Middle East Banking Forum 2017 | Financial Times | 22 November 2017 | The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Saadiyat Island P.O. Box 54345, UAE

The UAE Banks Federation and The Banker present the fifth annual Middle East Banking Forum: Harnessing the forces of global disruption, a half-day conference that will explore the challenging new environment that banks must now operate in, and how they can make the most of it. Banking is being transformed by powerful forces. Digitisation, demanding customers, competition from unexpected quarters, cyber attacks and constantly evolving regulation. Banks that fail to adapt quickly to these trends will be left behind, or perhaps even fail. But those that embrace change by re-writing their strategies and implementing new operating models will open up a whole new world of opportunity.
Senior executives from banks in the region and further afield – as well as financial regulators, consultants and others – will come together to discuss the major challenges the industry faces. Through keynote addresses, panel sessions and on-stage interviews, our speakers and panellists will explain how those challenges can be harnessed to profitable effect. Delegates will have the chance to ask questions during the Q&A sessions, and have plenty of time to network during morning registration, the refreshments break and lunch.

If you want to know how banking is being disrupted, and the risks and benefits it is creating, join us in Abu Dhabi on 22 November.

2017 Speakers:

His Excellency Mubarak Rashed Al Mansoori
Governor, Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates

H.E. Abdul Aziz Abdulla Al-Ghurair
Chairman, UAE Banks Federation

Ralph Hamers
CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, ING

Andrei Kirilenko
Director, Centre for Global Finance and Technology, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London

Jassim Al Bastaki
Secretary General, Emirati Entrepreneurs Association

Ihab Ayoub
General Manager, Middle East and North Africa, Visa

Rabih Dabboussi
SVP, Sales, Marketing and Business Development, DarkMatter

Ronit Ghose
Managing Director, Global Banks Sector Head, Citi Research, Citigroup

Pier Luigi Gilibert
Chief Executive, European Investment Fund

Paul Gillen
Managing Director, Security Operations, Barclays

Marc Hofmann
Chief Information Security Officer, SWIFT

Brian Meenagh
Partner, Latham & Watkins

Joseph Pelrine
Owner, Metaprog

Miguel-Ángel Rodríguez-Sola
Former Chief Executive, Digital and Transformation Division, Lloyds Banking Group

Moderators:

Michael Imeson
Contributing Editor, The Banker, Financial Times Group

James King
Middle East Banking Editor, The Banker, Financial Times Group

2017 Sponsors and Partners:

LEAD:
• First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
• Emirates NBD
• ADCB
• Abu Dhabi Islamic bank
• HSBC
• Union National Bank
• Commercial Bank of Dubai
• Bank of Sharjah

EXCLUSIVE:
• VISA

Associate:
• Emirates Digital Wallet
• DarkMatter

LEGAL:
• Latham & Watkins LLP

KNOWLEDGE:
• McKinsey & Company

MEDIA:
• BT Business Today
• Daily News
• Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Magazine
• Al Bayan
• Oxford Business Group