Global Financial Forum 2019 | Dubai International Financial Centre | 11 March 2019 | Madinat Jumeirah, Al Sufouh Road Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Bringing together key stakeholders in the local and international financial ecosystem to map the prospects for investment and expansion in the high growth emerging markets of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) markets.

2019 Speakers

Nicolas Cary
Co-Founder, Blockchain

Sir Gerry Grimstone
Chairman, Barclays Bank

Mark Mobius
Partner, Mobius Capital Partners

Abdulla Mohammed Al Awar
CEO, Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre

H.E. Essa Kazim
Governor, Dubai International Financial Centre

Martin Wolf CBE
Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Christine Novakovic
Head of Wealth Management, Europe, Middle East and Africa, UBS

Christophe Charlier
Chairman, Renaissance Capital

Rémy Bersier
Head of Emerging Markets, Member of the Executive Board, Bank Julius Baer & Cie

Bahren Shaari
Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Singapore

Karim El Solh
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Capital

David Evans
Chief of Global Philanthropy, UNICEF

Navin Gupta
Managing Director South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Ripple

Naveed Kamal
Head Corporate Banking Middle East and North Africa, Citi

Sammy Kayello
Chairman and CEO, Middle East and North Africa, Morgan Stanley

Sunil Kaushal
Regional Chief Executive Officer, Africa and Middle East, Standard Chartered

Vivek Kudva
Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East, Africa and India, Franklin Templeton Investments

Jonathan Larsen
Chief Innovation Officer, Ping An Group

David Lubinski
Senior Program Officer, Payment Infrastructure, Financial Services for the Poor (FSP), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dato' Mohamed Rafique Merican
Group Chief Executive Officer, Islamic Banking, Maybank

Mouayed Makhlouf
Director, Middle East and North Africa, International Finance Corporation

Shayne Nelson
Group CEO, Emirates NBD

Asif Raza
Head of Corporate Banking MENA, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia and CIS, J.P. Morgan

Harsha Rodrigues
Chief Strategy Officer, Women's World Banking

Pawel Stefanski
Financial Services Sector Leader, Middle East and Africa, IBM

Hong Yin
Deputy Head of Urban Finance Research Institute, ICBC

Roula Khalaf
Deputy Editor, Financial Times

Andrew England
Middle East Editor, Financial Times

Hadley Gamble
Anchor, CNBC

James King
Africa and Middle East Editor, The Banker

Yuri Bender
Editor-in-Chief, PWM (Professional Wealth Management)

2019 Sponsors and Partners

PRESENTED BY:
• Financial Times

ORGANISED BY:
• Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Maybank
• Standard Chartered

GOLD SPONSOR:
• IG

PARTNER PUBLICATIONS:
• The Banker
• FDI
• PWM

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• KBA
• African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
• The Business Year
• Dubai