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Mr. Al-Hussinan has more than 20 years of experience in Operations and Payments,working with SAMA representative for all Saudi payments projects related to Remittances same as SARIE RTGS, sarie IPS and GCC RTGS (AFAQ). SARIE manager at Riyad bank and the vocal point of contact with SAMA. Act Riyad Bank in the annual Sibos conference and awarded for the correspondent STP processes also one of the main stakeholder in Riyad bank ISO20022 Project

Ibrahim N. Al Zu’bi oversees ADNOC’s sustainability strategy and performance and provides strategic direction for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures and reporting. Prior to joining ADNOC, Al Zu’bi served as Chief Sustainability Officer at Majid Al Futtaim Group where he led the efforts to achieve net positive performance across the Group’s operations and raised its sustainability impact and profile in the Middle East and globally. Al Zu’bi currently serves as Chairperson of the Global Council on UN SDG 13, Vice Chair of UN Global Compact Network, UAE and Chairman of the MENA CSO network. Additionally, he is a Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Al Zu’bi is former Chairman and Vice Chairperson of the Corporate Advisory Board of the World Green Building Council and has served as a Fellow at the Posterity Institute, UK, and as West Asia Coordinator for the Youth Xchange Project of UNEP and UNESCO. He has held the role of UAE private sector representative at the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction and was a member of the UAE’s Circular Economy Council, Emirates Green Building Council, World

Vijay Bains is the Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Emirates NBD. Reporting to the Group’s Chief Executive Officer, Shayne Nelson, Vijay is responsible for the bank’s end-to-end ESG strategy including the introduction of more sustainable practices based on a thorough review of policies, processes and procedures across the Group. In his role, Vijay works closely with various business units across the bank to increase sustainable finance offerings and investments and provide customers with advisory services to support their net-zero transition. In addition, Vijay is also responsible for all the corporate governance requirements of the Group. Vijay has over 15 years of sustainability experience across the Middle East, UK, Europe and North America. Prior to joining Emirates NBD, Vijay served as Sustainable Finance Lead with KPMG, UK. He has held senior Sustainable Finance roles across leading organisations including Ernst and Young and Lloyds Bank and has extensive experience building and implementing ESG strategies and teams. Vijay has designed and marketed highly successful sustainable finance products including sustainability loans and green bonds, while advising on sustainability for IPOs, as well as designing and building ESG finance products such as mortgages, loans and insurance.

Chavan Bhogaita currently works as Managing Director & Head of Market Insights and Strategy at First Abu Dhabi Bank. Earlier, he worked with the Alternative Investments and Fixed Income teams within the bank’s Global Markets Division. He joined NBAD in 2009, specialising in GCC credit markets (bonds and sukuk) across all sectors. He has over 25 years of professional experience in banking and finance, of which 20 years have been in credit research and analysis. His previous roles include Head of Middle East Credit Research at HSBC (Dubai), Head of Credit Research at Commerzbank (London), and senior credit analyst at Bear Stearns (London), and 6 years prior to his time in financial markets were spent in the areas of corporate recovery & insolvency, audit, and corporate finance in the UK.

Isabelle Bouille is a Director and Principal Product Manager in Payments & Transaction Services for Treasury Services at BNY Mellon. She joined BNY Mellon in June 2020 and co-leads the bank’s ISO 20022 Migration strategic program from a product management capacity. Isabelle is the US representative in the CBPR+ (Cross Border Payments and Reporting Plus) Working Group and has a seat in various industry groups. Other responsibilities include ISO 20022 internal and external communication, training and testing. Isabelle joined from SWIFT where she led the SWIFT Standards Market Practice Team where she was responsible for the High Value Payments Plus (HVPS+) initiative which plays a key role in the harmonized ISO 20022 implementation by Market Infrastructures worldwide and led the Cross Border Payments and Reporting Plus project (CBPR+) which is a major pillar for a successful ISO 20022 migration in the many to many space. She also conducted several ISO 20022 consultancy missions for major RTGS Systems. Prior to joining SWIFT, Isabelle was a Corporate Product Manager for France and Belgium at Deutsche Bank.

Chris Davey is a Senior Product Manager within Treasury Services’ Global Clearing & FX team, based in J.P. Morgan’s EMEA Headquarters in London. With over 18 years’ experience in transaction banking, Chris returned to J.P. Morgan in 2018. A specialist in Clearing solutions for Financial Institutions, Chris started his career within J.P. Morgan’s Treasury Services in 2000, working within Client Services before moving into Financial Institution Sales, where he covered a range of markets in EMEA. Prior to his return to J.P. Morgan, Chris was Head of Financial Institutions Product Management for EMEA within Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Transaction Services business.

Philippe, currently based in Dubai, is a Managing Partner leading Arthur D. Little’s global Financial Services Practice. He is a core member of the “Strategy & Organization” Practice. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Philippe worked for Bain & Company, where he served as Partner & Global Head of Financial Services. He worked in leadership positions in its Boston, Brussels, Paris, and Dubai offices. From 1993 to 2016, he supported clients across many geographies, with particular emphasis on large-scale bank transformations. In addition to his consulting experience, Philippe founded a New York-based investment firm and successfully IPO a large SPAC with BlackRock on NASDAQ to deploy growth capital in domestic US community banks. Philippe holds an MBA from Tuck School at Dartmouth and a BA from Colgate University. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is fluent in French, Dutch, and English. Philippe has published several books on management and financial services and is widely published.

Gautam Dutta is the Global Head of Cash Product Management and Innovation and part of Global Transaction Banking (GTB) at FAB. He has over 25 years of experience and held various banking & finance roles in Sales & Distribution, Operations & Delivery, Consultancy Technical implementation, Project & Product Management. Prior to joining FGB, Gautam worked at HSBC for over 7 years where he worked with clients in building innovative solution and drive Channel transformation. He joined FGB in 2013 to manage Global Transaction Banking Operations and after the merger with National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Gautam heads up the Cash Management Products function. Gautam has supported Clients in establishing and building centralised Treasury functions and in house banks. He has worked in developing leading capabilities within the payments, collections and Liquidity management space including areas on Treasury centralization & Advisory services and helped clients to carve out strategic propositions across multiple geographies.

Anne-Fleur FELISSENT is Global Head of Sales for Cash Clearing since 2022. She joined Societe Generale in 2006 in the International Audit Division, where she held different positions, before moving to Global Transaction Banking in 2012. As Corporate Cash Management Global Sales, she was in charge of Large Corporates for Media & Telco, and Insurance. In 2018, she joined the Cash Clearing business line, first as deputy Head of sales for Western Europe, with a focus on French-based banks, then as Head of Sales for Western Europe and Americas in 2019.

Manish Gadia is a seasoned MNC Banker with 20 years of experience in leadership roles across Banks such as HSBC & DBS. He has led teams in product building, strategy & sales. Supply Chain Finance is where Manish had the most experience and is responsible for setting it for DBS India grounds up as part of his Product role. Throughout his tenure, he has been a builder at heart and instrumental in structuring key deals in Trade Finance, Cash Management & Supply Chain Finance. Following his adage of “Every company will be a Tech Company”, he joined Vayana Group to head the newly created “Emerging Domains” division. Vayana is amongst Asia’s largest Fintech for Supply Chain Finance. Offering Private debt Platform for RWA using DeFi rails as SaaS offering, CBDC propagation & developing stacks over world CBDC Infra, Tech & Smart Contracts for Financial Inclusion - Low Medium Income Segment, and Regulated Tokenization are some stacks his team has been working on.

Based in London, Thomas covers trade finance asset origination and distribution across the MENA region as part of the Global Transaction Banking team in Bank ABC. He has extensive experience in transacting Trade, Supply Chain and broader working capital products and is a senior member of Bank ABC's dynamic and successful Global Trade Debt & Distribution team. He holds an MSc degree from SOAS (University of London) in International Management focusing on the MENA region.

In his capacity as Chief Financial Officer of Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Niall Hannigan brings to the CFO role more than 30 years’ experience in accounting, auditing, financial management, risk management, business and financial strategy, financing, commercial negotiation and business development. He is a qualified chartered accountant and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Having worked in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and on the Indian subcontinent, Mr Hannigan has strong international and multicultural experience, and thrives on working in diverse geographies and marketplaces. He is a business-focused finance executive with a strategic mindset and a commercial outlook, having developed his skills across a variety of sectors, including renewable energy, real-estate development and services, asset management, and manufacturing sales and distribution. Prior to joining Masdar, Mr. Hannigan served as CFO for Zabeel Properties from 2008 to 2010 and was responsible for advising the board on the medium to long-term development strategy, including asset positioning, funding, development phasing, optimal development mix (across asset classes and income streams), and asset disposition strategies. He also directed business development, risk management and commercial asset management activities, while heading key commercial and financial negotiations on behalf of the company.

Jenni is the Head of Financial Institutions, FinTech and Broker Dealers for Barclays Europe. Based in Frankfurt, she leads a pan European team of dedicated coverage bankers who provide cash management, FX risk management, debt and partnership opportunities to a wide range of established and fast growth clients in these sectors.

Ali Imran is the Chief Operating Officer at Commercial Bank of Dubai and is a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee. He is responsible for designing and delivering digital capabilities, technological innovation, operational efficiencies and strategic change within the bank. Previously, Ali has held various leadership roles at ABN AMRO and the Royal Bank of Scotland. Most recently, he was a Partner at PwC, leading the customer advisory practice for Middle East Region. In addition, Ali has driven the evolution and establishment of greenfield transformation programs, developing digital delivery capabilities and fintech partnerships that connect CBD to the emerging technology ecosystem and innovation for clients.

Milind Jain is leading Marsh Credit Specialty business for Middle East & North Africa, and this includes Credit Insurance solution such as Trade Credit, Political Risk & Structured Credit and Surety. Milind joined Marsh in 2016 to lead its Trade Credit Business for MENA, which further expanded to other Credit Specialty solutions in early 2020. Milind has more than 17 years of experience in banking and credit insurance industry and have worked in India and UAE. Prior to joining Marsh, Milind worked with Coface as head of Banks & Broker Channel and with HSBC Bank India in Transaction Banking.

René Klose is the Vice President of Growth at Conpend. Previously he was the Chief Product Owner for Trade Finance at Commerzbank AG. In this role he was responsible for all digitization activities and defined the strategic direction of products, processes and services. Mr. Klose is SAFe certified. Before joining Trade Finance, Mr. Klose had several management positions including Audit, Finance and in the Business Process Outsourcing area. He was part of the BAFT Future Leaders Class 2019 of BAFT and was a mentor for the BAFT Future Leaders Class of 2020.

As EVP, Head Wholesale Digital Banking & NeoVentures, Amith leads the transformation of Mashreq Bank into a more digital and analytics[1]driven organization. He has deep business knowledge and exceptional ability to bridge the gap between business and technology realms, resulting in a seamlessly integrated approach to strategic decision making and delivery. Amith continuously seeks opportunities to digitize, automate and improve the Banks digital business models through a digital-first mindset. He looks to monetize data through AI/ML and advanced analytics, and drive digital transformation in the Wholesale Bank. A key focus for Amith is to break down silos within the Bank and create better customer experiences through digital onboarding, eKYC, and best-in-class client digital channels for internal and external clients. As CEO of NeoVentures, he is keen to explore opportunities to innovate, partner with and invest in Fintech partners and grow the ecosystem. In a 23+ year career, Amith has moved seamlessly between business and technology. Prior to Mashreq Bank, Amith was in Standard Chartered, Singapore for close to 10 years in diverse roles. Before that he was in Consulting in the US, UK and Germany and began his career as a Derivatives Trader in India. Keynote speaker and active panelist for industry events, he enthusiastically mentors fintech startups and students in Dubai through startup bootcamps and incubators programs. Amith has successfully completed an Engineering from Pune University India, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from SCMHRD India, and an MBA from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.

Waheed Rathore is the Group Chief Compliance Officer at Dubai Islamic Bank, with over 30 years of experience in Banking. In the last 24 years, Waheed has established himself as a thought leading Compliance practitioner combined with valuable experience as banking regulator. Waheed has built regulatory and financial crime compliance functions in multinational banks as well as local DSIB’s in multiple geographies, positioning Compliance as a strategic business enabler. He has proven himself to turn around ailing Compliance functions by leading the board of director’s strategic Compliance transformation agenda at different Banks. Prior to joining DIB, Waheed was the Global Chief Compliance Officer at HBL – Habib Bank Ltd, Pakistan. He has also held the position of the Executive Director Supervision - Banking and Insurance, Abu Dhabi Global Markets, UAE and previously worked with ADCB, UAE as Group Chief Compliance and Anti Money laundering officer.

Anand Sampath has more than 25 years of experience in a combination of leading National and Multi National Banks, handling multiple roles with Cash Management and Payments domain. As part of FAB’s Global Cash Product Management within GTB, Anand is Head of Payables & Receivables. He has been involved in regulatory/payment industry shaping initiatives like BUNA/AFAQ(formerly GCC-RTGS) and also was part of the pilot project between SAMA and CBUAE in the Cross Border Digital Currency (CBDC) transfer through Blockchain technology, and also involved with local regulators in other payment/economy shaping initiatives.

Vishal has 20 years of professional experience in large multinational firms (Standard Chartered, ICICI Bank, P&G, American Express) as a Product Specialist, Transaction Banker and a digital transformation catalyst. Vishal holds a master’s degree in Management. He is leading Cash Product Management for UAE with Standard Chartered Bank based in Dubai and works closely with corporate clients, regulators and fintech, playing role of a business manager, adviser, market manager and an innovator. He brings a fresh and comprehensive perspective on the entire value chain of payments, from initiation to settlement and from collection to cash application with keen focus on newer technologies. Vishal has extensive experience in the Middle East as he was leading Cash Product Management for MENA markets before taking up the current role. In MENA, was actively involved with the set-up of product infrastructure and led several successful & complex product rollouts in an agile environment. Vishal brings to the table diverse experience gained handling Sales and Product Management. Prior to joining Standard Chartered in the Middle East, he was managing regional Cash Sales for Commercial clients’ segment in India. In his past roles he has worked with ICICI Bank and American Express Bank in the areas of Trade Sales and Corporate Cards before joining Standard Chartered Bank in 2007.

Mattia Tomba has experience in evaluating, negotiating, and structuring direct investments globally across all parts of the capital structure, in public and private markets. He has been a founding investor and the head of International Markets at Tradeteq since 2017. He served as an Investment Manager at Qatar’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (Qatari Diar), where he managed an equity portfolio and worked on large private equity and real estate transactions worldwide from 2008 to 2016. Prior to that, in 2003, Mr. Tomba joined the Goldman Sachs group, where he was involved in the investment and portfolio management of the real estate funds managed by the bank until 2008. He began his private equity and investment management career in 2002 with the Private Wealth Management team of Merrill Lynch. He is a research affiliate at the Middle East Institute in Singapore (MEI), while from 2015 to 2018, Mr. Tomba was a senior fellow, at MEI, where he has been focusing on Asia — Middle East relations. He has also been sitting on the Advisory Council of the Center for Sovereign Wealth and Global Capital at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, since 2013.

Can is Swift’s country manager for Türkiye and Qatar, where he manages relations and establishes collaboration with key stakeholders including banks, market infrastructures, regulatory bodies and corporates. Prior to his current role, Can was leading business development and project management activities at the intersection of cash management, payment systems and digital banking domains with a leading bank in Türkiye. In addition to his cash management and transaction banking experience, Can drove high-impact strategic initiatives in the customer experience management, retail banking and corporate finance areas throughout his over 16 years of banking career.