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Bassam AlEidy a proven leader with extensive experience for more than 14 years’ in building and transforming financial services. Currently Bassam is the Chief Digital Banking and Innovation Officer leading the digital transformation journey in Bank Albilad. Bassam was able to introduce for the...

The CEO of one of the leading fintech's in the region, licensed by the Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency - SAMA. Nosaibah is a revenue-driven ex-investment banker with insightful experience in strategy and markets within the regional landscape. Specialized experience in the local Financial...

Ghela is a self-proclaimed Fintech fanatic, and Founder of FemTechGlobal™, a network dedicated to challenging the status quo, and improving the inclusiveness and diversity in Financial Services. She is also Head of Europe for the Financial Data and Technology Association. Frequent keynote speaker...

Stephanie Carullo has spent over 30 years working in the technology industry across the globe. She began her career at IBM, and spent over a decade in executive positions spanning Sales, Services and Operations. She went on to assume leadership positions at Telstra, a leading global...

Lucy Demery is Managing Director and Global Head of Fintech Banking at Standard Chartered, where she leads institutional coverage of the fintech sector. Lucy also works with SC Ventures, Group Strategy and Corporate Development on the Bank's fintech partnerships and investments. Lucy is a...

Virginie Dhouibi is an Executive Director within the Corporate and Investment Bank and the Treasury Services Product head of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. branches in Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Virginie has oversight of the region’s product proposition including...

Ian Gausden leads International Business Development for Mastercard’s New Payments Platforms business. He is responsible for identifying and converting opportunities for real-time payments products, including Immediate Payments, Open Banking, Pay by Account and Bill Payments, working in...

Joseph is a career international banker who has held executive positions at NAB, ANZ, CIBC World Markets, Citibank and Lloyds Bank. Joseph holds a MSc (Finance), MBA, MSc International Management (China), MA in Contemporary Chinese Studies and MBA (Banking) degrees from University of London School ...

Sopnendu Mohanty is responsible for creating development strategies, public infrastructure and regulatory policies around technology innovation. Mohanty has spent over 20 years in various leadership roles globally in technology, finance and innovation. He has co-authored several patented works in...

Ali Moosa is a Vice Chairman of Wholesale Payments business line globally which is part of Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). In addition, he is the Regional Business Executive for Wholesale Payments providing senior clients connectivity and coverage, strategic business expansion as well as...

Originally from Mauritius, Ambareen Musa started her first online business, an online property portal for international students in Australia, at the age of 21. Her professional resume includes diverse roles at GE’s financial arm, GE Money in London, working as a consultant at Bain & Company...

Holger Neuhaus is Head of the European Central Bank's (ECB's) Market Innovation and Integration Division in the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments. His Division develops the ECB/Eurosystem’s approach in relation to innovation and integration in the field of payments and ...

Ramu working as a Group CTO at TONIK Financial Pte Ltd (Tonik Bank) Singapore and heading Digital Banking Information (Technology & Operation) Organization. Ramu brings over 17+ years of information technology enterprise architecture and innovative product development, IT Operations, and IT...

Francisco Rivadeneyra is the Director of CBDC & FinTech Policy at the Bank of Canada, working in the intersection of technology, payments infrastructures and finance. In this capacity he helps develop policy advice in areas of electronic money and payments, and the implications for central...

Ashraf Sabry is the Founder and CEO of Fawry, currently the Egypt’s largest Electronic Payment network serving 30 million Egyptians and connecting all Egyptian banks. Prior to Founding Fawry in 2008, Sabry spent 10 years at IBM Egypt and 10 Years at Raya Holding Egypt. Throughout his career he...

As the head of Western Union Network in the Middle and South Asia, Hatem Sleiman is responsible for the management of all agent relationships, with a continued expansion into new channels and a focus on increased productivity, optimized commissions and expansion of Western Union’s footprint in the...

Georgie Smallwood is N26’s Chief Product Officer, in charge of defining, leading and implementing the company’s global product strategy.Georgie joined N26 in 2018, and brings with her over 15 years of experience in global digital and software companies such as Xero, News Ltd and Scout24.Having led...