Seamless Middle East Awards 2021 | Terrapinn Holdings Ltd. | 29 September 2021 | Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Trade CentreTrade Centre 2 - Dubai - UAE

The Seamless Awards are the leading awards for the payments, fintech, retail and e-commerce industry.

Our mission is to identify and reward those companies and individuals who have demonstrated an unparalleled ability to succeed, continually set standards of excellence and who will be the future stars of the industry.

For 21 years Seamless has been a meeting place for the brightest and most innovative minds across the payments, fintech, banking, retail, e-commerce, cards and identity industries.

2021 Speakers

Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo
SVP Mena, Checkout.com

Mahmoud Fawzy Abdel Ghany Yassin
Head of Global Transaction Banking, Commercial Banking, Commercial International Bank-Egypt

Mohamed Abdel Hamid Abdel-Razek
Chief Information Officer-Africa, Middle East & Islamic Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Shaikha Abdulla Alnuaimi
Commercial Operation Executive Director, Ajman Free Zone (AFZA)

Sadeq Abdulrasool
Chief Digital Officer, Homiez.me

Humza Abid Khan
Chief Operating Officer, Snoonu Trading and Services

Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Secretary General, League of Arab States

Ahmad Abu Eideh
Chief Executive Officer, United Arab Bank

Mohammed Abuhamra
Senior Manager-Information Technology, DP World

Khaled Adawi
Vice President, Elite Brands

Mohsen Ahmad Al Awadhi
Chief Executive Officer Logistics District, Dubai South

Altaf Ahmed
Director, Retail IOT Channels & Payment Solutions, Etisalat

Mithil Ajmera
Chief Marketing Officer-Ecommerce, Danube Home LLC

Flo Akinbiyi
Event Moderator & Communication Coach, Akinbiyi Group Fze

Layal Akour
Ceo, the Giving Movement

Mahmoud Akrin
Founder & Ceo, Gobazzar Dmcc

Humaid Al Attar
Executive Vice President, Al Maryah Community Bank

Khaled Al Brahim
Head of Acquiring, Arab National Bank

Ahmed Al Brahim
Chief Commercial and Customer Officer, Flyadeal

Hany Al Deeb
Managing Director, Bpc Smart Vista

Ahmad Al Haddad
Chief Operating Officer, Parks and Zones, Dp World

Sultan Al Hamidi
Executive Vice President, Social Development Bank

Faisal Al Haroun
Head of Growth & Partnerships, Tap Payments

Ali Al Jabri
Manager Payments Systems Department, Central Bank of Oman

Rashed Al Mulla
Vice President, Marketing, Dubai Commercity

Ebraheem Al Samadi
Ceo, Forever Rose

Suaad Al Shamsi
Director - Digital Services Development, Tdra

Mahmoud Al Shari
Founder & Ceo, Fit & Shop

Mr Ahmed Alaradi
Regional Head of Growth & Business Development, Tap Payments

Ahmed Alenazi
Chief Executive Officer, Stc Pay

Hamad Alhajri
Co-founder and Ceo, Snoonu Trading and Services

Hussain Ali Lawati
Acting Chief Corporate Banking, Bankdhofar

William Allison
Head of Logistics, Dubai Commercity

Waleed Almoajil
Head of Islamic Banking, Arab National Bank

Bassel Al-nahlaoui
Managing Director - Mobility, Careem

Ayman Alqudsi
Cio, United Arab Bank

Alaa Alrousan
Senior Account Director, Swift

Mohammed Shael Alsaadi
Chief Executive Officer - Corporate Strategic Affairs Sector, Dubai Economy

Ziad Alshobaki
Co-founder, Gofinance

Kamuran Altinbilek
Chief Marketing Officer, Payolog

Tomas Antolik
Director of Sales - Emea, Innovatrics S.r.o.

Fares Antoun
Head of Cards, Bank of Beirut

Samah Anwar
Fi Partnerships Executive, Western Union

Hasan Askari
Programs Director & Advisor, Qatar Fintech

Furqan Athar
Managing Director, Spret Retail

George Azar
Ceo, Hicart

Rachel Bamaniya
Head of Digital Marketing, Olayan Food Division

Ramy Barakat
Store Director, Saint Laurent (Ysl) - Kering Group

Tarek Barakat
Marketing Director, Beside Group

Paolo Barbesino
Senior Vice President and Head of Multichannel Banking, Emirates Nbd

Rashid Basheer
Head - Digital Channels, Al Ansari Exchange

Yan Bechet
Head of Client Coverage, Hsbc

Sameh Behairy
Digital Innovation Manager, Banque Misr

Souad Benkredda
Managing Director, Board Member of Standard Chartered Saudi Arabia, Global Head Strategic Investor Group Sales, Standard Chartered Bank

Sayra Berirmen
Digital Innovation Director, Reem Mall

Hassan Bharmal
Digitalization Consultant, Global Transaction Banking

Kartik Bhatt
Chief Operating Officer, Sharaf Retail

Frederik Bisbjerg
Director, Digitalization & Innovation, National Health Insurance Company - Daman

Mohammad Bitar
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Al Ansari Exchange

Louise Blake
Vice President of Data, Seera Group

Dunia Bounader
Founder & Strategist, Arts & the City Fze

David Boye-doku
Co-founder, Paybox

Katharine Budd
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Now Money

Hussein Buhaliqah
Group Chief Information Officer, Gulf International Bank B.s.c.

Piyush Chowhan
Group Chief Information Officer, Lulu International

Stan Cole
Head of Financial Institutions, Inpay a/s

Fatih Coskun
Ceo & Founder, Sanction Scanner

Stefano Crotti
Head of Logistics Mena, Nestle

Pawel Dabrowski
Omnichannel Director, Nahdi Medical Company

Karim Dakki
Co-founder & Cro, Klaim.ai

Malek Dardour
Cluster Head of Gcc, Henkel

Bijna Kotak Dasani
Mbe, Frsa, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Mark Rennie Davis
Chief Advisor and Founder, Advistic Consulting and Solutions

Murat Demiroglu
Board Member, Nebim Software

Bart Denolf
Adviser to the Board, Sacoor Brothers

Pierre-marie Desbazeille
Vp Digital/customer Experience, Al Futtaim Group

Conor Devane
Marketing Director, P.a.x. Technology Ltd

Dilip Deverayasamudram
President of Sales & Strategy, Giift

Joanne Dewar
Ceo Global Processing Services, Global Processing Services

Gaurav Dhar
Chief Executive Officer, Marshal Fintech Partners

Nena Dokuzov
Head of Project Group for New Economy & Blockchain Technology, Ministry of Economic Development & Technology

Leonid Dovladbegyan
Managing Director, X5 Group

Timothy Earnest
Group Director/ceo, Al-futtaim Malls

Ibrahim Eid
Co-founder & Coo, Valify Solutions

Karim El Alaili
E-commerce Director, Noha Nabil Beaty

Faten El Azhary
Head of Digital Customer Support Department, Kamal Osman Jamjoom

Dr. Nihal El Daly
Managing Director, Axellerus Consultants

Samer El Sahn
Chief Product Officer, Nana

Stephen Richards Evans
Regional-ceo, Aleta Planet Fz Llc

Jean Claude Farah
President, Emea and Apac Region, Western Union

Craig Fernandes
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lock&stock

Devere Forster
Chief Operating Officer, Dubai Commercity

Latifa Fouz
Senior Marketing Manager, Reem Mall

Edmund Frey
Chief Revenue Officer, Spryker Systems

Pawan Gadia
Chief Executive Officer - Retail and Online, Ferns N Petals

Nicola Garelli
Ceo, Beema Insurance

Huny Garg
Executive Director, Swift

Rohit Garg
Executive Vice President and Head Business Banking, Emirates Nbd

Parag Gathani
Founder & Ceo, Hundred

Peter George
Managing Director, Amazon Payment Services

Vinay Gokaldas
Ceo, Pasiv Financial Ltd

Donal Greene
Product Evangelist, Innovatrics

Franck Guellerin
Director Mena, Mirakl

Neeraj Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, Policybazaar.com

Kunal Gupta
Director - Supply Chain, Bateel International

Toon Gyssels
Chief Operations Officer, Talabat

Benjamin Haas
Senior Director Sales Emea Financial Industry, Idnow Gmbh

Sayed Habib
Head of Ecommerce, Danube Home

Raed Hafez
Ceo, Elgrocer

Hasan Haider
Managing Partner, +vc

Jad Halaoui
Co Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Washmen

Kate Hardcastle
Professional Speaker, Media Spokesperson and Commentator, Insight With Passion Ltd

Utku Hasdemir
Head of Ebusiness, Nestlé Mena

Katral Nada Hassan
Head of Product & Innovation, Yap Uae

Sarmad Hassan
Country Manager, Redbox Digital

Walid Hassouna
Chief Executive Officer, Efg Hermes Finance

Vilhelm Hedberg
Founder, Ekar

Vanessa Hinton
General Manager Marketing, Nakheel Malls

Mamoun Hmedan
Managing Director of Mena and India, Wego

Michael Hraschan
Director Product Management, Toppan Gravity Limited

Nabil Ibenbrahim
Deputy Managing Director, Hps

Shafique Ibrahim
Chief Digital Information Officer, Al Fardan Group

Ali Imran
Head of Transaction Banking & Digital Services, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Motasim Hasan Iqbal
Regional Head - Transaction Banking Sales Mena, Standard Chartered Bank

Sabiha Iqbal
Lead for Build Experience, Accenture Interactive

Moath Ismail
Vice President Digital Banking Cismea, Thales

Ahmed Issa
Chief Executive Officer - Retail Banking, Commercial International Bank - Egypt

Siddhaarth Iyer
Head of Digital, Axa

Sowmya Iyer
Founder and Ceo, Dvio Digital

Azzam Jarad
Chief Technology Officer, Sporter.com

Ekta Kamran
General Manager, Apparel Group

Aleksandr Karapetyan
Brand and Operations Manager, Apparel Group

Abe Karar
Digital Transformation Advisor, Fintech Galaxy

Natalija Karavajeva
Crm Manager, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group L.l.c.

Pawan Kaura
Head - Ecommerce Operations, Landmark Group

Lovrenc Kessler
Managing Partner, Simon-kucher & Partners

Leena Khalil
Cco/co-founder, Mumzworld.com

Farbod Khamooshi
Founder, Adstostick

Masood Khan
Ceo, Yap Uae

Khaliq Khan
Managing Director, Accenture

Umar Khan
Senior Digital Strategist, Nakheel Malls

Mahmood Khan
Commercial Director - Mea & Cis, Chopard Parfums - Mea

Meenakshi Khanchandani
Marketing Lead, Aviv Clinics

Sanjay Khanna
Chief Information Officer, Rakbank

Zaid Kidwai
Chief Executive Officer, Strabl

Johnny Kollin
Founder & Managing Director, Varri Consultancy

Nalini Kothari
Group Lead – Business Intelligence & Data Strategy, Emaar Properties Pjsc

Mohammed Tarik Koubaa
Head of Technology Business Management, Quality & Services, Emirates Nbd

Omar Koudsi
Ceo, Makane

Swethal Kumar
Founder, Startupscale360 Fzco

Apoorva Kumar
Senior Vice President of Logistics Services, Jumia Group

Sachin Lalla
Chief Executive Officer, Liquid

Jalil Laraki
Head of Digital Programs & Products - Mea, Western Union

Warren Larey
Chief Marketing Officer, Dubaipetfood.com

Guillaume Leclerc
Senior Pre-sales Consultant, Hps

Tj Lightwala
Lead for Experience Services, Accenture Interactive

Jan Pieter Lips
Head of Global Unified Commerce, Adyen

Hugo Liu
Sales Manager, Geek+

Renata Liuzzi
Ceo, Axis Partners

Basil Macklai
Head of Middle East, Idnow

Ross Maclean
Group Chief Executive Officer, the Collective

Vineet Madan
Former Head of Retail Banking & Deputy Regional Manager, Banque Misr

Damon Madden
Principal Sales Specialist, Aci Worldwide

Amit Malhotra
Personal Banking Group General Manager, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Hamad Malik
Chief Marketing Officer, Starz Play

Roberto Mancone
Ceo, Batelco Financial Services

Kalana Meneripitiya
Chief Executive Officer, Fipbox

Hisham Mohamed Aly
Chief Information Security Officer, Emirates Nbd

Cyril Mohapatra
Previous Head - Direct Banking, Bank Sohar

Krishna Moorthy
Head - Logistics, Pan Emirates Home Furnishings

Marwan Moukarzel
Chief Executive Officer, Fawaz Al Hokair Retail Group

Malek Mroueh
Vice President & Regional Head, Tsys

Vibhor Mundhada
Svp: Head of Merchant Acquiring Business, Strategic Alliances, Digital Payments and Wallets, Mashreqbank P.s.c.

Salah Mustafa
Vice President Digital Marketing, Wego

Navin Narayan
Chief Executive Officer, Acme Intralog Fzco

Eihab Nassier
Ceo, Saee

Ahmed Nawasrah
Chief Executive Officer, Mawdoo3

Katherine Newcombe
Partner and Head of Regional Practice, Change Management Group

Roxana Nicolescu
Brand Marketing Director, Wego

Richard Nicoll
Chief Strategy Officer, Liquid Media and Marketing

Farshad Nowshadi
Vice President Estrategy, Saman Bank Corp

Alexy Osipov
Evp & Managing Director, Mea, Compass Plus Ltd

Othmane Oubrahim
Head of Brand Marketing, Vivo

Rajesh Pai
Associate Director, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Dubai Campus

Ravinder Pal Singh
Founder & Managing Director, Gokaddal Technologies

Ashish Panjabi
Chief Operating Officer, Jacky's Group of Companies

Francisco Pellegrini
Ceo, Yalla Baby Box

Brendan Peo
Chief Operating Officer, Vaimo

Mazen Ghassan Pharaon
Chief Digital Officer, Riyad Bank

Monika Prasad
Marketing & Communications Manager, Design Infinity

Junaid Ali Qureshi
Chief Technology Officer, Dubaipetfood.com

Rahat Rana
Regional Director - Middle East, Lexisnexis Risk Solutions

Abhishek Ranjan
Chief Technology Officer, Csc E-governance Services, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Abhishek Rao
Head of E-commerce, Barakatfresh

Prakash Rao
Group Head Supply Chain - Projects & Home Operations, Landmark Group

Arnav Rath
Head of Mena, Gps

Jonathan Rawling
Chief Financial Officer, Yallacompare

Intiqab Rawoof
Founder & Ceo, Premier Fintech Llc

Lamia Riabi
Senior Manager of Operations International, Attijaribank Tunisia

Nada Rizkallah
Deputy General Manager - Head of Risk Management & Strategy, Credit Libanais Sal

Guilherme Rodrigues
Avp Customer Experience and Design Lead, First Abu Dhabi Bank (Fab)

Mohamed Roushdy
Founder, Fintech Bazaar

Ahmed Saab
Chief Brand Officer, Ikea Ksa & Bahrain

Samer Saad
Regional Lead - Middle East, Appsflyer

Mohamed Sabry
Store Director, Louis Vuitton

Hani Saif
Chief Information Officer, Extra

Rachid Saihi
Group Chief Executive Officer, M2m Group

Mohammed Sajjad
Vice President E-commerce and Digital, Azadea Group

Amr Ezzat Salama
Former Minister - Secretary General Association of Arab Universities

Nadine Samra
Chief Business Officer, Weyyak by Zee Entertainment

Richie Santosdiaz
Economic Development Advisor - Head of Mea, the Fintech Times

Prashant Saran
Director of Operations, Amazon Mena

Arjun Sarkar
Vice President, E-commerce Solutions, Dubai Commercity

Jan Sekerka
Ceo, Motionlab

Anannya Sen
Head of Marketing, Namshi

Vikas Sethi
Chief Digital Officer, Gulf International Bank B.s.c.

Jad Sfeir
Coo, Thegoodlife

Mahaveer Shah
Cmo, Feitian

Mahaveer Shah
Chief Marketing Officer, Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd

Abdulrahman Shahin
Executive Vice President, Operations, Dubai Commercity

Baber Shaikh
Vice President of Engineering, Mobility, Careem

Danil Shelekhov
Ceo, Yandex.routing

Darshan Shetty
Project Lead, Upn/engagedxb, Specialist, Corporate Strategic Affairs, Dubai Department of Economic Development

Shailen Shukla
Chief Logistics Officer, Mohamed Hareb Al Otaiba Group

Pooja Singh
International Relations and Organizations Specialist, Securities & Commodities Authority

Neha Singh
Ceo, Obsess

Satej Sirur
Ceo, Rocketium

Hatem Sleiman
Regional Vice President, Western Union

Mirna Sleiman
Founder & Ceo, Fintech Galaxy

Philip Smith
Group Digital Director, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group L.l.c.

Ritesh Somani
Director, Supply Chain and Transportation, Mena, Amazon Mena

Peter Somers
Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Post Dubai

Srivatsan Sridhar
Director of Transformation, Aster Dm Healthcare

Ananth Srivatsa
Director - Remittances, Retail Banking, Rakbank

Miljan Stamenkovic
General Manager Mena, Mambu

Stephen Stanton
Chief Business Officer - Parcels and Express, Emirates Post Dubai

Sridhar Subbaraman
Founder and Owner, Oasis Insurance Group

Sridhar Sundararajan Iyer
Head of Mashreq Neo, Mashreq Bank

Shyam Sunder
Chief Marketing Officer, Eyewa

Alexander Suski
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Ishraq Hospitality

Jonty Sutton
Ceo, Redbox Digital

Moza Suwaidan
Director of Strategy and Innovation, Smart Dubai Government, Digital Dubai

Talal Tabbaa
Co Founder Coinmena and, Jibrel Network

Loai Taha
E-commerce Director, Tavola

Kartik Taneja
Head of Payments, Retail Banking Group, Mashreq

Paula Tavangar
Co-founder & Investment Director, Genesis Capital Llc

Peter Tavener
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Beehive Uae

Marc Taverner
Chief Executive Director, Inatba - International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications

Mark Tesseyman
Chief Executive Officer, Liwa Trading Enterprises Llc

Abilash Thuppale
Head - Smart Mobility & Smart Buildings, Al Naboodah Group Enterprises

Konstantinos Tsanis
Digital Transformation Expert, Ifc

Elias Tsikhlakis
Chief Operating Officer, Eyewa

John Tsioris
Chief Executive Officer, Instashop

Bernd Van Linder
Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Dharmin Ved
Chief Executive Officer, Apparel Group

Nitin Vyas
Director Solution Sales - Enterprise Business, Comviva

Hassan Waqar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Moneemint

Alexandar Williams
Director- Future Economy & Corporate Affairs Sector, Dubai Department of Economic Development

Rami Zahran
Chief Marketing Officer, Saudi German Health, Ksa

2021 Sponsor

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• Dubai Commercity