Finovate Middle East 2019 | KNect365 (An Informa Business) | 19 November 2019 | The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, Gate Village, DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

Finovate brings together the Middle East's fintech community to showcase cutting-edge banking, financial and payments technology. See the latest fintech innovations demoed live on stage and hear insights from global financial services experts.

We don’t waste your time. Finovate is curated, fast-paced, and gets right to the point. And we’ve been delivering value for over 10 years.

2019 Speakers

Mohamed Abdel Razek
Regional Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Africa and the Middle East, and CIO for Islamic Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Sumit Aggarwal
Executive Vice President and Head of Transaction Banking, Emirates NBD

Aly Ajani
Head of Corporate Banking, Citibank

Alexander Akhlomov
Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder, JuicyScore

Fahad Al Bader
CEO, Neo Technologies

His Excellency Younis Haji Al Khoori
Under Secretary, UAE Ministry of Finance

Raja Al Mazrouei
Executive Vice President – FinTech Hive at DIFC, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority

Nosaibah Alrajhi
Co-Founder & CEO, Forus

Saad Ansari
Founder & CEO, Xpence

Alexandros C. Argyriou
Managing Partner, Scientia Consulting Group

Zeina Arnous
SVP and Head of Compliance, Personal Banking Group, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Pamela Attebery
Regional Head of Innovation, HSBC MENAT

Jehanzeb Awan
CEO & Founder, azakaw

Mohammed Aziz
Co-Founder & CEO, DAPI

Loulwa Bakr
Venture Partner, Global Ventures

Gavin Basma-Kwas
Investment Director, Beehive

Safa Bouzidi-Leterme
ED - Head of Wealth Management Transformation, Africa and Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank

Ken Coghill
Associate Director Operational Risk - Supervision Department, Dubai Financial Services Authority

Grant Colhoun
CEO, Okanii

Damian Cotchett
Senior VP - Head of CX, Noor Bank

Alberto Diez
Chief Innovation Officer, RAKBANK

Gé Drossaert
Chief Commercial Officer, Fidor

Konrad Dziejarski
Product Design Leader, Efigence

Rebecca Engelberg
Market Intelligence Manager, Flybits

Jonatahn Gane
Business Development, ABAKA

Ronit Garg
Head of Business Banking and NeoBiz, Mashreq Bank

Sanju George
AVP Customer Acquisition, Mashreq Neo

Tarek Ghobar
Chief Commercial Officer, PointCheckout

Ronit Ghose
Global Sector Head for Banks Research, Co-Head of the FinTech Group and Head of MENA Research, Citi

Khaled Hassoun
CEO, Circlys

Abbas Hijazi
Founder, FinFirst Capital

Abbas Hijazi
CEO,FinFirst

Dârâ Hizveren
Head of Innovation, Garanti BBVA

Sridhar Iyer
Head of Mashreq Neo and Marketing, Mashreq Neo

Jessica Kaffren
Head of Operations, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, HSBC Middle East

Ashad Khan
Co-Founder & CEO, Arabian Bourse

Nameer Khan
Founding Board Member, MENA FinTech Association

Ivan Kochetov
CEO, TheWaay

Christoph Koster
Head of Group Customer Experience, Emirates NBD

Khaled Lababidi
Managing Director, Dubai - FinTech Program, Startupbootcamp Dubai

Mark Lee
Innovation in Biotechnology Product Development and Regulatory Strategy, Genentech, USA

Devesh Mamtani
President - Investment & Advisory (Financial Markets), Century Financial

Owais Manzoor
UAE Country Manager, PayTabs

Omar Mehanna
CEO - UAE, FinFirst

Muhammed Mekki
Founding Partner, AstroLabs

Sagheer Mufti
COO, Habib Bank

Evans Munyuki
CDO, Emirates NBD

Ambareen Musa
Founder & CEO, Souqalmal.com

Gavin Payne
SVP + Head of Innovation Lab, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Paula Petkova
Senator, World Business Angels Forum

Wojciech Poniatowski
Product Manager, Efigence

Vamsi Potukuchi
VP, Financial Institutions & SEF Department, Intesa Sanpaolo

Grzegorz Prosowicz
Head of Consulting and Product Management for Capital Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, Comarch

Kamruddin Qureshi
Lean Agile Program Manager, Business Excellence & Intelligent Process Automation, Mashreq Bank

Abdullah Razooqi
Head of Product, Neo Technologies

Andrew Reddikh
CTO, JuicyScore

Bashar Saleh
CEO, PointCheckout

Jeroen Schlosser
Managing Director, Equinix MENA

Ibrahim Seksek
Managing Director, Startupbootcamp

Ashish Shekhawat
Head of Product & Marketing, IN-D By Intain

Pooja Singh
International Relations & Organizations Senior Specialist, Securities & Commodities Authority

Chris Skinner
Founder & Chairman, The Financial Services Club and Independent Commentator, Author & Fintech Guru

Mirna Sleiman
Founder & CEO, Fintech Galaxy

Konstantinos Stivaros
Partner, Scientia Consulting Group

Aleks Svetski
CEO & Founder, Amber Labs

Hourn Thy
Head of Operations, SME Finance Forum

Brandon Timinsky
Founder & CEO, SadaPay

Konstantinos Tsanis
Chief Innovation and Data Officer, WEMA Bank/ALAT

Vijay Vashist
Group Head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Emirates NBD

Deborah Webster
Founder & CEO, AMANIcircle

Sonia Wedrychowicz
Digital Transformation Practitioner and Thought Leader, former Head of Technology Transformation at JPMorgan Chase and COO of Digital Bank in DBS Singapore

Nick Wood
Senior Representative, Middle East & Africa, Bambu

Amir Yazdanpanah
Managing Director (MENA Region), Flybits

Serhat Yildirim
CIO, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

2019 Sponsors & Partners

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• United Arab Emirates Ministry of Finance

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Comarch

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Equinix
• Loxon Solutions

EXHIBITOR:
• ABAKA

SUPPORTING PARTNER:
• Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)