Middle East Banking Innovation Summit 2021 | Expotrade Middle East FZ-LLC | 15 September 2021 | Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, Airport Rd - Garhoud - Dubai - UAE

The Region’s Leading Banking & Technology Event

Ten years on from the inaugural Middle East Banking Innovation Summit, growth in the fintech industry in the MENA region is continuing to gather speed. Whilst digital transformation is occurring throughout; with significant developments occurring in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Lebanon, the UAE continues to hold its position as the region’s largest fintech hub as the banking sector joins the global trend of technology transformation and intense digitization. With competition from new market entrants intensified, banks in the Middle East are quickly rising to the challenges and opportunities presented by changing consumer expectations and new regulations, forcing them to continue their development of digital capabilities and banking innovation.

The undisputed market leader in banking technology events in the region, the Summit will bring together banking leaders, fintech experts and over 450 senior financial services executives to discuss the future of digital banking across a two-day agenda hosting over 40 international and regional speakers.

2021 Speakers

Dr. Bernd van Linder
Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)

Elissar Farah Antonios
Chief Executive Officer UAE - Head of MENA Cluster, Citi

Yuri Misnik
Group Chief Technology Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Sanjay Khanna
Chief Information Officer, RAKBANK

Rashed AlOthman
Chief Information Officer, Riyad Bank

Jameel Khan
SVP – Digital & Innovation, Corporate & Investment Bank, Mashreq Bank

Sultan Altukhaim
Chief Information Security Officer, The Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB)

Maisa J Shunnar
Group Chief Digital Transformation, National Bank of Bahrain

Vikram Sandhu
Vice President - Digital, Emirates NBD

Przemysław Drzymała
EVP of Global Sales, EMEA, Financial Services Division, Comarch

Tuncay Tuncer
Group Executive Director, Online, Mobile & Head of Digital Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Prasad Mopidevi
Chief Technology Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Mohamed AlTajer
Chairman - Advisory Board, former Head of Marketing at The National Bank of Kuwait, CMO Council

Stefan Kimmel
Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)

Parthasarathy P.
EVP - Group Chief Information Security Office, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Noman Rasheed
Head of Information Technology, Dubai Islamic Bank

Manal Meshal
Head of Marketing, Ahli United Bank

Ayman AlQudsi
Chief Information Officer, United Arab Bank

Kartik Taneja
Executive Vice President - Head of Payments, Mashreq Bank

Dave Aldred
Managing Director, Treasury & Trade Head - MENA, Pakistan & Turkey, Citi

Illyas Kooliyankal
Group Chief Information Security Officer, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Petr Klimes
Global Head of Marketing, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Vijay Jaswal
CTO - Middle East & Turkey, Software AG

Celal Kavuklu
Director, Customer Advisory - Middle East & Africa, SAS

Sumanta Roy
VP & Regional Head - MEA, Tata Consultancy Services

Carlos Teixiera
Senior Principal, Global Solutions Consulting, Finastra

Jonathan Somers
Regional Director MEA, NetGuardians

Arvind Kalla
Business Head - Middle East, ValueFirst

Tharish Thahar
Business Development Manager – UAE & GCC, Comarch

Mufazzal Kajiji
Head of Mashreq Gold and Executive Vice President, Mashreq Bank

Andrew Foulds
Director of Global Clearings - EMEA Product Management, Fiserv

William Perry
Head of Financial Services, EMEA, Medallia

Jake Parsons
Financial Services Lead - GCC, ServiceNow

Manikandan Ramasamy
Digital Transformation Consultant - Banking, Comarch

Ernesto Schmitz
Banking Transformation Lead Financial Services, SAP

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta
Head of Markets, Digital, VC/FinTech, Abu Dhabi Global Market

Hussein Shafik Bahgat
Regional Chief Information Security Officer - MEA, Standard Chartered Bank

Devid Jegerson
SVP & Head - Customer Experience and Platform Development, National Bank of Fujairah

Syed Mohammad Ali Naqvi
Head of AI, Data & Analytics, Al Hilal Bank

Abhishek Saha
SVP - Head of Cards, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Shabil Basheer
Sales Engineer, ESET Middle East

Alok Gupta
Regional Head of Compliance Analytics, Global Risk Analytics, HSBC

Qasim Zuberi
Head of Digital Banking & Payments, United Arab Bank

Benazir Poonawala
SVP - Head of Marketing Retail Banking Group, Mashreq Bank

Sridhar K
Group Head of Operations, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Jagadeshwaran K.
Managing Director - Treasury & Trade Solutions, MENAPT, Transaction Services, Citi

Richie Santosdiaz
Economic Development Advisor, The Fintech Times & Fintech Power 50

Omar Faiz
Enterprise Account Executive - Middle East, Salesforce

Abdul Rehman Parkar
Head Data Management & Advance Analytics, Dubai Islamic Bank

Florian Akinbiyi
Master of Ceremony

2021 Sponsors and Partners

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Comarch

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• MDSap Tech
• Incorta

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & ANALYTICS PARTNER:
• SAS Middle East

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Tata Consultancy Services
• ServiceNow
• Software AG
• Newgen

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Fiserv
• Salesforce
• NetGuardians
• Finastra
• Medallia Limited

LUNCH SPONSOR:
• Eset

PEARL SPONSOR:
• ValueFirst

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• CRMNEXT

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Appello
• nCino
• Profile Software
• i-exceed
• Strands
• Qualitykiosk
• Clayfin
• Gupshup
• Khazna Data Center Limited
• Cedar Consulting
• Loylogic
• HID Corporation Limited

NETWORKING SPONSOR:
• Credeasy Technologies

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Tech Mahindra
• Innotech
• Synechron

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Banking Finance
• The Fintech Times
• Banking CIO Outlook
• Fintech Finance
• IBS Intelligence