impact.

These private roundtable sessions create a dedicated environment for UBF members to challenge assumptions, examine shared priorities and discuss the issues affecting the UAE banking sector.

And the conversation does not end behind closed doors - following the meetings, committee representatives will take to the Seamless conference stage to share selected findings, perspectives and recommendations with the wider industry.

The committees

Meet the chairs leading the discussion

Specialist UBF committees will come together at Seamless Fintech Middle East, placing the people responsible for some of the UAE banking sector's most important priorities around the same table.

Artificial Intelligence
 
Yan Bechet
Chief Operating Officer
HSBC

Select a committee to meet the chairperson.

Meet the chairs leading the table

Senior banking leaders will come together at Seamless Fintech Middle East to lead focused roundtables discussing the priorities shaping the UAE financial sector.

Yan Bechet
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Sethi
SMD & Head of Global Transaction Banking
Waheed Rathore
Group Chief Compliance Officer
Hanan Mansour
Chief Compliance Officer
Srinivasan Sampath
Group Chief Information Officer
Fernando Morillo
Group Head of Retail Banking
Rehan Ali
Head of Commercial Banking
Anuratna Chadha
Chief Revenue Officer
Bhaskar Sen
Chief Risk Officer
Mohammed Darwish Azad
Group Chief Information Security Officer
Hussein Hassan Shafik
Chief Information Security Officer
Dhiraj Mirchandaney
Head – Retail Banking Digital Channels

Focused discussion behind closed doors

These closed-door sessions are designed for senior banking leaders to move beyond surface-level discussion, challenge assumptions and examine how organisations are responding to shared priorities in practice. The format creates space for direct, focused conversation between the people closest to the issues shaping the sector.

Cybersecurity spotlight

Cybersecurity will be a major focus of the UBF discussions at Seamless Fintech Middle East, with senior banking leaders taking a closer look at the threats facing the sector, the intelligence shaping their response and the priorities banks need to address next.

01

Latest threats

A focused look at the developing threats affecting banks and the challenges demanding greater attention across the sector.

02

Cyber intelligence

Examining the intelligence helping banking leaders better understand risk, anticipate threats and strengthen decision-making.

03

Sector priorities

Bringing the conversation back to the priorities, actions and shared challenges shaping cybersecurity across UAE banking.

Selected insights from these discussions will then move beyond the closed-door sessions and into the wider Seamless Fintech Middle East programme.

Hear the findings live on stage

Following the closed-door meetings, UBF committee representatives will take to the Seamless stage to share selected findings, recommendations and perspectives with the wider banking and fintech community.