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Dubai, UAE/Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Speakers
Tanvir Shah
CEO at XSquare, UAE
Khaled Sallam
Director, Global Network Processing Product,
GCC & NALP, VISA
Dr. Debabrata Nayak
Head of Cyber Security, PWC
Arsalan Ahmed
Fintechs & Digital Partnerships EEMEA, MasterCard
Imran Kannuti
Head, Operations Digitalization & Transformation Banque Misr
Christian Gleich
International Ambassador, European Blockchain Association e.V.
Muhammed Arshad Choudhary
Director, Regional CEO Office - AME
Standard Chartered
Matt Atawneh
Associate Vice President, Emirates NBD
Nicolas Kalokyris
Lead Lawyer Financial Crime, DLA Piper
Dr. Amir Tabch
CEO, Ofza
Leila Bouzinab
Strategic Sales Director - Financial Institutions, Worldpay
Ankit Lathigara
AVP, Nasdaq
Kamlesh Nagware
Founder Global, Tokenisation Forum
Shebin Mathew
Senior Security Consultant, Google Dubai
Temi Labor
Deputy Head of Internal Audit, Wio Bank
Akshay Dalal
Head of Regional Risk and Compliance - Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Google
Sailendra Das
Head, Sanctions Risk Analysis and Controls- Africa and Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank
James Ashton-Smith
Head of Visa Accelerator Program & Digital Partnerships and Ventures - CEMEA, Visa
Harsh Daftary
Head of Cloud Security and Compliance, Emirates NBD
Amit Grover
Founder & Managing Partner, Grover & Company
Rana Zain Ahmed
Director of Business Development, AZ Konnect
Christelle Metni
Strategic enablement manager at Exante,
Dubai
Max Lighter
Partner in MaxCapital investment fund, Dubai
May Brooks Kempler
Board Member, Innocent Lives Foundation
Sahba Hadipour
CEO, Figg
Hamsini Karthik
Editor, Moneycontrol.com
Melanie Lennert
CEO & Co-Founder CRO2go
Shelli Ryan
CEO @ Ad Hoc
Suji Gopalakrishnan
Head Of Retail Asset at Deem Finance
Cristian Larrosa
CEO & Founder at Larrosa MusicTech & Capital
Nick Guliaev
CEO at Finbloom
Marcus Pequeno
Founder & CEO at Autonomia Financeira
Rouf Rafiq
Marketing Manager at Emirates NBD
Ralf Plaenkers
Founder & CEO, Wealthcom
Stewart A. Stockdale
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO at Rellevate
Louis Roche
CEO, Octalas Group Ltd
Chris Smith
Founder, CEO, BLOXX
Nicki Bull Bisgaard
Group Head at PayTech Group
David Hanna
CEO, Finmo
Ignacio Nicolás Ayago Trigo
CEO & FOUNDER, Techain
Karim Zaitouni
CEO & Founder, Energity Empower Your Business
Harly Zappino
Managing Partner, Neo Legal
Serkan Turan
CEO, Yolparam
Matthias Wachsler-Markowitsch
CEO, 4M swissinvest AG
Serhii Zakharov
CEO and Founder, PayDo
Jonathan Cumberlidge
CEO & Co-Founder, Sentvia
Amina Taher
Chief Marketing Officer, Wio Bank PJSC
Ilia Samsonov
Project Manager at SITOMATICA
Angaj Bhandari
SVP EMEA, Fime
Kay French
Founder & CEO, Investory
Mohammed Al Alami
Head of Product at OFZA
Manpreet Haer
Co-Founder and CEO of Payfuture
Melodi Askelöf
CEO and Co-Founder, Satocci
Shibu Mathew
SVP - Commercial Payments, NymCard
Ekaterina Lopareva
Project Manager, Sitomatica
Alycia M. Powell
Founder, The AMALGAM Group
Saad Hazari
Founder & CEO of Sarf
Sophia Kalsi
Business Development Manager, The Recruitment Co
Moulouku Sanoh
Co-Founder and CEO, MANSA
Mark Walker
CEO & Editorial Director, The Fintech Times
Minali Tolani
CEO & Managing Director, Lightman Global
F. Josef Obeid
Founder & CEO, Ledgers
Dyma Budorin
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Hacken and CEO of Hacken Group
Rajneel Kumar
Co-Founder & COO, Rentify
Alex Emelian
CEO & Co-Founder, Simple
Raj Senapati
Global Head, BFSI, Payments and Cards xoxoday
Dr. Deepika Chaudhary
Assistant Professor, K.R. Mangalam University
Ana Lighter
CFO, MaxCapital
Oliver von Wolff
Partner, Head of Capital Partnerships & Strategic Growth, Handle AE
Nkiru Uwaje
COO, MANSA
Pooja Sudha
CEO of PS Group of Companies
Alona Shevtsova
Founder & CEO, Sends
Zoya Bilgrami
Vice President – Sales (MEA & SEA), Xoxoday
Rehan Mohammed
Country Manager for MENA, Enqura
Bobby Kakkar
Digital Banking & Payments Leader
Mr. Sandeep Sigar
Founder, SetupFX
Past Speaker 2025
09:30 - 10:15 AM Session Talk
Panel: The Rise of Digital Wallets & Super Apps: What's Next?
Experts discuss the evolution and potential of digital wallets and super apps.
Amir Tabch
Chief Executive Officer, OFZA
Leila Bouzinab
Strategic Sales Director - Financial Institutions, Worldpay
Harsh Daftary
Head of Cloud Security and Compliance, Emirates NBD
Khaled Sallam
Director Global Network Processing Product, GCC & NALP VISA
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Session Talk
Panel: Embedded Payments in Commerce & B2B: Invisible, Instant & Intelligent
Interactive session on integrating seamless payments into commerce and B2B.
Faith Musonza
Co-Founder & Head for Strategy and Digital Inclusive Finance, Imagine Smart Cities
Arsalan Ahmed
Fintechs & Digital Partnerships EEMEA, MasterCard
12:15 AM - 13:00 PM Session Talk
Panel: Fintech x BigTech: Collaboration or Competition in Payments?
Debate on the dynamics between fintech startups and tech giants in payments.
Hamsini Karthik
Editor, Moneycontrol.com
Sailendra Das
Head, Sanctions Risk Analysis and Controls- Africa and Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank
14:45 - 15:30 PM Session Talk
Panel: The Role of Open Banking & Open Finance in Driving Payment Innovation
A candid conversation on how open frameworks are reshaping payments.
Amir Tabch
Chief Executive Officer, OFZA
Imran Kannuti
Head, Operations Digitalization & Transformation Banque Misr
Tanvir Shah
Investment Committee, Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund, Ministry of Finance, UAE
James Ashton-Smith
Head of Visa Accelerator Program & Digital Partnerships and Ventures - CEMEA, Visa