The 3rd Middle East & Africa FinTech Forum 2019 | Middle East & Africa Fintech Forum | 21 February 2019 | AlNoor Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton, Al Seef District, Bldg 112, King Mohammed VI Ave, Manama, Bahrain

Venue
AlNoor Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton
AlNoor Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton, Al Seef District, Bldg 112, King Mohammed VI Ave, Manama, Bahrain

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Event Date Thu Feb 21 +03 (almost 6 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Thu Feb 21 12:00am - Thu Feb 21 9:00am
Location AlNoor Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton
Al Seef District, Bldg 112, King Mohammed VI Ave, Manama, Bahrain
Region EMEA
Details

Following the success of the 2018 edition, the MEA FinTech forum returns on the 21st February 2019.

Bringing to you an unparalleled line up of speakers, leaders, CEOs, innovators and entrepreneurs, the Third MEA FinTech Forum promises to be the most inclusive and innovative yet.

Hosted by the Central Bank of Bahrain and sponsored by ABC bank and AFS, the forum will present invited guests with a series of unparalleled, world-class experts and pioneers, governors and CEOs, leading discussions around future trends, empowerment and financial inclusion – the future of banking itself.

Speakers

2019 Speakers:

He Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj
Governor, Central Bank of Bahrain

Mr. Sael Al Waary
Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, Bank ABC

Pippa Malmgren
Former Chief Advisor to President Bush for Economic Policy and Financial Markets

Anthony Thomson
Founder of Metro Bank, Financial Services Innovator

Qamar Saleem
Global Lead for Sme and Supply Chain Finance Practice, IFC (World Bank Group)

Dan Cobley
Fintech Entrepreneur and Former Managing Director of Google UK and Ireland

Dr. Ayesha Khanna
Expert in Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and Fintech

B. Chandrasekhar
CEO, Arab Financial Services

David A. Smith
Chief Executive, Global Feature and Foresight

Dr. Linda Yueh
Global Economy from a Fintech Perspective

Rohit Talwar
Chief Executive, Fast Future

Brett King
Founder of Moven and International Bestselling Author

Alastair Lukies
Businessman and Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Monitise

Thomas Blood
Amazon Web Services

Henri Arslanian
Expert in Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and Fintech

Alexandra Frean
Head of Corporate Affairs, Starling Bank

Aaron Heslehurst (Moderator)
BBC World News Anchor/presenter

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Partners

• Central Bank of Bahrain
• afs
• Bank ABC