OPEX 4.0 - Operational Excellence 2019 | IQPC Middle East | 16 June 2019 | Address Hotel, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Boulevard, Downtown Dubai, 31166 - Dubai - UAE

Driving business agility in an age of 4.0 technologies to achieve top-line growth
2nd Operational Excellence 4.0 addresses technical uncertainties in today’s disruptive business ecosystem and underscores how companies are developing nimble operating models to remain competitive.

Key themes include:
• Envisioning the impact of AI and automation to achieve breakthrough in operational excellence
• Adopting a horizontal approach to engaging employees and senior management to achieve operational excellence in today's disruptive landscape
• How to connect technology to business processes and people to guide investment decisions and deliver more efficient operational results

Why attend?
• Seamlessly connect technology
• Learn the impact of IoT, AI and automation in the workforce
• Gain exclusive access to C-suite executives
• Discover how businesses are adopting nimble processes

Who should attend?
• CXOs
• Process Excellence
• Operations
• Strategy
• Business Transformation

2019 Speakers

H.h Sheikh Majid Al Mualla
Divisional Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations Centre, Emirates Airline

Fadi Hindi
Chief Executive Officer, Takaful Emarat Insurance

Andrew Mortimer
Country Manager and Chief Operating Officer - Middle East Region, Barclays

Ross Maclean
Group Chief Digital Officer, Gems Global

Ashley Boots
Head of Hr Operations and Transformation, Senior Vice President, Noor Bank

Sadiq Gillani
Senior Vice President, Operations Research & Effectiveness, Emirates Airline

Lays Laraya
Director of Quality, Emerald Palace Kempinski Dubai

Damian Ellacott
Vice President - Airport Operations Control Centre, Dubai Airports & Former Red Arrows

Jay Anand
Chief Operating Officer & General Manager, Five Palm Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts

Ali Nurcan
Senior Vice President – Transformation & Delivery Management, Du

Henk Meyknecht
Chief Operating Officer Middle East & Africa, Kempinski Hotels

Ahmed Alrefaei
Chief Operating Officer, Al Masraf

Ali Khaled Alhashmi
Senior Vice President and Head of Human Resources & Centre of Excellence Group, Union National Bank

Paul Mcleod
Chief Operating Officer, Emirates Insurance Company

Zoeb Aa Madraswala
Vice President of Operation and Change Management, Abu Dhabi Finance Pjsc

Soheyl Mohammad Ziaie Kadjani
Vice President - Agile Delivery, Head of Scrum Masters Chapter, Emirates Nbd

Amar Ahluwalia
Head of Operations, Metlife

Peter Fernandes
Head of Business Excellence, Al Futtaim Group

Randa Kreidieh
Head of Operational Governance, Commercial Bank International

Abdulaziz Alshamsan
General Manager Digital Transformation, Stc Channels

Steve Snowdon
Head of Lean, Mashreq Bank, Uae

Ignacio S. Gatell
Director Business Transformation - Quality and Health, Emirates Global Aluminium

Angad Singh
Director of Business Excellence, Fetchr, Uae

Klaas Van Asten
Director Business Excellence - Asia Pacific, Lego Group

Said Amara
Head of Transformation, Nokia

Dr. Yousef Padganeh
Head Enterprise Risk Management, Commercial Bank International

Mohamed El Bassuni
Head of Change & Transformation, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Chintan Shah
Senior Manager – Continuous Improvement, Independent

Tarek Abdelkhalek
Digital Transformation Lead & Business Process Innovator, Dubai Customs

Mazin Gadir
Strategy & Organisational Transformation Advisor, Dubai Health Authority

Shikha Gupta
Senior Program Manager - Operational Excellence, Axa Insurance

Santanu Kumar Pal
Operational & Business Excellence Advisor, Enoc

Yasser Bahaa Eldin
Organization Excellence Expert, Sheikh Saqr Program for Government

Gaurav Bhandari
Assistant Vice President - Business Planning & Innovation, Damac Group

Robert Hutcherson
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Optimize Consulting, Inc.

Helen Bliss
Head of Group Operating Model, Wilko

Lee Winters
Senior Director of Strategy Optimization, Optimize Consulting, Inc.

Kumar Prasoon
Group Chief Information Officer, Al Safeer Group

2019 Sponsors & Partners

SPONSORS:
• Agile Technologies
• K2
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East
• MindMap Consulting
• Nintex
• Optimize Consulting, Inc.
• Sia Partners
• Signavio

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• ASD Media
• Big Data Vendors
• CustomerService.ae
• Eye Of Dubai
• Eye Of Riyadh
• Maritime Sky
• myUAEguide
• Oil and Gas Innovation
• Process Excellence MENA
• World Finance Informs
• Worldoils