Middle East Securities Forum 2017 | 15 May 2017 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Middle East Securities Forum is the only custodian and securities forum gathering C-level, Directors and senior level attendance from sovereign wealth funds, government bodies, stock exchanges, asset management firms, hedge funds and other investment firms, brokers, private equity and venture capital firms from across the MENA region and beyond.

Speakers for 2017

Samer Abu Aker
SEDCO Capital
Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Firas Abi Ali
IHS Markit
Head of MENA Country Risk and Forecasting

Khalid AlZaabi
Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA)
Director of Supervision Department

Alissa Amico
GOVERN, Economic and Corporate Governance Center
Managing Director

Robert Ansari
MSCI
Executive Director and Head of the Middle East Client Coverage Team

Charbel Azzi
S&P Dow Jones Indices
Senior Director Middle East, Africa, Turkey, Russia, & CIS

Navin D’souza
Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation
Director of Operations

Reto Faber
Citi
Head of Direct Custody and Clearing EMEA

Seif Fikry
Afkar Capital Limited
Chief Executive Officer

Farah Foustok
Lazard Gulf Ltd
Chief Executive Officer

Fathi Ben Grira
MENACORP
Chief Executive Officer

Faisal Hasan, CFA
KAMCO Investment Company (KAMCO)
Head of Investments Research

Zafar Ullah Khan
Albilad Capital
Head of Securities Services

Racha Al Khawaja
MENACORP
Head - Institutional coverage

Amir Merchant
Sovereign Gulf Partners
Chief Executive Officer

Marie Salem
FFA Private Bank
Director, Capital Markets

Eric Salomons
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Director, Head of Markets

Talal F. Samhouri, CFA
Amwal
Head of Asset Management

Ali Taqi
Rasmala
Head of Equities

Gunsel Topbas
Citi
Head of Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey

Sponsors for 2017

Associate Sponsor:
citi

Silver Sponsor:
Albilad Capital

Cocktail Host Sponsor:
IP Global

Lunch Sponsor:
QNB