Fund Forum Middle East & Emerging Markets 2019 | Knect365 Informa Business | 3 November 2019 | The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, Gate Village, DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

The meeting place for emerging and frontier markets. Where leading fund buyers in emerging and frontier markets connect with the local and international asset management industry. Discover what is driving returns in these markets and where future opportunities lie.

2019 Speakers

Hussein Al Sayed
Chief Market Strategist at FXTM & Anchor, CNBC Arabia

Fiona Frick
CEO, Unigestion

Matein Khalid
Chief Investment Officer, ASAS Capital

Edwin Lawrence
Head of Middle East, Columbia Threadneedle

Chris Cameron
Associate Director, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

Noor Quek
CEO and Founder, NQ International Pte. Ltd.

Fadi Al Said
Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst, Lazard Gulf

Mones Bazzy
Head of Private Banking Wealth Management, Bank of Sharjah

Ayesha Abbas
VCGM, Head of Priority and Premium Banking – UAE, Standard Chartered UAE

Simon Fentham-Fletcher
Chief Investment Officer, Freedom Asset Management

Mohamed Hage
Head of Investment and Research, CPG Research and Advisory (Australia)

Ishrat Kiyani
SVP - Regional Head of Mashreq Gold, Mashreq Bank

Sai Narain
Regional Head of Sales & Distribution, Head of International Markets – Retail Banking and Wealth Management: Middle East, North Africa & Turkey, HSBC

Husayn Shahrur
Head of Asset Management, NBK Capital

Saif Al Alkeem
Head of Priority Banking, Wealth Management and Liabilities, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Robert Ansari
Executive Director and Head of the Middle East Client Coverage Team, United Arab Emirates, MSCI

Saeeda Jaffar
Managing Director, Strategy & Performance Improvement, Alvarez & Marsal

Steve Barnett
Financial Centre Development Director, Abu Dhabi Global Market

Christopher Dembik
Global Head of Macroeconomic Research, Saxo Bank

Aarthi Chandrasekaran
Portfolio Manager, Shuaa Asset Management

Salah Shamma
Head of Investment - MENA Equity, Franklin Templeton

M.R. Raghu
Head of Research, Markaz

Leah Zveglich
Executive Director, Aster Impact

Houssam Nasrawin
CEO, Olam Partners

Giorgio Medda
Co-CEO, Azimut Group

Tarek Sakka
Founder & CEO, Ajeej Capital

Vijay Valecha
Chief Investment Officer, Century Financial

Ping Zhou
CEO, Bin Yuan Capital

Peter Marber
CIO, New World Opportunities, Aperture

Charles-Henry Monchau
Managing Director - CIO & Head of Investment Management, Al Mal Capital

Jahangir Aka
Managing Director Middle East, Neuberger Berman

Khadija Ali
Chief Representative – Business Development Segments, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority

Racha Alkhawaja
Group Chief Distribution & Development Officer, Equitativa

Andreas Andreou
Vice Chairman, Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission

Richard Banks
Managing Director, RMBanks & Co

Marios Charalambides
Director, PwC Cyprus

Neale Croutear-Foy
Change & Transformation Director, Ditraro Consulting

Nikhil Desai
Director & Co-Founder, Karma Capital

Emilio Escartin
Professor of Islamic Finance, IE Business School

Manish Kumar Garg
VP & Head of Fund Approvals, HSBC Retail Banking and Wealth Management

John Gebeily
Head of Investment Office, Audi Capital

Hamish Gowan
Director – International Client Relations, Quoniam Asset Management

Fahmi Hamid
Director, FIM Partners

Adrian Harris
Co-Founder & Principal, Freedom Asset Management

Jauri Häkkä
Managing Director, Widhaby Advisors

Michael Ioannides
Board Member, Invest Cyprus

Aram Kayfajyan
CEO, Armenbrok Investment Company

David Martínez de Lecea
Chief Technology Officer, Brite Advisors

Klisman Murati
CEO & Founder, Pangaea Wire Group

Simon Penney
HM Trade Commissioner for Middle East, Department for International Trade

Antonis Rouvas
Board Member, Advisory Services, KPMG

Malik Sarwar
CEO, K2 Leaders

Yunus Selant
Regional Manager Middle East & Africa, Allfunds

Gavin Serkin
Author of Frontier - FT "must read" and Founder and Managing Editor, New Markets Media & Intelligence

Marios Tannousis
Deputy Director General, Invest Cyprus

William Tohmé
Regional Head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), CFA Institute

2019 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSOR:
• CFA Institute

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Freedom Asset Management
• MSCI

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Allfunds
• Azimut
• IDS Fintech

EXHIBITORS:
• Invest Cyprus

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Dubai International Financial Centre

ENDORSING ORGANISATIONS:
• ALFI
• Irish Funds