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Qatar Fintech Summit, a Virtual Expo and Summit on Fintech, will take place on 24 August 2021.
Qatar Fintech Summit is the definitive meeting place facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue with power packed networking opportunities among C-Level executives, leading industry experts, decision makers, policy makers and government officials from across the value chain to foster collaboration, discuss current challenges, business opportunities, develop market strategies, share knowledge and identify solutions aimed at shaping the future of Fintech.
The financial industry with its banking activities, is one of the key sectors of Qatar's Economy. Fintech holds considerable opportunities for economic diversification and is one of the four pillars of Qatar’s National Vision 2030. The Islamic Fintech sector in Qatar is on track to grow at a CAGR of 19.6% and is expected to be worth billions by 2025.
Ongoing social distancing and other precautionary requirements have forced traditional financial institutions, especially in the MENA region, to hasten the implementation of their digital transformation plans, with customers and businesses demonstrating a heightened level of engagement with Fintech. Accelerated digitization, with banks embracing new Fintech strategies have enabled them to develop products and services that meet existing and ever-changing customer and regulatory requirements, overcome current market challenges, while building resilient systems and enhancing operational efficiencies. Fintech solutions will have to play an ongoing role in the economic recovery, while accelerating the emergence of an inclusive, robust and innovative financial services industry.
A New Way to Experience a Summit
A virtual event works very much the same as our in-person events, with many of the physical features transferring across to the digital experience. The event will enable you to view the presenters live or catchup through recordings and visit vendors booths and network with anyone on the platform.
All you need is a desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone, and you can digitally attend from the safety and comfort of your office or home. The Event will start on 24 August 2021, 10:00hrs Arabian Standard Time or GMT +3, to ensure global attendance from all time zones.
The Qatar Fintech Summit will feature an expansive line-up of stellar speakers, case studies, panel discussions, engaging discussions, unique presentations providing access to a wealth of industry leading knowledge, sharing best practices and experiences, spotlighting trends, information exchange, cutting-edge insights and outlooks with actionable takeaways.
The cutting-edge agenda at Qatar Fintech Summit will explore trends driving innovation, optimization and improvement across the industry from financial inclusion, digital transformation, retail banking, customer experience, Islamic banking, insuretech, blockchain, cyber security, regtech and more.
The Event will also feature a comprehensive B2B Expo and will showcase an array of avant-garde solutions, specific, transverse and latest technologies, cutting edge innovation, cost-effective products and services to meet the requirements.
Collaboration between banks and fintech startups are instrumental in driving digitalization. There will be a special focus on promoting startups at the Qatar Fintech Summit.
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H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Saud AL Thani
Executive Director
Qatar Central Bank
H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Saud AL Thani
Executive Director
Qatar Central Bank
Speakers
Waleed Ali
Digital Government Specialist
Ministry of Transport and Communications
State of Qatar
Waleed Ali
Digital Government Specialist
Ministry of Transport and Communications
State of Qatar
TOPIC : Digital transformation and the future of banking
Waleed Ali is a digital transformation projects specialist, working on a portfolio of projects aligned with the strategic objectives of the digital government strategy in Qatar. He is also a member of the Fintech workforce.
Mr. Ali specialties include E-Government, service design, digital government strategies, change management and government digital transformation. Prior to joining MoTC Qatar in 2015, Waleed has 12+ in the Information Communication Technology field in the private sector.
He received his M.Sc. degree in Information Technology Management form University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) in 2010. He is a registered overseas member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) in Japan. He is also certified Blockchain Business Foundation form Blockchain training alliance, and certified Innovation Ecosystem builder form the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
In addition to his professional career, Waleed is an active researcher in the field of Digital Innovation, Cloud computing, FinTech, ICT4Dvelopment, sustainable development and emerging technologies.
Sholthana Begum
Special Adviser - Innovation and RegTech
Bank of England
Sholthana Begum
Special Adviser - Innovation and RegTech
Bank of England
TOPIC : RegTech and Innovation in Central Banking
Sholthana is the special adviser in Innovation and Regulatory Technology (RegTech) at the Bank of England.
Prior to her appointment, Sholthana was the Head of Innovation and RegTech at the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
Her background is varied, with spells as a senior risk specialist, markets practitioner and accountant. Sholthana is an experienced technologist, influencer and innovative leader.
The influence of Sholthana is substantial, and as a result she was named in the 2021 DataIQ power list of the most influential people in Data. Sholthana was also named in the 2021 women in Fintech Power list.
Sholthana is recognised as a thought leader and considered a pioneer of RegTech and SupTech in the Bank of England. Sholthana’s counsel and advice is often sought after by other Central Banks as well as other public and private sector organisations across the globe. Sholthana has also been a visiting speaker at renowned universities.
Her achievements in RegTech have been widely recognised, most notably through her acceptance of the Tech Forward award in the 2019 Central Banking Awards hosted in Singapore.
Alan Ainsworth
Head of Policy
Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE)
Alan Ainsworth
Head of Policy
Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE)
TOPIC : Open Banking in the UK
Alan Ainsworth is Head of Policy at the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE). OBIE was set up by the UK’s competition regulator the Competition and Markets Authority to develop open banking standards and ensure effective implementation by the UK’s biggest banks, with the aim of driving competition and innovation in retail banking. Alan has led the work of the OBIE in focusing on the customer’s ease-of-use when using open banking, and was instrumental in adding app-to-app authentication and the Customer Experience Guidelines to the Open Banking Standard.
Alan is responsible for engaging with participants to develop the requirements for the Open Banking Standard, for external communications and regulatory relations.
Alan has been interested in and involved in open data for financial services since the early days of the UK’s “midata” programme in 2011, where he was an original Steering Group Member. He has advised businesses on payments and open banking legislation including the Interchange Fee Regulation and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
Alan spent much of his career at Barclays, where he had senior roles in payments, retail banking, citizenship and government relations. He has also worked at global payments business Paysafe.
Xavier Lavayssière
Digital Finance Expert
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Xavier Lavayssière
Digital Finance Expert
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
TOPIC : Defi and Financial Institutions: towards a successful collaboration?
Xavier Lavayssière is a digital finance expert at the Digital Advisory Unit of the IMF. Graduated in Business Public Law and Computer Science, Xavier has participated since 2014 in the development of research and education programs on digital assets, blockchains technologies and their regulatory implications.
Monika Olszówka
Business Development Manager
Comarch
Monika Olszówka
Business Development Manager
Comarch
TOPIC : Digital transformation and the future of the SME Banking: how to win the SMEs in the Fintech era?
Monika Olszówka - Business Development Manager at Comarch (est. 1993), a global provider of innovative software and IT services for financial institutions worldwide. Monika has worked with a number of reputable banks and financial institutions on digital transformation projects specifically around the adoption of innovative technologies such as cloud computing and AI based solutions. Currently her main focus is to support banks in their digitalisation efforts in the areas of retail, SME, corporate and private banking across the Middle East region.
Monika holds a Masters degree in European Politics from University College London and a Bachelor degree in Management from Jagiellonian University, Poland. She took part in the ‘Erasmus’ student exchange Programme and has lived in 3 different countries. Monika is fluent in English, Polish and Finnish.
Jeremy K. Balkin
Managing Director, Global Head of FinTech and Innovation for Wholesale Payments
JP Morgan
Jeremy K. Balkin
Managing Director, Global Head of FinTech and Innovation for Wholesale Payments
JP Morgan
Jeremy K. Balkin serves as the Global Head of FinTech and Innovation for Wholesale Payments at JPMorgan Chase. His team have responsibilities for identifying growth and investment opportunities for the firm in the fast-paced multi trillion-dollar global payments universe. The team are headquartered in New York, with local coverage in Asia, Europe, Middle East and The Americas.
Jeremy came to the firm from HSBC where he served as the Head of Innovation & Strategic Digital Partnerships. He is an international executive with two decades of experience in financial services leading innovation and strategic change across large complex organizations. Jeremy is a globally recognized thought leader on ethics in banking, innovation and the strategic engagement of Millennials in financial services.
Jeremy is also the multi-award winning author of two books, Millennialization of Everything: How to Win When Millennials Rule the World and Investing with Impact: Why Finance is a Force for Good. He also serves on the advisory board of the Samsung Council for Emerging Technology.
Jeremy holds a Masters in Applied Finance from FINSIA, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and Executive Education in Global Leadership & Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School. He has run six marathons and is the father of twins.
Abdulkarim Abughali
VP Sales & Operations, MEA
Obrela Security Industries
Abdulkarim Abughali
VP Sales & Operations, MEA
Obrela Security Industries
TOPIC : Secure your assets and reputation by identifying risks not only threats, Obrela Security Industries MDR, We keep your business in business
AbdulKarim Abughali (Karim) is currently the VP of Sales and Operations at Obrela Security Industries for the Middle East and Africa.
Karim is an entrepreneur and highly accomplished expert in the IT and IT Security. Karim has more than 20 years of solid experience with track record in senior positions in the Middle East and Africa for Multinational Companies like Siemens, Juniper Networks, Splunk and currently with Obrela Security Industries.
Karim holds a bachelor’s degree in computer Engineering and MBA in the International Business.
Nadja Zilic
Enterprise Presales Engineer
Infobip
Nadja Zilic
Enterprise Presales Engineer
Infobip
TOPIC : What Happens when you enable Chatbots and Digital Contact Centers?
As an Enterprise Presales Engineer at Infobip, Nadja works with corporations to reinvent their communication strategy by making it cost-effective and enhancing the customer experience. Nadja has worked with some of the most reputable banks across the Middle East region on digital transformation projects – specifically around adopting digital communication channels and innovative technologies such as AI chatbots and cloud contact centers.
As an industry practitioner, she will share insights on how financial institutions can deliver superior digital experiences, financial flexibility, and convenience with a personalized human touch to create connected customer experiences.
Ronit Ghose
Global Head, Banking, Fintech & Digital Assets
Citi Global Insights
Ronit Ghose
Global Head, Banking, Fintech & Digital Assets
Citi Global Insights
TOPIC : Future of Money: CBDC’s, Crypto and 21st Century Cash
Ronit is the lead author of Citi's GPS Bank of the Future and FinTech report series - the first edition has had more than 350,000 downloads making it the most read report ever published by Citi, and one of the most read FinTech reports ever published. Since joining Citi in 1997, Ronit has covered banks in the Americas, Asia and EMEA. He is also an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship.
Ronit previously worked at the British Bankers’ Association and as a research assistant in Parliament. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford, a postgraduate diploma from University of London and is a CFA charterholder.
Suleiman Barada
Senior Advisor & Head of UABdigital
Union of Arab Banks
Suleiman Barada
Senior Advisor & Head of UABdigital
Union of Arab Banks
TOPIC : The Arab Region CBDC Launchpad, The Socio-economic Motivations for Accelerated Pan-Arab Adoption
Suleiman Barada is an Independent Technology Business Strategist. A Sr. Advisor at the Union of Arab Banks where he spearheads the inception of the Digital Transformation Unit with Ecosystem-wide vision and mission, and a mandate to leaving no financial institution behind in the Digital Economy within the Arab countries.
Suleiman is an Ecosystem Architect with focus on value creation and practices a purpose-driven methodology to developing and executing Digital Business Transformation roadmaps while being entirely focused on Benefits Realization and the way they can be measured, attained, and sustained. Suleiman has worked with a wide variety of technology vendors such as SAP, IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft, and possesses a thorough understanding of the global tech ecosystem and their characteristics.
Suleiman has acted in various capacities and has led and scaled several businesses in the region with a solid track record in significantly growing companies right from inception with evident turnaround capabilities. Suleiman is regarded as a trusted advisor to clients, partners, and peers and is adept at extending the most relevant advisory, independent of situation or industry.
Certified Digital Transformation Advisor, Six Sigma Yellow Belt, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2005 — collective credentials indicative of his commitment to leveraging best practices and applying standards to his advisory engagements. Suleiman’s cross-industry experience includes Defense, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Higher Education, Construction, Facilities Management, Telco, Utilities, and Retail sectors.
Hamid Rashid
Founder
FINTERRA
Hamid Rashid
Founder
FINTERRA
TOPIC : The Future of Islamic Fintech
Hamid Rashid is the Founder of the award winning Blockchain R&D technology organization FINTERRA.
Responsible for developing the first ever Waqf Chain, a crowd funding platform for Waqf development built on the blockchain, as well as the Gallactic Blockchain, he successfully runs corporate offices in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates.
A specialist in technology IP development, technology commercialization, venture capital investment and property investments, Hamid is an accomplished hands-on strategic visionary, who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to create brands that deliver strong tangible results to stakeholders. Having served for the likes of corporate giants as HP and Petronas, he has established a record of outperformance across an array of financial strategies and products.
Hamid has over eighteen years of Technology Consulting experience in Enterprise Software Business Management and Business Development within the B2B and B2C sectors. He excels in strategic Business Planning, development, Business P&L, People Management, Partner Eco-system Management and Service Desk. He speaks four languages and takes pride to have lived for more than five years in each continent which has shaped him into a real thought leader and just like blockchain, he prides himself on being a decentralised global citizen.
Equipped with a master’s degree in IT and Management, and a Certificate in Organizational Leadership, he is regularly invited to speak by leading institutions such as the World Bank, WIEF, UNHCR, IsDB, Securities Commissions, Central Banks at leading international conferences and forums. He is also often quoted by the likes of Thomson Reuters, The Edge, Salaam Gateway, New Straits Times, Malaysian Business and has been featured on the front cover of White Collar Magazine. Hamid has also appeared on Dubai TV, CNBC, Bernama TV, and many other channels speaking on Fintech globally.
Imran Chowdhury
Global Data Protection Officer
Al Jazeera Media Network
Imran Chowdhury
Global Data Protection Officer
Al Jazeera Media Network
TOPIC : Developing a culture of cybersecurity consciousness
Imran Chowdhury is a data trust professional with extensive experience in Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Governance. Imran brings together a diverse professional experience of over 25 years in technology in establishing data trust. When asked, he says he likes to connect dots. His expertise in business architecture, portfolio management, service management, project management, governance, risk, and compliance comes together in his work with an entrepreneurship spirit. His own experience in establishing a digital-first organization gives him a unique insight to establish the right level of governance as an organization moves from inception to maturity. Imran feels passionate about user trust in the digital world and believes that the organization needs to establish that trust with its users. Imran is the Global Data Protection Officer at Al Jazeera Media Network, where he launched the Privacy function.
Dr. R. Seetharaman
Chief Executive Officer
Doha Bank
Dr. R. Seetharaman
Chief Executive Officer
Doha Bank
TOPIC : The Future of mobile and digital only banking
Dr. R. Seetharaman, Chief Executive Officer of Doha Bank since 2007, is a prominent personality in the banking industry throughout the Middle East, an economic expert who has achieved remarkable success for his contributions to Banking, Trade, Investment, Economics, Environment, Social responsibility, Philanthropy and Charity.
He is a Chartered Accountant and holds certificate in IT systems and Corporate Management, whilst being a Gold medallist in his graduation Bachelor of Commerce.
He is recipient of multiple doctorates from leading universities of the world, including 3 PhD’s.
In 2017, he was recognized and conferred by the Government of India with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians by the Government of India.
Dr. R. Seetharaman was honoured with the “Green Economy Visionary Award” in 2016 by Union of Arab Banks for his contribution in promoting Green economies. He was also honoured “Global Excellence Award in Renewable Energy 2017” by the Energy and Environment Foundation.
He was conferred with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by The Banker Middle East to honour his contribution to the industry and his support for the environment and the business.
He was also conferred “Life time Achievement Award” from the Institute of Directors at the Global Summit.
He has been named "Best CEO in Middle East" Six times in the last 15 years.
He is a prominent personality in the banking industry throughout the Middle East and being a high profile economist, he is invited on a regular basis by international media such as BBC, CNN, FOX, CNBC, Sky News, ABC and Bloomberg to share his views.
Shyam Mohan
Vice President, Fintechs and Enablers
Mastercard
Shyam Mohan
Vice President, Fintechs and Enablers
Mastercard
TOPIC : Fintech: Accelerating payments innovation & powering digital ecosystems
Shyam Mohan is VP, Fintech and Enablers at Mastercard, based in Dubai. He looks at Mastercard’s engagement with the fintech community supporting with relevant capabilities and partnerships.
Prior to this, Shyam was the Start Path lead for MEA where he identified, mentored, and partnered with leading later stage startups, to jointly build the future of commerce.
Shyam joined Mastercard in 2013, and previously was Prepaid Expert Sales lead for MENA and Digital Merchant Partnerships lead for MEA.
Before Mastercard, he worked with UAE Exchange in their Payments and New Markets unit. Shyam is an engineering graduate and holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore.
Helie D’Hautefort
CEO
FOOTPAY by RCS
Helie D’Hautefort
CEO
FOOTPAY by RCS
TOPIC : Digital currency :The next frontier for Football Fans
Hélie started his career as a currency option trader in New York. Following various functions in FX trading, Helie founded OAM, the first European management business offering currency overlay services. The business had grown to over USD 23b of assets under management with a client base consisting institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Since 2016 Helie focuses its swiss company RCS on the creation and deployment on the Blockchain of digital currencies for sport events. FOOTPAY is the digital currency for football international competitions. FOOTPAY is a combination of a payment infrastructure and a social network, that unites and engage all football fans from around the world. Hélie graduated from HEC Paris.
Linoy Kidd
CIO Markets Security Services
HSBC
Linoy Kidd
CIO Markets Security Services
HSBC
TOPIC : How to lead in extraordinary times
Linoy Kidd is currently working for HSBC in Dubai as the MEANT head of Markets Security Services CIO, previously she has worked in Mexico as the global markets CIO and in Hong Kong, China and London working in IT for over 23 years. She has a strong belief in making sure that the people are at the heart of her strategy in order to deliver quality service to the business. She also run Infusion100 which is a charity that walks 100km in order to raise funds to build schools. So far this charity has walked over 1500KM and built 5 schools in African, Haiti and South America.
Safarudheen Farook
Co-Founder and CEO
Spendwisor
Safarudheen Farook
Co-Founder and CEO
Spendwisor
TOPIC : The future of retail with Spendwisor app & mobile payment solutions
Safarudheen Farook is a Tech entrepreneur focusing on re-engineering the retail industry in MENA.
Innovative, Entrepreneur, FinTech enthusiastic, recognized for E-Commerce & FinTech thought leadership, he is a seasoned professional with 15 + Years of ICT and Fintech market expertise.
He successfully founded startups in Qatar and UAE in Fintech mobile payments, Ecommerce, wholesale market, Business to Consumer direct marketing.
Now, he is on the mission to re-engineer the shopping experience and to repair the entire retail value chain in the MENA Regions - Spendwisor
Alex Mashinsky
Founder and CEO
Celsius
Alex Mashinsky
Founder and CEO
Celsius
TOPIC : All Roads Lead to Decentralization
Alex is one of the inventors of VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) with a foundational patent dating back to 1994 and is now working on MOIP (Money Over Internet Protocol) technology. Over 35 patents have been issued to Alex, relating to exchanges, VOIP protocols, messaging and communication.
Alex is a serial entrepreneur and founder of seven New York City-based startups, raising more than $1 billion and exiting over $3 billion. Alex founded two of New York City’s top 10 venture-backed exits since 2000: Arbinet, with a 2004 IPO that had a market capitalization of over $750 million; and Transit Wireless, valued at $1.2 billion.
Alex has received numerous awards for innovation, including being nominated twice by E&Y as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, in 2002 & 2011; Crain’s 2010 Top Entrepreneur; the prestigious 2000 Albert Einstein Technology medal; and the Technology Foresight Award for Innovation (presented in Geneva at Telecom 99).
As one of the pioneers of web-based exchanges, Alex authored patents that cover aspects of the Smart Grid, ad exchanges, Twitter, Skype, App Store, Netflix streaming concept and many other popular web companies. Additionally, Arbinet’s fundraising story was featured as a case study in 2001 by Harvard Business School.
Najma Sultana
Chief Information and Security Officer
Veem Inc.
Najma Sultana
Chief Information and Security Officer
Veem Inc.
TOPIC : Cybersecurity in the Fintech Industry
Najma Sultana currently leads IT and Cybsersecurity as Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer at Veem Inc, a San Francisco based Global Payments company that offers simple, fast, secure, seamless payments on the Veem network in over 110 countries making it easy for businesses to pay and get paid. The payments business is all about building trust and the Cybersecurity practice at Veem balances the business risk - reward decisions while being compliance driven, with industry certifications such as SOC2 and PCI-DSS, is established on strong core security capabilities and controls to defend against evolving and dynamic threats.
Prior to this assignment, she served as the Senior Director, Transformation Program Delivery and Cybersecurity at Air Canada, Canada’s flagship carrier where she helped deliver Safe, Secure, Reliable Operations, while catalyzing $19Bn in revenues having positioned 20+ new service offerings. She securely replaced the old outdated Reservation, Ticketing, Inventory and Departure Control System for Air Canada with a secure, customized, cloud-based Passenger Service System, integrating 175 applications, revamped their Customer Login Portal to provide a secure, convenient, seamless, unified customer digital identity and authentication, secured and transformed their e-commerce web site and new mobile app, architected a new secure Loyalty program developed in collaboration with 3 major Banks and partnered with 60+ leading industry players, developed in Agile Safe, securing every step of CI/CD pipeline.
Prior to this, she was the Director of Technology Planning and Programs at Hydro Ottawa, the largest local electricity distribution company in eastern Ontario, and supplier of electricity to the Nation’s capital. In her time with Hydro Ottawa, Najma upscaled technology to deliver cybersecurity prioritized business and digital transformation to prepare for energy market disruption, increased the maturity of the Cybersecurity program across all NIST framework measures with defense in depth strategy, and achieved “security by design” in the architecture and development lifecycle.
As an industry practitioner and executive, she will share a high level view of cyber threats, risks, challenges and resilient cyber defence strategies to secure data within the fintech industry.
Geoff Brooks
General Manager / Founder
First Step MEA
Geoff Brooks
General Manager / Founder
First Step MEA
TOPIC : Market Surveillance - in a post covid world, what can we do to maintain strong surveillance capabilities with many employees working from home?
Geoff has lived and worked in the region for 15 years. He founded First Step MEA two years ago to identify and deliver niche regtech and cyber security solutions to the finance sector within the region.
Thomas Schornstein
General Manager Middle East
additiv
Thomas Schornstein
General Manager Middle East
additiv
TOPIC : Embedded finance in wealth management - a platform approach
Thomas is a Member of the Executive Board of additiv AG, based in Zurich. He is responsible for additiv’s sales activities within Middle East. Thomas joined additiv from Credit Suisse AG three years ago, where he was a Managing Director within their Wealth Management Division. His positions held within Credit Suisse for the last 20 years have included Market Area and Market Group Head positions for various markets as Germany, the Netherlands, Nordics, Israel, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. Thomas has an MBA in Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich (MA UZH).
Saumitra Sehgal (Saum)
Partner
Roland Berger
Saumitra Sehgal (Saum)
Partner
Roland Berger
TOPIC : Preparing for the New Normal - What banks can learn from FinTechs
Saumitra Sehgal (Saum) is a Partner with Roland Berger. He has more than two decades of experience on topics such as growth strategy, M&A, new business and operating models, digital transformation and predictive analytics. He has advised banking, insurance and wealth management clients in the Middle East, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia and South Africa. Saum is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and holds a bachelors degree in chemical engineering.
Dr. Martin Hülsen
Principal
Roland Berger
Dr. Martin Hülsen
Principal
Roland Berger
TOPIC : Preparing for the New Normal - What banks can learn from FinTechs
Dr. Martin Hülsen is a Principal with Roland Berger Qatar. He advises a wide range of clients in the financial services sector, such as corporate banking, real estate finance and insurance. He supports his clients in creating innovative strategies, driving their digital transformation and building efficient operating models. Martin holds degrees from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Zeppelin University and HEC Paris.
Fahd Rachidy
Founder & CEO
ABAKA
Fahd Rachidy
Founder & CEO
ABAKA
TOPIC : How to apply Machine learning and deliver hyper-personalized customer experiences at Scale!
Fahd is a serial entrepreneur passionate about helping the industry creates secure financial futures for everyone and re-inventing the way the financial industry works using Artificial Intelligence. Fahd was previously co-founder of Scientificbeta.com, the leading index retirement digital platform recently acquired by SGX for $205m. Ecole Centrale, Sorbonne University, Lycée Louis Le Grand Paris.
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