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Saleem Ahmed – Sharjah Islamic Bank

Saleem has more than 24 years of experience in Information technology with deep financial domain expertise and has worked earlier with Samba in Saudi Arabia and recently with First Gulf bank in Abu Dhabi and has been instrumental in bringing to fruition several Global award winning initiatives in these organizations while delivering core business value.…

Wai Kwok – Abu Dhabi Global Markets

Mr Kwok joined the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) in June 2015. He heads up the Capital Markets division responsible for admission and supervision of financial market infrastructures and capital market intermediaries. The division also regulates the offering of securities, collective investments schemes. Mr Kwok also spearheads FSRA’s strategy…

Ahmad Saleh – Al Tamimi

Ahmad is a Canadian attorney and engineer coming with over 12 years of higher education studies in law and engineering and 12 years of western and local experience in IP and commercial law. He has worked for reputable Canadian and international law firms before joining Al Tamimi as Head of Patents & Designs (R&D and…

H.E. Dr. Shaikha  Al Maskari – Al Maskari Holding

Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Al Maskari started her career with ADNOC Group and in 1989 she joined her family petroleum company, Tricon Energy Operations. Under her leadership, Tricon evolved into a conglomerate comprised of multinational firms and government-linked companies. In 2008, HE Dr. Shaikha established Al Maskari Holding (AMH), the privately owned holding company of…

Simon O’Connell – Mercy Corps

With over two decades experience working in international relief and development in a wide array of different countries and contexts, Simon O’Connell is an experienced and entrepreneurial leader. Simon has been the Executive Director of Mercy Corps’ European entity and Senior Vice President for Global Partnerships since early 2015. With responsibility for Mercy Corps’ European…

Tessy Antony De Nassau – Professors Without Borders

Tessy de Nassau, Director and Co-Founder of Professors Without Borders Tessy is a Social Entrepreneur, Business Woman, Philanthropist, UNAids Ambassador, Public Speaker, Activist, and Mother. Tessy is founder and partner of the Global consultancy ‘ finding Butterflies’. Some of her clients projects include the new global partnership with the Montessori St. Nicholas Group in the…

Tonye Cole – Sahara Group

Tonye P. Cole is the co-founder and executive director of the Sahara Group. An architecture alumni of the University of Lagos and Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program (AMP186), Tonye Cole, together with his partners has grown the company, founded in 1996, from a single entity to a leading African Energy (Oil, Gas and Power…

Vibha Bakshi –

Vibha Bakshi is a National Award winning filmmaker and Co-Producer / Co-Director with Oscar winner Maryann Deleo. A former business reporter for CNBC, Vibha has studied Journalism and Broadcasting from Boston University and New York University. Vibha’s films have been aired on HBO and Lifetime TV in the United States. Her latest film ‘DAUGHTERS OF…

Alastair Lukies – Motive Partners

Alastair Lukies CBE is a UK businessman and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer and champion for the UK’s global FinTech industry. He founded Monitise in 2003. Three years later, Monitise was recognized as a ‘Technology Pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum and in June 2007 Alastair led the company’s demerger from Morse and listing…

Bogusz Przemyslaw – Comarch

Przemek is currently leading financial services division of Comarch in the Middle East and Africa region. Graduate of 3 European universities with over 10 years’ experience in IT gained on projects from US through Europe up to Middle East. Przemek is passionate about connecting IT and business world to bring transformation and innovation to GCC…