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19:30 - 23:00

iFX EXPO Official Welcome Party

Location: Soho Garden DXB Address: Racecourse, Grand Stand - Al Meydan Rd - Nad Al Sheba 1 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates One of the highlights of iFX EXPO - this first meeting with the industry providers an informal setting to catch up with existing clients and to make an introduction to potential new business partners before the main event.
10:00

Expo Day 1 – Opening of Expo Doors

Location: Dubai World Trade Centre | Za’abeel Hall 6
18:00

Expo Day 1 – Closing of Expo Doors

Location: Dubai World Trade Centre | Za’abeel Hall 6
21:00

iFX EXPO Official Night Party

Location: New Soho Garden DXB Address: Racecourse, Grand Stand - Al Meydan Rd - Nad Al Sheba 1 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates When it’s time to unwind after a busy networking day, there’s no better place than the Official iFX EXPO Night Party. A legendary event we all look forward to filled with networking opportunities and captivating entertainment you won’t find anywhere else.
10:30 - 11:10

Next Tech Industry Trends: Growth Drivers in 2023

Technological innovation forms the launchpad through which the role of brokers can expand to meet the demands of customers through the 21st century and beyond. In this session, industry veterans will compare notes and exchange views on the features, assets, and other items of interest for trading clients. What’s shaping the future of trading technology and how brokers can keep up? What Tradetech and RegTech has to offer to online trading? Technology driving innovation in brokerage

Wassim Khateeb


Chief Commercial Officer
FXCUBIC

Wassim is a Business Engineer graduated from the Louvain School of Management in Belgium. He leads the business development and commercial operations of FXCubic. He has extensive experience (10 years+) in the fintech industry having served in various international managerial positions in sales and business development.
Wassim Khateeb
Chief Commercial Officer FXCUBIC

Elena Sabelnikova


Business partner
Armenotech

Professional with over 15 years of experience for different lines of business including but not limited to finance, business development, people management, and business coaching. As a business partner, she manages partnership networks in order to understand business needs and demands. Communicates with the team to find the best approach for customized solutions.
Elena Sabelnikova
Business partner Armenotech

Evgeny Sorokin


SVP of Software Engineering
Devexperts

Evgeny is SVP of Software Engineering at Devexperts, a financial software provider company, where he is heading the R&D Department; he has worked at a number of high-tech companies including Quotix (an FxPro Company), Spotware Systems, and Intel Corporation. His strength lies in his considerable knowledge of technology trends and innovations, and how they can be implemented into the development process. Along with developing software, Evgeny is focused on looking for talent and building the right teams suited for a particular project.
Evgeny Sorokin
SVP of Software Engineering Devexperts

Christoforos Theodoulou


Head of Global Business & Sales
MetaQuotes

Christoforos Theodoulou is a seasoned executive in fintech sales where he leads new business development at MetaQuotes for successfully expanding the adoption of MetaTrader 5 multi-asset trading platform globally. He is an industry recognized expert and passionate about financial technologies. With his strong skill-set in Trading Platforms and educational background in Business, Finance and Marketing, is further educating financial institutions on how to leverage MetaQuotes' technologies to enter new markets and succeed.
Christoforos Theodoulou
Head of Global Business & Sales MetaQuotes

Ivan Egorov


Global Head of Sales
Tools for Brokers

Ivan is the Global Head of Sales for Tools for Brokers, and he oversees the global sales strategy and sales teams. As a goal-oriented high achiever, Ivan started at TFB in 2016 as a Junior Manager and quickly grew into Key Account Manager, with a recent promotion to Global Head of Sales. Ivan has played a vital role in growing and expanding the company and is currently based in Cyprus.
Ivan Egorov
Global Head of Sales Tools for Brokers

Elina Pedersen


Chief Revenue Officer
Your Bourse

Pedersen is a co-CEO and a member of the Board of Your Bourse, fintech provider of order execution and multi-asset connectivity provider with advance risk management and reporting for MT4/MT5 and Crypto brokers. Elina has over a decade of senior management and executive role experience in the fields of retail/institutional brokerage including marketing, operations, regulation, and strategy. Elina’s past roles include Global CMO and CEO of Admiral Markets Group (Admirals).
Elina Pedersen
Chief Revenue Officer Your Bourse
Moderator
11:20 - 11:40

Dubai’s FinTech Industry Evolution! What’s Next?

This session will be focused on how the FinTech sector has evolved in Dubai and what have been some of the major developments, what were some of the key challenges and pressing points so far. And what is next for Dubai when it comes to Fintech.

Mohammad Alblooshi


Head of Innovation Hub & FinTech Hive
DIFC

Mohammad has been working in the financial industry for more than 13 years, currently Mohammad is the Head of Innovation Hub & FinTech Hive in DIFC, Mohammad contributes to the growth of the Centre by developing its Fintech and Innovations functions aligned with Dubai’s vision of becoming a global business hub for Innovation. Mohammad also leads the recently announced DIFC Innovation Hub, with the mission of building the region’s leading hub for Innovative companies. Mohammad has been with the Centre for four and half years, during his time at the DIFC Mohammad has attracted more than 370 FinTech and Innovation companies to the Centre. Prior to DIFC Mohammad held several roles at the likes of Standard Chartered, Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group. Mohammad hold an Executive MBA from London Business School.
Mohammad Alblooshi
Head of Innovation Hub & FinTech Hive DIFC

Tom Higgins


Founder & CEO
Gold-i | Crypto Switch

Tom Higgins is the founder and CEO of Gold-i and Crypto Switch™, with experience in financial technology spanning over 25 years. With an in-depth knowledge of the trading technology industry, Tom set up Gold-i in 2008 after spotting a gap in the market to enhance the FX trading process. Tom has played a major role in disrupting the retail FX and digital asset markets, giving opportunities to brokers across the globe. He has extended the firm’s focus to digital assets using Crypto Switch™, a proven digital asset solution for consuming and distributing Crypto liquidity, to support the growing demand to trade crypto.
Tom Higgins
Founder & CEO Gold-i | Crypto Switch
Moderator
11:50 - 12:30

MENA - The Financial Hub of the Future?

In the past couple of years, the MENA region has become a rising star within the Fintech Ecosystem driving innovation of the financial services and attracting increasing support of investors and regulators. Join experts to discuss: - Open banks and banking platforms. The future of digital and mobile payments in MENA. - The role of blockchain within the MENA fintech landscape. - Regulatory framework and concerns attached.

Kokila Alagh


Founder & Managing Partner
KARM Legal Consultants

Kokila is a Corporate/Commercial and technology lawyer with over 17 years of experience in the middle east. She has worked with major corporations, government and semi government bodies, high net worth individuals and start-ups over the years. In addition to this, she has Masters in Law, in Digital Economy from the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, certification of Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme from Oxford University and Fintech Programme from Harvard Business School has helped her develop an expertise in the area of newer technologies. Owing to her core strength as an ardent corporate commercial lawyer with a strong financial service and technology background, her strong entrepreneurial skills and her formidable experience in the region as both a lawyer and an entrepreneur, she established KARM Legal as a boutique legal firm. KARM provides legal advise on Fintech Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Data Protection, AI, Robo-advisory and open banking. Under the mentorship of Kokila, the firm has advise multiple crypto-exchanges, token offerings (STO/UTO), consortium/enterprise blockchains, crowdfunding platforms and payment gateways for legally setting up and operating in the region and beyond. She also has exposure to transactions in varied industries including healthcare, real estate, media, retail and hospitality industry, She has a keen interest in Data Protection laws. At KARM, she has provided legal advice to clients providing highly specialized technology offering including Fintech, MedTech, InsureTech focused entities She also has a significant experience in investments. Memberships: * Founding member -MENA Fintech Association * Member -Fintech Working Group Arab Monetary Fund * Head Member of Regulatory Vertical in Dubai Digital Asset Association (D2A2)- Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy Articles Authored/Co-Authored: *Legality of the Smart Contracts in UAE, Smart SMB Magazine, Januar
Kokila Alagh
Founder & Managing Partner KARM Legal Consultants

Serena Sebastiani


Director of Financial Services Advisory
PwC Middle East

Serena is a passionate Management Consulting professional with 12 years of experience in the Financial Services industry. Focused on Fintech, Open Banking and the future of Finance and on Asset & Wealth Management (including cryptocurrencies/assets). Serena has a deep understanding of regulation and licensing in particular in the KSA region where she works closely with the ministries. Particular areas of expertise are in the fields in entrepreneurship, leadership & management, ecommerce, marketplace & digital marketing technologies.
Serena Sebastiani
Director of Financial Services Advisory PwC Middle East

Abe Karar


Chief Product Officer
Fintech Galaxy

Abe Karar is the Chief Product Officer at Fintech Galaxy, where he guides the development of our platform and the designs of new products, processes, technologies and management information systems to drive business performance, client engagement and operational excellence. With over 15 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, Abe has worked at some of the largest financial institutions in the world, including BMO Bank of Montreal, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) and Arab Financial Services (AFS). He has held various leadership roles across Digital, Retail, Card, Operations, Customer Experience, Business Analytics, AML and Risk Strategies. Abe’s expertise range from executing large-scale transformational initiatives across key strategic enterprise programs (+$200M), developing and implementing operational controls and action plans, and transforming strategic plans into business solutions that streamline business processes, improve customer experience, mitigate risks, reduce costs, increase productivity ratio and enhance overall ROI. Abe holds an MBA and a degree in Applied Mathematics, and has taught Corporate Performance Management, amongst other courses, at the triple-accredited Telfer professional MBA program, at the University of Ottawa.
Abe Karar
Chief Product Officer Fintech Galaxy

Daniela Egli


CEO - Cyprus
The Trading Pit

Daniela Egli has worked in the Financial Services Sector for over fifteen years, with numerous senior roles in business development, executive management, compliance, and organizing significant mergers and acquisitions across Asia and Europe. Daniela's extensive experience makes her highly skilled, adaptable, and agile in her line of work. In addition, she has many certifications, including CySEC Advanced and AML, risk management from CISI, and Level 1 CFA. Throughout her career, her contribution to leading firms has been invaluable, pushing their global expansions towards advancement, ensuring transparency, and evolving the needs of their clients. Before joining The Trading Pit, she worked as a CEO and group COO for the leading Scandinavian broker, Skilling, where she reported directly to their chief executive, providing her foresight on their operations to navigate most beneficially for their clients. Before her role at Skilling, she was also a Managing director at FXview, helping to launch the business in Cyprus and expand the group's services in other regions. In addition, she was a director and compliance officer for Blackwell Global, leading the company for six years. Daniela's leading approach and involvement in The Trading Pit is highly beneficial, as she is responsible for advancing the operations of the Cyprus headquarters. Her insight ensures the firm's mission of providing its traders and partners with the highest level of support.
Daniela Egli
CEO - Cyprus The Trading Pit
Moderator
12:40 - 13:00

How to Get a Client in 2023: Marketing & Client Acquisition for Brokers

As an experienced COO Eugenia will explain Basics and types of marketing which are relevant to the FinTech industry along with Importance of the websites and personal client's room as supplementary tool. Also Eugenia will tell about spending the budget on the Markening for the audience to better understand the real numbers which makes a direct influence on the marketing effectiveness.

Eugenia Mykuliak


COO
B2BROKER

Eugenia Mykuliak is a highly experienced professional and COO at B2Broker company. She has 10 years of experience in the FinTech industry. Master in International Economics, MBA in Project Management, author of 11 scientific articles on economics.
Eugenia Mykuliak
COO B2BROKER
14:00 - 14:40

Leaders’ Voice: Aftermath & Predictions in Online Trading

2022 - what a year it has been. Let’s hear what industry’s leaders have to say on how the past year has affected the online trading industry, what are the consequences and what to expect in 2023 and beyond.

Damian Hitchen


CEO
Saxo Bank MENA

Damian Hitchen is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saxo Bank MENA assuming overall responsibility for Saxo Bank’s efforts in the MENA region to further grow and develop the business and client base, and for making Saxo Bank the first choice for traders, investors, and institutional partners. Hitchen brings over two decades of experience working with digital transformation in the financial industry and leads Saxo Bank’s expansion strategy in the MENA region. Hitchen joined Saxo Bank from Swissquote in 2021 where he served as CEO for Swissquote Singapore with overall responsibility to establish their business in APAC. Prior to that, he has also served as CEO for Swissquote in Dubai, where he built a regional MENA center for the Group’s services. He has also served in a number of senior roles in HSBC in the Middle East region and as an Executive Director for Falcon Private Bank. Hitchen holds a Bachelor in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hull in the UK.
Damian Hitchen
CEO Saxo Bank MENA

Andrew Ralich


CEO & Co-Founder
oneZero

Andrew has spent over a decade in capital markets and holds multiple patents for financial technology applications. Andrew is recognized as a thought leader in both the technology and business side of the regional brokerage technology industry. His primary areas of focus are product design, industry, and competitive analysis, and managing long-term partnerships.
Andrew Ralich
CEO & Co-Founder oneZero

Iskandar Najjar


CEO
Equiti Capital

He has a strong track record leading and growing FX and CFD companies in the Middle East. Iskandar is the former MD of ADS Securities for the Middle East & Africa region, and CEO of Alpari ME. Under Iskandar's leadership, Alpari ME become the leading FX firm in the Middle East region. Iskandar began his career as a financial advisor working for Barclays bank in the UK before transitioning to work in the FX industry. lskandar holds an MBA from the London Business School and an MSc in Finance from Leeds Beckett University.
Iskandar Najjar
CEO Equiti Capital

Jonathan Brewer


Managing Partner
IS Prime

Jonathan Brewer co-founded IS Prime with Raj Sitlani and systematic hedge fund manager, ISAM, in 2014 and has played a key role in growing the firm into one of the pre-eminent Prime of Prime providers in the market. He is also Commercial Director at ISAM Capital Markets, which consists of IS Prime, IS Prime Hong Kong and IS Risk. Prior to setting up IS Prime, Jonathan’s career focused on the sales and management of e-FX solutions at Goldman Sachs and Sucden Financial. He has a track record of success in electronic trading, with a main focus on Foreign Exchange, Indices and Commodities as well as Listed Derivatives and Securities.
Jonathan Brewer
Managing Partner IS Prime

Andrea Badiola Mateos


Chief Commercial Officer
Finance Magnates Group

Andrea is a strategic growth leader with +10 years in the Fintech industry who connects the dots between all commercial departments in Finance Magnates Group’s assets. In her role as Chief Commercial Officer she brings together the data, customer experience, marketing, and brand strategy practices and teams to develop and expand the potential of the Group’s brands and products through new services, business models, and valuable experiences. She joined Finance Magnates Group in 2016 and since then she has headed the Cyprus operations and Sales departments as previous roles. Andrea holds two Masters in Strategic Negotiation and Diplomacy and International Relations, one from Paris XI University and the other one from the American Graduate School in Paris.
Andrea Badiola Mateos
Chief Commercial Officer Finance Magnates Group
Moderator
14:50 - 15:30

The Crystal Ball of Economy: Today & Tomorrow

As the global economy continues to experience turbulence let’s look at possible scenarios together with industry experts. - Economic recovery, inflation & coming financial crashes. - Impact of crypto winter on the wider economy. - US and EU government response to the current economy

Ahmed Allam


Financial Expert
H.H The Ruler's Court

Ahmed Allam is a financial expert at H.H THE RULER'S COURT government of Dubai, he get his Doctorate in Finance and his research focuses on the Crypto currency as a new generation of money and its impact on the monetary system, His M. S. degree in banking. He is a member of IAA "institute of internal auditors" since 2009. He held the position of chief audit executive and investment manager before joining his currently role as financial expert at H.H THE RULER'S COURT. Allam is a lecturer for finance and professional certificate at different universities and he specialized in initiating feasibility studies and business valuation to identify the fair value for multiple companies within MENA region and developed a financial modelling system to evaluate multiple "what-if" scenarios.
Ahmed Allam
Financial Expert H.H The Ruler's Court

Wael Makarem


Senior Market Strategist
Exness

Wael Makarem is a Senior Market Strategist at Exness, a Certified Investment Management Analyst by the Investment and Wealth Institute and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments. Wael conducted many webinars and seminars where he shared his knowledge and expertise with traders and investors. He is a weekly guest on several TV shows where he explains his vision of the markets to investors. His analysis is also quoted and cited in numerous articles in Nasdaq, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, and Gulf News.
Wael Makarem
Senior Market Strategist Exness

Drew Niv


CEO
Trader Tools

Been in FX business since 1998. Founder and CEO of FXCM 1999 - 2017
Drew Niv
CEO Trader Tools

Hormoz Faryar


Head of Institutional Sales
ADSS

Hormoz Faryar is an industry veteran with 22 years of contribution at Credit Suisse, State Street Bank, ADS Securities and Equiti Group. Having gained unique perspectives through fintech-driven roles at major startup entities within banks, including AES Algos at Credit Suisse Bank, and State Street bank’s Global Exchange, Hormoz has helped create institutional solutions here in the GCC region for the last 8 years. His successes in algorithmic FX solutions for global macro and corporation clients as well as his experience in developing spot FX product sets for banks, hedge funds, brokers and asset managers has given him a clear edge within the segment.
Hormoz Faryar
Head of Institutional Sales ADSS
Moderator
15:40 - 16:20

The Case for MENA as The Next Crypto Hub

Amid shockwaves created by the FTX collapse and global political events, the crypto space is in a long-term building phase. Can the middle east and north Africa region, with its competitive approach to business and lucrative offering to talent, become a significant home for crypto? Join us to learn: • How have gulf states shifted their focus from oil to financial services? • How do MENA regulators view crypto and what the future holds? • What unique blockchain use cases do MENA countries offer? • What do you need to know to set up shop across MENA?

Robbie Nakarmi


Senior Counsel
Binance

Robbie Nakarmi is an experienced senior M&A lawyer and cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiast, currently serving as Senior Counsel at Binance. He completed his Bachelors of Commerce in International Business at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, before completing his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Sydney Law School, Australia. Most recently, he joined Hogan Lovells in June 2018 to help build Hogan Lovells technology and venture capital practice, where he advised the HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud’s Kingdom Holding Company on several aspects of their investment into Careem and the eventual sale to Uber, as well as advising several European and US investors into the Middle East, as well as assisting the Government of Dubai again by advising the Investment Corporation of Dubai on a global acquisition. During this time he authored an article about cryptocurrency regulation in order to give further guidance in the cryptocurrency space. As of October 2021, Robbie joined Binance as Senior Counsel – M&A, Venture Capital and Investments, to support Binance’s global efforts to become the largest blockchain ecosystem and to help in the expansion of Binance’s Middle East business. He is an active participant in conferences and meetings for the blockchain space and is committed to growing the blockchain ecosystem in Dubai, where he has resided since January 2015. He is helping to lead Binance’s growth in the Middle East, which is a region he is passionate about and has spent several years professionally and personally in developing contacts and networks. He was a speaker at Binance Blockchain Week and has helped lead Binance’s regulatory efforts in the Middle East and globally.
Robbie Nakarmi
Senior Counsel Binance

Saqr Ereiqat


Co-Founder
Crypto Oasis

Saqr Mashhor Ereiqat is the Co-Founder of Crypto Oasis which is the fastest-growing ecosystem in the world where he is constantly working on developing and maintaining the company's vision, mission statement, and strategic plan. Before devoting himself to Crypto Oasis, Saqr served as a consultant for fintech, blockchain solutions, healthcare, and innovation management. He is a thirteen-year veteran of IBM in the Middle East and Africa. He was the former Head of Public Sector Consultancy in Dubai for IBM, where he was recognized as a pioneer in enterprise blockchain, being a co-author of the first IBM blockchain for government methodology and helping define the official government blockchain strategy of Dubai. While at IBM, Saqr led projects in 23 countries across Europe, Middle East & Africa where he worked with both public and private sector entities to define, create, and implement their blockchain strategies. In addition to being a positioning consultant, since 2021, Saqr serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Innovation Institute. He is currently also working with the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), the Arab Youth Center, and the Founder Institute as a mentor supporting startups in the region. In the field of healthcare, Saqr has advised several large hospital conglomerates on their technology strategy and set up the National Health Lab for Emerging Technology for the Saudi Arabian Government.
Saqr Ereiqat
Co-Founder Crypto Oasis

Melanie Mohr


Founder & CEO
WOM Protocol

Melanie Mohr is a serial entrepreneur with 20years of experience in media, marketing and mobile tech and six years in the web3 space. Melanie is the founder and CEO of WOM Protocol. Melanie serves as an advisor and advisory board member of various blockchain dedicated funds and technology companies like CVlabs, Crypto Oasis, Hashed, Moralis Web3 Technologies, STEP.app and of H2, the prestigious tech network from Sillicon Valley. She is one of the top senior advisors at the renown global consultancy firm Roland Berger and their Crypto Economy expertise.
Melanie Mohr
Founder & CEO WOM Protocol

Phillip Lord


Co-Founder
Pimlico Partners

Phillip Lord is the co-founder of Pimlico Partners, an award-winning investor relations firm based in Dubai. With over 20 years of experience as a leading technology investment banker in Asia, Lord spotted the opportunity for the UAE to become a hub for AI and blockchain a few years ago and made the move to Dubai. In addition to his work with Pimlico Partners, Lord is also an active angel and seed investor through his Lords Family Office entity, with a focus on disruptive tech and a particular bias towards blockchain since 2017. He is dedicated to supporting the growth and success of innovative companies.
Phillip Lord
Co-Founder Pimlico Partners

Mansoor Madhavji


Partner
Blockchain Founders Fund

Mansoor Madhavji 穆大胜is a Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. Mansoor consults leading organizations such as INSEAD on emerging technologies. He is also a Limited Partner on Loyal VC and Draper Goren Holm. Mansoor has supported numerous projects on developing sophisticated economic models, go-to-market and branding strategies. Mansoor has created unique cost-effective growth hacks for startups and clients that surpassed benchmarks. Mansoor serves as an advisor to innovative startups including Splinterlands. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, one of the global elite accelerator programs operated by the venture fund SOSV with $1.1B+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX) which helps the best mobile startups from around the world with 167 million users on its smartphone platform. He previously led growth and marketing strategy with an innovative technology company launching secure digital currency exchanges across South East Asia and India. Prior to his focus on early stage companies, Mansoor led an international digital marketing and branding agency across North America and Asia.
Mansoor Madhavji
Partner Blockchain Founders Fund
Moderator
16:30 - 17:10

Survival Kit: The Payments Landscape in MENA

Cross-border & cross-asset payments are vital to the financial ecosystem and innovation in the MENA region, with two of the world’s three largest remittance corridors located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia (KSA). In this panel experts will discuss what is the main focus in the MENA region, particularly focusing on the: The regions' emerging payments, What's shaping the landscape of payments for merchants?

Arthur Azizov


CEO
B2Broker

Arthur Azizov is the founder and CEO of B2Broker, a provider of technology and liquidity solutions to the Forex and Crypto industry. The company has emerged as the go-to provider in its genre, amassing a huge global client base since its inception in 2014. Arthur has over a decade of experience within the Forex and Blockchain industry in a career that started prior to his MBA degree in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law from Financial University. Arthur is results-oriented and brings a wealth of experience and technical know-how to the table. He is a strategic thinker with an innate ability to find innovative and cutting-edge solutions, always delivering the best possible solutions to clients. A highly respected thought leader and speaker on the expo circuit, he is a regular and popular feature at some of the world’s leading blockchain and crypto events and a frequent contributor on panel discussions. With his foresight and dedication, he has led the company on to becoming a major force that is now recognised for its ground-breaking technology and outstanding services to the industry. Today, B2Broker is one of the most in- demand technology and liquidity providers for Forex and crypto brokers, crypto exchanges and other financial services entities offering Crypto/Forex/CFD liquidity, Crypto/Forex Broker turnkey solutions, crypto payment processing (B2BinPay), White label solutions, B2Core (Trader’s Room), B2Trader (Matching Engine) and liquidity on over 800 trading instruments. With 10 offices in 8 countries across Europe, Asia and MENA, the company has so far acquired a total of 7 licences including CySEC, FCA and AEMI.
Arthur Azizov
CEO B2Broker

Jonathan David Cumberlidge


Sales Director - FX
BVNK

Jonathan Cumberlidge is BVNK's FX Sales Director, who is considered a “Subject Matter Expert” across a broad range of financial trading products, including; FX, CFDs, Options, Futures, Commodities, Equities, ETFs and Cryptos. Jonathan's exposure to cross-cultural operational and compliance practices under FCA, ASIC, FSCA and CySEC regulatory jurisdictions, has enabled him to lead operations throughout Europe, APAC, Middle East and America. Previously at Finalto Trading, Saxo Bank, GAIN Capital and GFT Global Markets.
Jonathan David Cumberlidge
Sales Director - FX BVNK

Przemysław Wojtyna


Head of Business Development
Match2Pay

Przemysław is a highly-skilled professional with a broad experience in Forex, Banking and Payments. He has been working in the Fintech industry for more than 10 years, including Swiss Forex Bank Dukascopy, Lithuanian-based EMI Finci and Cyprus-based forex broker Conotoxia. Currently, he uses his experience to develop payment solutions available for clients of Match-Trade Technology, mainly the Match2Pay crypto payment gateway.
Przemysław Wojtyna
Head of Business Development Match2Pay

Joshua Garth Slatem


Head of Payments
Praxis Tech

Originally from South Africa and currently living in sunny Cyprus, Joshua Slatem’s career began as a Chartered Management Accountant. After leaving academia he began to hone his understanding of the dynamic needs of merchants. Gathering expertise across multiple industries, including Finance, eCommerce, Travel and Gaming (to name a few), Josh has fully immersed himself into the world of payments. Over the years this dedication now sees him matching merchants with bespoke yet robust payment solutions spanning the globe. Giving merchants what they want and need.
Joshua Garth Slatem
Head of Payments Praxis Tech

Ugne M. Buraciene


Group CEO / Country Ambassador
payabl. / European Women Payments Network

Ugne has 14+ years of experience in banking and payments in the global Fintech space. Her extensive expertise in complex banking and payments ecosystems includes knowledge and understanding around acquiring, issuing, banking, open banking, best industry practices and key principles of international business operations, with concrete focus on business development, marketing and growth. Ugne is an all-things-payments enthusiast, proudly focusing on building scalable payment solutions for global e-commerce businesses to accept and make frictionless payments, locally and internationally.
Ugne M. Buraciene
Group CEO / Country Ambassador payabl. / European Women Payments Network
Moderator
11:10 - 11:30

Fireside Chat | Price Action Trading in an Effective Ecosystem

In a challenging market, with constantly rising competition, brokers tend to establish cutting-edge trends and technologies, offering increased values and setting benchmarks. Being in the eye of the storm, we would like to shed light onto the investors capacity to exercise their full trading potential using price action in a developed yet responsive ecosystem; we explore important aspects such as payment, trading and partnership.

Negin Negahdari


Key Account Manager
Exness

Negin Negahdari is a Key Account Manager at Exness. She takes pride in being one of the youngest professionals in the MENA region. She is responsible for leading a team of relationship managers as well as driving commercial growth and expansion within the MENA region. Negin also handles portfolios of high value partners and clients.
Negin Negahdari
Key Account Manager Exness

Simon Peter Massabni


Senior Key Account Manager
Exness

Simon-Peter Massabni, a Senior Key Account Manager at Exness, with more than 10 years of experience in the market. His expertise in the fintech industry and leadership skills are vital to our operations, allowing him to lead a team of relationship managers to create and maintain relationships with partners and clients. In addition to being a seasoned sales expert, Simon is also an experienced speaker and trainer, delivering numerous presentations and seminars to clients and partners all over the region, sharing his experience and knowledge to enhance the abilities of others.
Simon Peter Massabni
Senior Key Account Manager Exness
11:40 - 12:20

Campfire Session by Quadcode | How to build a fintech business in 2023: Complete SaaS Solutions vs Development from Scratch?

We want to investigate the border of what is brokerage now and how the running brokerage business changed in the last 5 years.

Michael Zhao Xu


CEO
Klickl.com

Serial FinTech & Crypto Entrepreneur – Founder :IDCM VGPayCrypto 1 Acquisition Corp, the first digital asset focused SPAC (Nasdaq listed ,DAOO) Former regulator at the central bank of China and Co-Chairman of Hong Kong Blockchain Association. Collaborating directly with states and national governments on blockchain initiatives. Derivatives trading and risk management roles in UBS Investment Bank (USA / Singapore), China Merchants Bank (China), State Administration of Foreign Exchange (China), and Intesa Sanpaolo (Hong Kong). Global experience running flow trading business and managing portfolio risk across multi-asset classes in emerging markets. Chief Dealer for multiple global coordinated central bank market interventions during the 2008 credit crunch.
Michael Zhao Xu
CEO Klickl.com

Dmitri Makrides


Head of Dealing team
Quadcode

Risk Manager/Dealer with vast experience in the financial services industry. Background in Accounting Finance and Corporate Law. Active and adventurous, extreme sports enthusiast Believe diversification is key for the success of every business and networking is the key to that door.
Dmitri Makrides
Head of Dealing team Quadcode

James Clappison


Sales Business Developer
Voiso

James has extensive experience working in fintech and communications companies for well over 10 years across UK and Cyprus. By combining expertise in fintech and communications it ensures a harmonious relationship between the two and help to understand the pain points whilst delivering bespoke optimal solutions.
James Clappison
Sales Business Developer Voiso

Denis Devochkin


Business Development Manager
Quadcode

Professional with over 5 years of experience in B2B market for different business areas, including b business development, project management and customer success. As a Key Account Manager in SaaS used to contribute to strengthening business relationships with key partners to support their business and needs. As a business development manager actively contributes to key partnership relationships and expanding Company's SaaS business exploring new markets.
Denis Devochkin
Business Development Manager Quadcode
Moderator
12:30 - 13:00

Campfire Session | Finclusion from Blockchain to Fintech

The opportunities in blockchain and fintech are endless. These are great platforms offering opportunities beyond the financial world for communities and industries to evolve in various directions. Together with industry experts, let’s discuss: - Fintech as a booster of financial inclusion - The role of blockchain technology towards innovation, diversity & empowerment - NFTs - an art trend or a game changer in the social economy - Web3 towards financial inclusion in a decentralised world.

Amna Usman Chaudhry


Financial Economist and Strategist for Blockchain, Metaverse and Web 3.0
Independent

Amna is the global winner of the Woman in Web 3.0 Award and has been selected as one of 'The Top 100 Women of the Future' due to her contributions in the Blockchain, Metaverse and Web 3.0 space. Amna is a Financial Economist and Strategist for Blockchain, Metaverse & Web 3.0 involved in various interesting projects including with the UN. She is a graduate level lecturer with teaching experience in London and Dubai. Amna is the Founding Member of the Oxford Blockchain Foundation. She is the Head of the UAE Chapter of the AllStarsWomen DAO. Amna is a Board Member of the Metaverse Education Council. She is an advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).
Amna Usman Chaudhry
Financial Economist and Strategist for Blockchain, Metaverse and Web 3.0 Independent

Amrita Sethi


NFT Artist
Amrita.ART

Amrita is the first NFT artist in the UAE, a pioneer and thought leader in the web 3 space and an award-winning UAE golden visa holder. After a successful career in the banking world, Amrita left the corporate world for a deeper calling to become an artist, leading to the creation of her multimedia art genre, SoundBYTEs(c). The unique idea led to her recognition and coverage with Forbes, CNN, BBC World, CNBC, Bloomberg etc., to winning awards, being selected for Expo 2020 and creating one of the world’s largest augmented reality murals and the first in the Middle East. She works with physical artwork, NFTs and fashion and adds Augmented, Virtual Reality and artificial intelligence into her work. She uses sound, storytelling, art and technology and has created other collections called The AlphaBYTEs and The CrystalBYTES where she creates new languages and infuses human consciousness into art. By inspiring change through art and technology Amrita strives to empower change from within and throughout communities using technology as an enhancing tool to move into the next generation. As her art is about story telling she wants to encourage people to go inwards find their own voice and then come out and tell their story or re write it to inspire others.
Amrita Sethi
NFT Artist Amrita.ART

Arvin Khamseh


NFT Marketing King
Soldout NFTS

Arvin Khamseh is a globally recognized thought leader in the crypto space with a background in management of 500K/month marketing for public companies. Since successfully selling out an Italian artist collection in 2021, Arvin has the most sold out collection's even in the bear market. Additionally to hosting his Soldout Secrets Show he is also frequently a guest on top crypto podcasts which include Social Media Examiner. He is regularly quoted by major media, including USA Today, Forbes, Entrepreneur as well as a popular featured keynote speaker and panellist at high profile blockchain events including Blockchain Festivals, TMRW Conference, IFPX, Metaverse Week, Financial Summit & AIBC/Sigma.
Arvin Khamseh
NFT Marketing King Soldout NFTS

Tom Higgins


Founder & CEO
Gold-i | Crypto Switch

Tom Higgins is the founder and CEO of Gold-i and Crypto Switch™, with experience in financial technology spanning over 25 years. With an in-depth knowledge of the trading technology industry, Tom set up Gold-i in 2008 after spotting a gap in the market to enhance the FX trading process. Tom has played a major role in disrupting the retail FX and digital asset markets, giving opportunities to brokers across the globe. He has extended the firm’s focus to digital assets using Crypto Switch™, a proven digital asset solution for consuming and distributing Crypto liquidity, to support the growing demand to trade crypto.
Tom Higgins
Founder & CEO Gold-i | Crypto Switch
Moderator
14:00 - 14:35

Campfire Session | Regulatory Framework Across Borders

Buckle up - the financial world has no plans to stop evolving! Therefore, regulators and policy makers must keep up with the trends and remain relevant. Countries have been developing and putting in place policies that alter the trading landscape in the Middle East. What are the latest trends in MENA from the regulatory perspective? What should a broker keep in mind to meet the regulatory requirements locally & globally? Dubai, metaverse and regulations - where are we and what to expect?

Evdokia Pitsillidou


Partner | Risk & Compliance Director
SALVUS FUNDS

Evdokia, a partner at Salvus Funds, is actively advising and working on all matters related to licensing regulatory compliance, and internal audits for Investment Firms, Crypto Providers (CASP), Investment Funds, and Payment Institutions.
Evdokia Pitsillidou
Partner | Risk & Compliance Director SALVUS FUNDS

Demetris Taxitaris


CEO
MAP S.Platis Group

Demetris Taxitaris is the Chief Executive Officer of MAP S.Platis, a leading consulting Group in the provision of solutions in international licensing, regulatory compliance, internal audit, risk management, human resources, regulatory technology, information technology, business resilience, information security including cybersecurity, governance, executive training and innovation consulting to regulated and other firms. In the past, he worked at Bank of Cyprus as Head of Asset Management with local and international clients, individuals and institutionals, across all industries. Prior to that, Demetris worked at Deloitte in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, becoming a member of the ICAEW. Demetris is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (‘ICPAC’), the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (‘CIFA’) and the Association of Cyprus International Financial Firms (‘ACIFF’).
Demetris Taxitaris
CEO MAP S.Platis Group

Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Adv.


Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Financial Regulation Department
Barnea & Co. Law Offices

Dr. Zvi Gabbay advises world-leading companies in the financial services and fintech industries. Zvi specializes in the use of blockchain technology in the context of financial services, and proper implementation of regulation in advanced technologies such as robo-advising, the use of Artificial Intelligence in the financial industry and more. Zvi routinely publishes academic articles on various regulatory aspects, and advises policy makers in Israel and abroad. Zvi possesses unique experience in offering creative solutions that promote innovative technological solutions while keeping their developers within the boundaries of regulation. For the past few years, Zvi has been ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Bank One lawyer in the Fintech filed in Israel.
Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Adv.
Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Financial Regulation Department Barnea & Co. Law Offices

Tony Petrov


Chief Legal Officer
SumSub

Experienced Blockchain and Fintech Attorney with focus on AML and KYC compliance, data privacy and international regulators relations. LLM (University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law), LLB (St. Petersburg State University), IT Law (University of California Berkeley). Certified CySEC AML Compliance Officer. Tony is the author and host of the YouTube channel "Sumsub for experts".
Tony Petrov
Chief Legal Officer SumSub
Moderator
14:50 - 15:10

Fireside Chat | Promoting FX Products in MENA: How Brokers Can Win Traders' Hearts

How brand trust and funds safety impact the decision of choosing a broker, while the MENA region is considered a competitive market for brokers, many countries suffered from Bonzi schemes due to weak monitoring and regulations, and this is one big challenge pushing traders to only work with locally regulated brokers or unintentionally divert towards crypto currencies trading or other riskier type of investments.

Hayel Abu Hamdan


Chief Commercial Officer
Hantec Markets

Hayel started his career in the FX industry in the early 2000s with HiFX, in 2002 he moved to Rosenthal Collins Group to help develop and build the direction and strategy of the business in several regions. He then joined MIG investments Switzerland in 2007 and achieved substantial growth in the company’s global FX client base by positioning MIG into the international FX scene, he also played a vital role in the management and implementation of MIG BANK License. Hayel Joined Hantec Markets in 2010 as the group’s chief operating officer before taking the role of Chief commercial officer, contributing to Hantec's growth in multiple key markets and expanding the group's client base.
Hayel Abu Hamdan
Chief Commercial Officer Hantec Markets

Bojan Ninkovic


Digital Lead
Ultimate Fintech

Bojan Ninkovic is a Digital Lead for Ultimate Fintech with 15+ years of experience working for global ad agencies Leo Burnett and McCann, leading marketing activities as Head of marketing for MasterCard for SEE region and working for New York based start-ups. Bojan specializes in digital marketing and is responsible for strategic input, development and management of digital campaigns with focus on PPC, social media and SEO. Bojan is versatile business and marketing professional who is passionate and experienced to grow natural followers to brands and create business solutions to maximize their performance. Inspired daily by his wife and their son and daughter in his free time, Bojan likes to do wakeboarding, skiing and spend time in nature with his kids.
Bojan Ninkovic
Digital Lead Ultimate Fintech
Moderator
15:25 - 15:45

Fireside Chat | Using Advanced Trading Execution Technology to Increase Profitability and Reduce Risk

Trading execution technology plays a fundamental role for any brokerage firm, leading to the development of advanced models and controls at the level of banks and institutional players, yet most retail firms still follow a basic a-book/b-book model and run very high levels of risk. In this fireside chat, Cristian Vlasceanu and Andrei Savitski will discuss how advanced trading execution technology can be used by retail brokers and financial institutions to achieve consistent profitability, decrease the levels of risk taken and safeguard in volatile markets in order to achieve a successful and sustainable business model. These insights are based on years of expertise in building advanced trading technology and infrastructure for financial institutions worldwide.

Andrei Savitski


Global Business Development Manager
Centroid Solutions

Andrei Savitski is a Global Business Development Manager at Centroid Solutions, who is a FinTech professional with over 15 years’ experience in core Business Technology Solutions for financial institutions. Having worked for leading fintech companies, he has an in-depth knowledge and expertise in MetaTrader Platforms, connectivity & hosting, bridging & aggregation technology.
Andrei Savitski
Global Business Development Manager Centroid Solutions

Cristian Vlasceanu


CEO
Centroid Solutions

Cristian Vlasceanu, Chief Executive Officer at Centroid Solutions. Previously Cristian has held several other senior management roles, being COO and CEO at other technology providers and has been in the industry for more than 10 years. Cristian is widely recognized within the FinTech industry as a veteran technical engineer with a high level of exceptional client relationship and communication skills. As the CEO of a world’s leading fintech provider, Cristian is responsible for overseeing a team of skilled professionals, welcoming new clients and advising on how to optimise their trading environments and supporting relationships with existing clients. In spite of his fully-packed day to day schedule, Cristian still finds the time to advise on new product developments as he firmly believes that there is always room for improvement, while he is also known for taking the time to build a personal relationship with each and every one of his team members.
Cristian Vlasceanu
CEO Centroid Solutions
15:55 - 16:35

The Financial CRM Under a Magnifying Glass

The future of CRM is set to be anything but dull. CRM will continue to report key data and give insight for future action, however, leading experts see CRM evolving to measure and inform sales enablement and customer engagement while playing a tremendous role in the success of future businesses. - The 7 super Cs of CRM - theory and reality - The best ways to implement a Customer Engagement Strategy in the Finance industry ? - How do CRM systems and platforms benefit a company?

David Nussbaum


CEO
Skale CRM

David Nussbaum, CEO and Founder of Skale CRM, has two decades of experience in software solutions tailored for the fintech and the online trading industry. Skale provides a back-office and client portal solution for brokerages around the world. In addition, Skale has a plug-and-play marketplace where over 200 3rd party trading platforms, PSPs, marketing tools and other companies are already integrated with Skale, giving its clients full flexibility and choice as to which 3rd party integrations they want to use to enhance their business. David’s experience in the financial services industry has contributed to Skale being the leading international CRM platform on the market today. David started his career as an electronic engineer at BAE Systems after graduating with an MSc Electronics and Robotics. He continued his career working in product and project manager roles in Reuters, SuperDerivatives and TraderTools.
David Nussbaum
CEO Skale CRM

Angelos Gregoriou


CEO
Dynamic Works - Syntellicore CRM

Angelos Gregoriou is the CEO and co-founder of Dynamic Works. Specialist in FinTech, RegTech, CRM and Web Applications. Dynamic Works (www.dynamicworks.eu), founded in 2003, is an Award Winning Web Applications and CRM vendor. Being one of the most trusted vendors in the region with a number of successful projects in Public, Banking and Private sectors, Dynamic Works is one of the first companies to introduce in 2011 a specialized CRM for the Financial Industry with an initial focus on Forex Brokerage needs. Dynamic Works' Forex CRM has evolved to a solid, powerful, integrated CRM, Back Office, Traders Room, Client Mobile App and Partner Management solution: Syntellicore (www.syntellicore.com). Dynamic Works is certified with ISO27001 and ISO9001, is a Licensed MetaTrader 5 Application Developer and has offices in Nicosia and Limassol, Cyprus. Angelos Gregoriou is a holder of an M.Sc. degree in Music Information Technology and a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science. As the CEO of one of the most reputable vendors in the field, he is a seasoned leader with strategic visions proven to be successfully materialized through his outstanding managerial skills. Furthermore, as an experienced engineer and software architect, and as a “hands-on” CEO, prides himself on the ability to approach, assist and consult the client, understand the client's business needs, suggest solutions, and lead the team for meeting targets.
Angelos Gregoriou
CEO Dynamic Works - Syntellicore CRM

Matthew Gilbery


Director of Client Management
Optimove

18 years in IT Industry, ex IBM, SAP, DocuSign. Building and developing transformational programs and solutions across Retail, Travel, Utilities.
Matthew Gilbery
Director of Client Management Optimove

Harel Falk


VP Sales & Business Development
Solitics

Harel Falk is a seasoned sales and marketing leader with over 20 years experience in all aspects related to technologies/SaaS, sales, marketing and customer relations. Over the past 4 years Harel has been a fundamental part of the management team which has taken Solitics, a Customer Engagement & Analytics Data Platform to be one of the leading platforms for the financial and trading industry.
Harel Falk
VP Sales & Business Development Solitics

Laoura Salveta


CMO
Netrios

Laoura Salveta an accomplished strategy and integrated marketing professional, who has worked the global circuit with brands such as Manchester City Football Club, Guinness, Vodafone, Nestle and more. She joined the Fintech industry over 10 years ago leading marketing activities internationally for multiple Forex brokers, such as easy-markets and FXPrimus to name a few. She has experience in leading teams from an both an agency and in-house perspective, working with highly skilled marketers to execute some of the most exciting multichannel marketing campaigns Fintech has seen.
Laoura Salveta
CMO Netrios
Moderator
10:00

Expo Day 2 – Opening of Expo Doors

Location: Dubai World Trade Centre | Za’abeel Hall 6
17:00

Expo Day 2 – Closing of Expo Doors

Location: Dubai World Trade Centre | Za’abeel Hall 6
10:50 - 11:30

The Financial Melting Pot of MENA: Dos & Don’ts

MENA is definitely a melting pot of innovation and development providing a vast range of opportunities to businesses in online trading, fintech and beyond. Join our experts to find out practical insights on business operations, best practices and compliance in opportunities in MENA: - Opportunities for companies to expand their footprint in this innovative and diverse economy. - Do’s and don’ts while conquering the MENA market - What’s the role of metaverse in developing a business in MENA? - Effective strategies to successfully offer unique experiences to the MENA audience

Hayel Abu Hamdan


Chief Commercial Officer
Hantec Markets

Hayel started his career in the FX industry in the early 2000s with HiFX, in 2002 he moved to Rosenthal Collins Group to help develop and build the direction and strategy of the business in several regions. He then joined MIG investments Switzerland in 2007 and achieved substantial growth in the company’s global FX client base by positioning MIG into the international FX scene, he also played a vital role in the management and implementation of MIG BANK License. Hayel Joined Hantec Markets in 2010 as the group’s chief operating officer before taking the role of Chief commercial officer, contributing to Hantec's growth in multiple key markets and expanding the group's client base.
Hayel Abu Hamdan
Chief Commercial Officer Hantec Markets

Anand Shankaran


Head Of Sales - UAE
NCM Investment Kscc

Responsible for FIX Api, White Label, Institutional & Retail sales in UAE, India, Pakistan, Malaysia. Financial Analyst professional with over 15 years of experience in Foreign exchange and Capital markets. A Marketing specialist with exposure in Financial Products in various Regulations especially UK- FCA, Kuwait- CMA, Jordon- JSC, UAE- DGCX & SCA, Labuan FSA Malaysia, India- SEBI. Deals with clients around the world.
Anand Shankaran
Head Of Sales - UAE NCM Investment Kscc

Danny Salman


Senior Market Analyst
Multibank Group

Danny Salman specializes in market research and has worked with leading financial institutions across the GCC & Europe. He holds a master’s degree in Investment & Finance from Queen Mary, University of London and CISI advanced qualifications. He is currently working as a Senior Market Analyst at MultiBank Group.
Danny Salman
Senior Market Analyst Multibank Group

Mohammad Amer


Regional Commercial Director - MENA
Exness

Mohammad is Exness’ Regional Commercial Director for the MENA region. He has vast experience in the financial markets, with his career spanning more than 15 years of working for some of the industry’s key players. Mohammad is a dynamic individual with diverse knowledge and expertise in the sector. Throughout the years, he has been managing various teams of different capacities, making him one of the professionals actively involved in the industry’s rapid growth of the past years. His deep understanding of the MENA region along with his invaluable experience of the industry is instrumental for Exness’ vision and expansion plans.
Mohammad Amer
Regional Commercial Director - MENA Exness

Jack Zheng


CEO
GTCFX

Jack Zheng is the founder and CEO of GTCFX, a company that has been taking over the globe by storm. Headquartered in Dubai, GTCFX has entrenched its way into several other regions around the world, led under the strong vision of Jack Zheng in a span of 8 years. With a strong entrepreneurial appetite, Jack has a multi dimensional & diversified vision in the fintech domain and has successfully achieved multiple milestones. He started his career in HongKong, and was always intrigued by the convulsive nature of financial markets. His strong & deeper understanding of financial markets led him to major in Finance and Economics. With 18 years experience under his belt, Jack is currently the global chairman at GTCFX Group and is also currently holding the position of Deputy Chairman of CEO club UAE.
Jack Zheng
CEO GTCFX

Kaia-Reet Parv


Chief Investment Officer
CrediLinq.Ai

Kaia is an experienced investment executive, having spent over a decade in asset management and banking-related roles. She is currently the Chief Investment Officer at CrediLinq.Ai, responsible for all investment processes, portfolio construction, and management, monitoring of investment performance as well as capital raising activities. Ms. Parv was previously the Head of Investment Research at a European brokerage house. She gained experience in asset management working for a Singapore based US$ 1.3 billion credit hedge fund, overseeing a US$ 250.0 million portfolio. She also spent six years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in various roles in investment banking, global markets and operations. Ms. Parv holds a degree from Estonian Business School and is a CFA® charterholder.
Kaia-Reet Parv
Chief Investment Officer CrediLinq.Ai
Moderator
11:40 - 12:20

Crypto & Web 3: A Broker's Nightmare or the Pot of Gold?

Blockchain technology, web3 platforms and tokenomics are still in their infancy, but Dubai is expanding in Metaverse. Is this the revolution on how we do business on a global scale or a trend that will fade out in a matter of time? Tokenomics vs Metaverse - opportunities and challenges for brokers Is the online trading industry ready to embrace the innovation linked with digital assets and should it do so? Can blockchain technology facilitate solutions and services for brokers? Crypto winter impact on online trading and brokerage

Christopher Flinos


CEO
HAYVN

Christopher Flinos has been the chief executive officer of HAYVN since 2019. Flinos had been managing director of Stirling Financial Services from 2013 to 2018. Prior to Stirling, he was head of capital markets at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. From 2007 to 2012, he served as a director at Merrill Lynch, in the investment banking division. Flinos received a Bachelor of Laws from Latrobe University in 2004 and a B.A. / B.Com from the University of Melbourne in 1999.
Christopher Flinos
CEO HAYVN

Andrey Stoychev


Project Manager
Nexo Prime

A seasoned financial industry professional, Andrey Stoychev brings over 18 years of experience in capital markets and OTC instruments trading to his work as a Project Manager at Nexo. With an academic background in science and mathematics, Stoychev has occupied various high-profile company roles, including Executive Director, Head of Risk Management, and Chairman of the Board at a number of FX trading enterprises. He is currently engaged with Nexo Prime, coordinating and overseeing the platform’s development and expansion processes. Andrey’s role is crucial for the company’s efforts to offer a 360-degree suite of financial products and services to institutional clients. Over the years, his deep industry expertise has led him not only to Nexo but also to various financial and investment forums, seminars, and conferences, where Stoychev regularly delivers presentations and lectures.
Andrey Stoychev
Project Manager Nexo Prime

Nikita Sachdev


Founder and CEO
LunaPR

Nikita Sachdev is an Indian-American serial entrepreneur and investor. Nikita has had a keen interest in multiple industries, yet found her passion in the Crypto and Blockchain space in 2017, after working for the crypto giant, Huobi. Nikita co-launched Luna Management, a talent management agency and production house in 2015. Soon after that, she discovered the Crypto and Blockchain space, which piqued her interest. She began investing in crypto and working alongside some of the largest companies in the fintech space as an advisor, which led her to eventually exit Luna Management and launch her own public relations and marketing agency, Luna PR. Nikita travels globally to speak at universities and conferences, such as University of Miami and Oxford University, to educate people on the potential of Blockchain. Nikita’s growth has since been tremendous and has recently caught the attention of government officials worldwide.
Nikita Sachdev
Founder and CEO LunaPR
Moderator
12:30 - 13:10

New Edges: Grow & Expand Your Client Base

Brokers invest plenty of time, money, and effort to boost sales, attract new clients and retain existing ones. The new generation of traders and investors are getting more social, but do we know what the millennial investor wants? Join this session to learn all about tips, tricks and tools as well as the challenges & opportunities for brokers to grow and expand their audiences. Tips & tricks successful brokers use to boost sales, attract, and retain clients, How social/copy trading attracts new & unique audiences? Challenges that brokers face and how do they overcome them in the process of growth?

Tajinder Virk


CEO
Zulutrade

Tajinder Virk is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finvasia group of companies and Interim CEO ZuluTrade. He is an engaged and motivating leader who leverages his 17 years of extensive industry knowledge to lead the group and its people. His deep familiarity with all aspects of the business allows him to develop and lead the execution of the group’s strategic vision and guide the group’s growth. He has worked with some of the largest investment banks and hedge funds on Wall Street and has managed multibillion-dollar funds for major US banks, prior to co-founding Finvasia.
Tajinder Virk
CEO Zulutrade

Ritu Singh


Regional Business Director – ROW, HNW
StoneX Financial Ltd

Ritu Singh heads the StoneX Retail division for the ROW region, focused on growing the FOREX.com brand across MENA, LATAM, SEA and other high potential markets. INSEAD MBA, with global experience of over two decades in marketing, product, payments, operations and commercial activities for brokerages and finance and consumer companies. Having lived, studied and worked in India, Singapore, France and UK, Ritu has strong cultural sensitivity and enjoys working with diverse clients and business teams. Working in growth markets with FOREX.com, a highly regulated broker, has given Ritu a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities of building and managing a diverse business.
Ritu Singh
Regional Business Director – ROW, HNW StoneX Financial Ltd

Dino Anastasiadis


EMEA Solutions Director
Trading Central

With 20+ years experience working within the financial services sector helping brokers expand their client base and implementing strategies , Dino now heads up the EMEA solutions for Trading central to drive innovations and solutions to help brokers with education, actionable insights and research. Our online broker solutions harness an award-winning fusion of automated AI analytics, beautiful user interfaces and registered investment adviser expertise.
Dino Anastasiadis
EMEA Solutions Director Trading Central

Fadi Abou Ras


CEO
AvaTrade ME

Fadi Abou Ras is a seasoned manager and financial services professional who engaged different senior roles with many globally reputed brokerage firms and investment banks. Currently, Mr. Abou Ras is leading AvaTrade Middle East in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as the Senior Executive Officer.
Fadi Abou Ras
CEO AvaTrade ME

Andrea Badiola Mateos


Chief Commercial Officer
Finance Magnates Group

Andrea is a strategic growth leader with +10 years in the Fintech industry who connects the dots between all commercial departments in Finance Magnates Group’s assets. In her role as Chief Commercial Officer she brings together the data, customer experience, marketing, and brand strategy practices and teams to develop and expand the potential of the Group’s brands and products through new services, business models, and valuable experiences. She joined Finance Magnates Group in 2016 and since then she has headed the Cyprus operations and Sales departments as previous roles. Andrea holds two Masters in Strategic Negotiation and Diplomacy and International Relations, one from Paris XI University and the other one from the American Graduate School in Paris.
Andrea Badiola Mateos
Chief Commercial Officer Finance Magnates Group
Moderator
14:00 - 14:40

The Power of the “L” Word: Liquidity in MENA

The key of the MENA region is the diversity between asset classes, therefore liquidity providers must ensure a range of instruments and high responsiveness on the ever changing needs of their clients. This panel is gathering experts and liquidity providers to discuss: What is the main focus in the MENA region? How to stand out in the highly competitive liquidity market? The factors shaping the liquidity landscape across asset classes

Guy Hopkins


CEO & Founder
FairXchange

Guy began his career in 1998 providing technology solutions to Lloyds Insurance market. He joined Bloomberg in 2002, where he held a number of sales and management roles, culminating in responsibility for Bloomberg’s popular FX product in Europe. In 2008 he joined Morgan Stanley, where he managed eDistribution for FX and Emerging Markets in EMEA. He has extensive practical experience in managing an electronic foreign exchange business, specialising in TCA and algorithmic execution. In 2016 he launched FairXchange. He also acted as a consultant to MahiFX, helping them to develop and market algorithmic execution tools for investors.
Guy Hopkins
CEO & Founder FairXchange

Omar Qaryouti


Managing Director – Commercial and Sales (Emerging Markets)
Advanced Markets Group

Omar Qaryouti has over 15 years in the financial services industry with a demonstrated history of retail and institutional leadership expertise. Prior to his role at Advanced Markets, where he is responsible for spearheading the company’s commercial growth, he worked for CMS Prime as COO, ADSS as Director, Alpari Middle East and Advanced Currency Markets.
Omar Qaryouti
Managing Director – Commercial and Sales (Emerging Markets) Advanced Markets Group

Artur Delijergijevs


Quant Trading Manager
CMC Markets Connect

Artur joined CMC Markets in 2011 where he has gained over 11 years of experience in the field of Quantitative Analysis and Quant Trading. He is based in our London office and is responsible for systematic market making and risk management in FICC products, development of the new strategies and overseeing cross-asset class algorithmic execution within the firm. He works closely with Quant and Data Science teams. Artur is a fluent English and Russian speaker.
Artur Delijergijevs
Quant Trading Manager CMC Markets Connect

Lee Holmes


Executive Management
IXO Prime powered by INFINOX

Lee is an executive manager at IXO Prime, the institutional arm of INFINOX. He has over a decade of experience in financial services stretching multiple roles across the industry. Lee now uses all this experience to help grow IXO Prime and provide the best service possible to all our clients.
Lee Holmes
Executive Management IXO Prime powered by INFINOX

Andreas Kapsos


CEO
Match-Prime Liquidity

Andreas Kapsos, the CEO of Match-Prime Liquidity, has been involved in the Forex industry for over a decade. Thanks to cooperation with the most prominent European Brokers, he perfectly understands the needs and expectations of both Brokers and Traders. He uses his experience to create a client-centric liquidity offer with an individual approach to every business.
Andreas Kapsos
CEO Match-Prime Liquidity

Hormoz Faryar


Head of Institutional Sales
ADSS

Hormoz Faryar is an industry veteran with 22 years of contribution at Credit Suisse, State Street Bank, ADS Securities and Equiti Group. Having gained unique perspectives through fintech-driven roles at major startup entities within banks, including AES Algos at Credit Suisse Bank, and State Street bank’s Global Exchange, Hormoz has helped create institutional solutions here in the GCC region for the last 8 years. His successes in algorithmic FX solutions for global macro and corporation clients as well as his experience in developing spot FX product sets for banks, hedge funds, brokers and asset managers has given him a clear edge within the segment.
Hormoz Faryar
Head of Institutional Sales ADSS
Moderator
14:50 - 15:30

Unlocking the Full Potential: IBs & Affiliates

Some claim that affiliate marketing is the key to raising both brand awareness and engagement in a competitive online landscape. But what is the key that makes affiliate business models so attractive and why should a trader go through an affiliate or IB in the first place? Join experts and learn: -How to generate an added value for your affiliate / IB business? -How regulations are impacting affiliate businesses? -What tools and services are available to make funnels more effective? -What lessons can brokers learn from changes in other industries? -In what ways social media has changed the communication with new classes of traders?

Yegor Novikov


Fintech Vertical Lead
Aleph

Yegor is a fintech advertising expert with over 7 years of experience in the industry. He has worked on both the in-house and agency/reseller sides, including brands such as Capital.com and Currency.com. His expertise lies in using platforms such as Meta, Twitter, and Reddit to drive success for fintech brands. He possesses a deep understanding of platform policies and is skilled at developing performance strategies that meet the organization’s business objectives and customer needs.
Yegor Novikov
Fintech Vertical Lead Aleph

Maral Nouri


Chief Operations Officer
Luna PR

Maral Nouri is a Canadian Armenian Chief Operations Officer at Luna Media Corp & Cointelegraph MENA - with a background in financial advisory, business, and hospitality. Maral has grown in the blockchain and crypto industry ever since 2019, and started off as a Project Manager at Luna PR in 2020. With Entrepreneurial parents in the renewable energy and sustainability sector, Maral was both a leader and a business woman from a small age, and has had an embedded passion for sustainability, and giving back to the community. Flash forward a few years later, Maral is now the COO at Luna PR, an award-winning PR and Marketing agency based in Dubai, specialising in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. She began her journey at Luna PR with no previous experience in the field, but took a leap of faith and believed in the company, which paved the way towards her extraordinary achievements. At Luna PR, she was able to learn to become a problem solver and to think outside the box. It is an organisation where people’s vision and ideas become a reality and pushed her to become the COO of Luna Media Corp. “Envision it. Execute it. Empower others to do it.”
Maral Nouri
Chief Operations Officer Luna PR

Vince De Castro


Chief Marketing Officer
OneRoyal

Vince is the Chief Marketing Officer at OneRoyal and is an experienced marketing leader with a passion for technology and innovation. He has over fifteen years experience in brand, strategy and digital marketing as well as a proven track record in leading marketing teams through complex campaigns, funnel optimization and increasing overall lifetime value of the customer.
Vince De Castro
Chief Marketing Officer OneRoyal

Bojan Ninkovic


Digital Lead
Ultimate Fintech

Bojan Ninkovic is a Digital Lead for Ultimate Fintech with 15+ years of experience working for global ad agencies Leo Burnett and McCann, leading marketing activities as Head of marketing for MasterCard for SEE region and working for New York based start-ups. Bojan specializes in digital marketing and is responsible for strategic input, development and management of digital campaigns with focus on PPC, social media and SEO. Bojan is versatile business and marketing professional who is passionate and experienced to grow natural followers to brands and create business solutions to maximize their performance. Inspired daily by his wife and their son and daughter in his free time, Bojan likes to do wakeboarding, skiing and spend time in nature with his kids.
Bojan Ninkovic
Digital Lead Ultimate Fintech

Elizabeth Rayment


Director
YMM

Elizabeth is the founder of YMM the London-based marketing agency for financial services, that focuses on the UK and the Middle East. With over a decade of experience in finance and marketing, Elizabeth specializes in elevating brands and finding creative solutions for complex challenges. She has a strong track record of delivering business growth on a global scale and is a pioneer in finding new avenues of expansion and innovation.
Elizabeth Rayment
Director YMM
Moderator
15:40 - 16:20

The Importance of Building the Perfect User Experience

Why is it important to give the customer the right user experience? (Scalability, better conversions, usability and etc.) Is there such a thing as a ‘perfect’ user experience? What the user experience should be (frictionless etc.) Different stages in a user journey (onboarding, trading, reporting, supporting), what pain points do you face in each of these stages, how do you solve them? How the user experiences differs within the FinTech industry? (Wealth Tech’s vs Investment Apps vs super apps and etc.) Regulators are one of the key stake holders for being able to implement the right user experience, what integrations have you implemented that allow you to seamlessly complete the perfect user experience? (My Info, CKYC integration in India and etc.) How do you choose your vendor (key stakeholder) to enable the perfect user experience? (Robust API, single API, open environment, zero friction points etc.)

Andrius Anelauskas


Head of Business Development & Client Experience
Securrency Capital

Andrius leads a wide range of Securrency Capital strategic initiatives, from client engagement and partnerships development to business planning and client experience management. Driven by the passion for innovation in fintech space, throughout the career he was engaged in projects spanning digital banking, blockchain solutions and trading platforms, among others. Prior to joining Securrency Capital, Andrius was driving development of a neobank in the Middle East, where he was instrumental in the launch of fully digital corporate clients onboarding journey. During his consulting engagements with BCG, he was involved in strategic advisory projects across the GCC region, advising on governance, investment initiatives, and IPO readiness. Before moving to the Middle East, Andrius worked across various sales & trading desks - building and expanding financial derivatives business across the Baltic states and Scandinavia.
Andrius Anelauskas
Head of Business Development & Client Experience Securrency Capital

Gaurav Rustagi


Chief Growth Officer
Kristal.AI

Gaurav holds a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Lucknow. He has over 20 years of experience in FMCG industry across Customer Development, Route-to-market, Customer & Performance Marketing and go-to-market strategy. 15 of these are with Unilever equally within India and the Middle East He is based in the UAE and has recently joined Kristal to accelerate it’s journey from a Fintech start-up in Singapore to a globally accessible Platform of choice for individuals and institutional partners looking for global investment options.
Gaurav Rustagi
Chief Growth Officer Kristal.AI

Darshan Chhabria


CTO
Century Financial

Darshan leads the technology teams at Century Financial and is responsible for building out product technology, managing infrastructure & cybersecurity and technology efforts towards enhancing marketing and customer experiences. He has more than 15 years experience in technology and consulting with focus on digital transformation, digital experiences and cybersecurity. He has led product implementations across India, Middle East and Southeast Asia and US and across various sectors - Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services and Government. He has worked on various aspects of product technology: Definition of client journeys Building of seamless user interfaces for client facing applications User behaviours and analytics Omnichannel communication Customer onboarding Regulatory compliances Payment integrations
Darshan Chhabria
CTO Century Financial

Ankit Shah


Global Head of Fintech
GTN

Ankit Shah has over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. Previously, Ankit worked for Interactive Brokers for almost 15 years as the executive director for their Indian operations and built the business for them in India and covered the Middle East as well. Ankit has joined GTN as Global Head of FinTech with the mandate to build out the FinTech business for GTN. Ankit has completed his Global MBA from IE Business School, Spain and is based out of Singapore.
Ankit Shah
Global Head of Fintech GTN
Moderator
11:15 - 11:45

Campfire Session | Technical and Legal Structuring of DAOs

The panel will discuss ‘Technical and legal structuring of DAOs’. The idea will be to discuss the technical structuring in addition to the legal structures like trusts and foundations for DAOs. The audience will get to hear from industry experts and legal professionals on their approach to structuring DAOs.

Pierre Samaties


Partner | Global Co-Head Crypto Economy
Roland Berger

Pierre is a Partner with the international strategy consulting firm Roland Berger. He is the global co-head of the firm's Crypto Economy team and a recognized thought leader in the space. Pierre is advising clients on developing their specific crypto economy strategies and implementation of use cases, focusing on digital assets, web3, metaverse, tokenization, crypto mining and digital identity. Pierre is a crypto native and has been involved in the crypto ecosystem since 2015 including hands on experience in the growth of digital assets and various blockchain pilot developments. Pierre represents the firm in the Crypto Valley Association and is part of the World Economic Forum’s Crypto and Digital Identity working group. In addition he is an advisor to Wisdomise, a Switzerland and UAE based startup utilizing AI for digital asset trading and wealth management. Before joining Roland Berger he held several executive positions, among them being the Managing Partner & CEO of RWE's Consulting and Venture Investment business in the Middle East, as well as several board positions in AI and crypto startups in the UK. Pierre holds a Master of Business Administration in General Management, a Bachelor degree in Information Technology, as well as several executive certificates from top global business schools like MIT Sloan, Wharton, LBS and INSEAD.
Pierre Samaties
Partner | Global Co-Head Crypto Economy Roland Berger

Mansoor Madhavji


Partner
Blockchain Founders Fund

Mansoor Madhavji 穆大胜is a Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. Mansoor consults leading organizations such as INSEAD on emerging technologies. He is also a Limited Partner on Loyal VC and Draper Goren Holm. Mansoor has supported numerous projects on developing sophisticated economic models, go-to-market and branding strategies. Mansoor has created unique cost-effective growth hacks for startups and clients that surpassed benchmarks. Mansoor serves as an advisor to innovative startups including Splinterlands. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, one of the global elite accelerator programs operated by the venture fund SOSV with $1.1B+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX) which helps the best mobile startups from around the world with 167 million users on its smartphone platform. He previously led growth and marketing strategy with an innovative technology company launching secure digital currency exchanges across South East Asia and India. Prior to his focus on early stage companies, Mansoor led an international digital marketing and branding agency across North America and Asia.
Mansoor Madhavji
Partner Blockchain Founders Fund

Akshata Namjoshi


Associate Partner
KARM Legal Consultants

Akshata is an Associate Partner at KARM Legal and has extensive experience in the UAE. At KARM, she heads the FinTech, Gaming and Emerging Tech practice. In addition to that she works extensively with crypto and tokenization-based projects. Throughout her time at KARM she has engaged with various crypto-exchanges, blockchains, payments platforms, crowdfunding platforms, and game operators to advise on structuring, licensing and regulatory aspects. Under her supervision KARM team regularly engages with central banks, securities regulators and monetary authorities in the region to find regulatory solutions for niche projects. Additionally, Akshata has been instrumental in drafting of various policies on digital-ID and e-KYC in the Arab region through her engagement with Arab Monetary Fund and MENA Fintech Association. Akshata has been nominated as the ‘Rising Star Lawyer’ at various awards and has been recognized as one of the top 30 under 30 lawyers by Business World Legal in the past. EDUCATION: L.L.M (Corporate and Financial Services Law), National University of Singapore. BA.LLB (Hons.), National Law Institute University, India. Fintech Revolution: Transformative Financial Services and Strategies, The Wharton School. MEMBERSHIPS Member of the Regulatory Fintech Working Group of the Arab Monetary Fund ARTICLES AUTHORED/ CO-AUTHORED: • Legality of the Smart Contracts in UA, Smart SMB Magazine, January 2019 (https://issuu.com/smartsmb/docs/smartsmb__january_2019) • Bahrain leads the Crypto Way, June 2019, The Oath Legal Magazine • Regulating Digital Assets, May 2019,The Oath Legal Magazine • Impact of UAE’s new FDI Law, Emirates Law Magazine, September 2019 • Tricking the Right to be Forgotten: One Blockchain at a time, Corporate Investment Times, October 2019 • The Indian Spring and Emirati Summer of Cryptos, Corporate Investment Times, March 2020 • Robo Advisory: A Legal Perspective- The Fintech Times
Akshata Namjoshi
Associate Partner KARM Legal Consultants
Moderator
12:00 - 12:20

Fireside Chat | Fundamental Components for Scaling your Margin Business

In this speech John Murillo and Andrew Matushkin will clarify all of the core aspects for scaling the margin business from Liquidity and Technology standpoint. These insights are based on the years of expertise in liquidity and technology solutions provision for financial institutions globally.

John Murillo


Chief Dealing Officer
B2Broker

John Murillo has been holding the position of the Chief Dealing Officer at B2Broker for more than 5 years. During that time he was able to implement the best market practices into the business processes and introduce core approaches to the liquidity part of business. Among other tasks, he is responsible for overseeing and development of the Dealing Team, Tech support, Engineering and Client relations. Mr. Murillo is a well recognized financial markets expert with more than 20+ years of experience in this industry. Throughout his career, John has held various senior positions at financial institutions worldwide which has given him a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience, including risk management and financial engineering.
John Murillo
Chief Dealing Officer B2Broker

Andrew Matushkin


Head of Global Business Development
B2Broker Group

Andrew Matushkin is a Head of Global Business Development at B2Broker Group of Companies. Bachelor degree in Economics and Master degree in International Business Strategy. With substantial experience in the financial market, including fintech, brokerage and payment business. Andrew has been a part of the B2Broker group from early stages and has an extensive knowledge about the FinTech industry.
Andrew Matushkin
Head of Global Business Development B2Broker Group
12:30 - 13:00

Campfire session | Diversify the Diversity in the Workplace

Although, large gains have been made on gender diversity in the financial industry, there is still a space for an improvement in general diversity in workplaces . - Why is diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) important to the economy? - How are companies and businesses in the Middle East approaching DEI? - What are the challenges impacting DEI in regional organizations?

Ranya Saadawi


Executive Director
Pearl Initiative

Ranya Saadawi is the Executive Director of the Pearl Initiative, a Gulf business–led non-profit promoting a corporate culture of accountability and transparency as key drivers of competitiveness and sustainable economic growth across the Gulf region. Ranya has extensive experience in the field of social entrepreneurship, impact investment and international development, with a particular focus on the Middle East & North Africa. Previously, at Expo 2020 Dubai, she led the grant management and deployment of a $100 million fund into 140 social enterprises in 76 countries. Ranya has worked and consulted for social sector organisations, including Ashoka Arab World, The Gerhart Center at the American University of Cairo and Education For Employment (EFE). Ranya started her career on Wall Street, where she consulted for companies in consumer-packaged goods, life sciences and manufacturing industries. Ranya holds an MPA from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University in Political Science and Middle Eastern Languages.
Ranya Saadawi
Executive Director Pearl Initiative

Abdulrahman Hamad


Head Of Client Services
Axi

-Dubai born and raised but originally from Sudan -Bachelor of Science in Finance & Management (Dual Degree) -8 years of Financial services experience with 2. years in banking as a credit relationship officer in corporate Islamic banking Axi Experience: -Started as a customer service agent in CX in Dubai in 2017 -Promoted to CX Manager in 2018 & built out the CX team in Cyprus & Manila Simultaneously -Relocated to Cyprus at the start of 2019 -Lost All resources in CY during the start of Covid ( as demand for Sales resources soared & Staff moved to Sales) -Rebuilt the Cyprus team in 2020 a second time -Promoted to Global Head of Client Services in 2020 & focusing on Global expansion & growth.
Abdulrahman Hamad
Head Of Client Services Axi

Ross Pitman


Director of Business & Communications
GRS Recruitment

Ross began his recruitment career back in 2003 in the UK managing a large city centre contract employment desk, before joining GRS Recruitment, a leading Consultancy in Cyprus, Malta & the Middle East in 2016. Ross serves as a pivotal member of the Senior Management Team having joined as an Executive Recruitment Consultant and going on to be promoted to Director of Business & Communications in record time. With a wide portfolio of clients across a diverse industry spectrum, Ross has supported his clients in identifying, interviewing and placing highly skilled professionals from entry to senior management level. Ross continues to act as a mentor and coach to the whole team offering his wealth of understanding and market knowledge to the next generation of GRS consultants. Ross solidifies GRS’ presence as the market leading recruitment, HR and payroll consultancy group, with his passion for client relationship management, business development and participation in industry events. Since 2005 GRS have placed thousands of candidates to advance their careers and meet our client’s strategic objectives. Our high quality service is consistently committed to excellence where confidentiality, for both client and candidate, are at the forefront of our priorities. In this highly competitive market where finding and retaining top talent can be incredibly challenging, it has never been more critical to engage the services of GRS.
Ross Pitman
Director of Business & Communications GRS Recruitment
Moderator
14:00 - 14:35

Campfire Session | Payment Optimization: Everything you Need to Know

In this panel, we will expand on what payment optimization is, why and how to do it. We'll discuss how to stay competitive with your payment solutions and how to scale platforms with payment infrastructure by automating payment processes for global businesses. We'll explore various ways to do this through reducing declined transactions and processing costs, enhancing payment experience for users, and the impact of 3DS2 on businesses and how to overcome them.

Jonathan Wood


Chief Comercial Officer
Hayvn

Jonathan is a qualified chartered accountant, after completing his tenure at Deloitte, he moved into M&A investment banking with Rothschild. He has spent the last 8 years of his career focussing on commercial and strategic growth within various companies in the fintech and finance industries. He has been working with HAYVN for 3 and a half years in various capacities, but officially joined the team after a successful Series A Capital Raise in 2021.
Jonathan Wood
Chief Comercial Officer Hayvn

Tausif Ahmed


Merchant Country Leader, UAE
Worldpay from FIS

Tausif is the UAE Merchant Country Leader for Worldpay from FIS, implementing comprehensive growth strategy across the MEA region. He brings more than 25 years to his role with a strong background in payments, banking & finance and successfully transforming businesses to be the dominant market leader. Prior to Tausif’s role at Worldpay from FIS, he served as VP at Fiserv, Country Leader at Logica CMG and Regional Manager at ACI Worldwide. Tausif holds an MBA from the University of South Wales, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Sciences from Bloomsburg University of PA, USA.
Tausif Ahmed
Merchant Country Leader, UAE Worldpay from FIS

Raphael Tetro


SVP Merchants Services, Digital Payments
Nuvei

In his role as SVP Merchant Services at Nuvei, Raphael drives the company’s rapid expansion into new verticals and territories. Drawing from his years of extensive experience in the payments and fintech industries, Raphael is a pro at supporting merchants from a broad range of verticals, assisting them to optimize their payment strategies. He has a proven track record of expanding the digital business scope of numerous medium and large sized companies through a solutions based approach. Raphael holds a degree from the Lauder Business School in Vienna and had graduated with honors.
Raphael Tetro
SVP Merchants Services, Digital Payments Nuvei

Ran Cohen


Co-founder & CEO
BridgerPay

Ran is a visionary leader in the payments space with 20 years of experience in the B2B industry. Known for turning creative ideas into great products. His latest achievement was leading the team who created the world's first self-onboarding payment operations platforms, in an effort to help businesses make data-driven decisions and accelerate growth.
Ran Cohen
Co-founder & CEO BridgerPay
Moderator
14:45 - 15:20

Campfire Session | Economic Winter Ahead: Tech Companies Diversifying Revenue & Product Mix Through Embedded Finance

Year 2023 is looking chilly for technology sector as fintech companies are increasingly facing challenges to grow their revenue and improve client retention. Both clients and investors are becoming more selective on who they want to work with, forcing businesses to innovate in order to survive this economic downturn. Does embedded finance solutions offer an alternative for tech companies to have an additional product and increase their revenue without a substantial capital investment?

Elina Pedersen


Chief Revenue Officer
Your Bourse

Pedersen is a co-CEO and a member of the Board of Your Bourse, fintech provider of order execution and multi-asset connectivity provider with advance risk management and reporting for MT4/MT5 and Crypto brokers. Elina has over a decade of senior management and executive role experience in the fields of retail/institutional brokerage including marketing, operations, regulation, and strategy. Elina’s past roles include Global CMO and CEO of Admiral Markets Group (Admirals).
Elina Pedersen
Chief Revenue Officer Your Bourse

Andrew Lane


CEO
Acuity

Andrew Lane is founder and Managing Director of Acuity Trading Ltd. Established in 2013 in pursuit of his vision to bring institutional style products in news analytics and sentiment to the online market, Andrew is helping investors make actionable use of today’s Big Data. Andrew’s 10-year career at Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal put him at the forefront of development in this technology, helping clients revolutionize their trading activities. Andrew’s knowledge of the financial markets and financial technology spans the globe and coupled with his creativity for next generation trading tools, Andrew’s flair for product development shows no signs of abating. Andrew is also a regular speaker at industry events focused on financial technology. Outside of Acuity Trading, Andrew is a keen triathlete and has a deep appreciation for global politics and economics.
Andrew Lane
CEO Acuity

Hani Al Aita


Co-Founder & CEO
QFIL Solutions

Hani AlAita is the Co-Founder & CEO of QFIL - an AI-Driven Fintech startup with a vision to build disruptive fintech solutions to better minimize risks and maximize gains in this new landscape of trading and finance. Hani has two decades of proven experience as a marketing & business development leader in top-tier multinational organizations such as Abbott, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Danone. Hani’s motto of challenging the status quo with insightful technologies and digital adaption has steered the marketing functions of these organizations to transformational growth on multiple brands and categories across Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Pakistan. AlAita is also a mentor for a number of innovative and disruptive early-stage start-ups, providing start-up advisory services related to business plan and financial models, brand positioning, go-to-market strategy, fundraising, and marketing strategy. His entrepreneurial journey started during his college days. He co-founded in 2002 one of the first e-commerce virtual movie rental companies in Canada (rentamovie.ca) a Netflix competitor, which was later acquired prior to starting his MBA. An MBA in Marketing & Entrepreneurship from York University, Canada, Hani is also certified as a Fintech professional from Harvard Business School and holds a Computer Science degree from McGill University, Canada. With an intense zeal and a highly focused approach, Hani is keen to transform the fintech trading ecosystem and make a difference to the millennial/Gen Z traders and trading institutions worldwide through the use of disruptive technology and Artificial Intelligence.
Hani Al Aita
Co-Founder & CEO QFIL Solutions

Kaia-Reet Parv


Chief Investment Officer
CrediLinq.Ai

Kaia is an experienced investment executive, having spent over a decade in asset management and banking-related roles. She is currently the Chief Investment Officer at CrediLinq.Ai, responsible for all investment processes, portfolio construction, and management, monitoring of investment performance as well as capital raising activities. Ms. Parv was previously the Head of Investment Research at a European brokerage house. She gained experience in asset management working for a Singapore based US$ 1.3 billion credit hedge fund, overseeing a US$ 250.0 million portfolio. She also spent six years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in various roles in investment banking, global markets and operations. Ms. Parv holds a degree from Estonian Business School and is a CFA® charterholder.
Kaia-Reet Parv
Chief Investment Officer CrediLinq.Ai
Moderator
15:30 - 16:00

Campfire Session | Building an Enterprise-scale Social Trading Ecosystem

What should companies look for in technology when deciding to introduce a true enterprise-scale social trading ecosystem? Most technologies work perfectly well when operating with planned datasets, but far less solutions provide the same level of robustness and performance when throughput increases exponentially. At that point companies should look beyond technology and need to evaluate the infrastructure holistically, hence the Social Trading Ecosystem. Brokeree Solutions will go over challenges brokers inevitably face when establishing a new service at scale and elaborate on what companies should look for when choosing the right technology for their business: Scalability and Performance Integrability and Cross-platform Support Automation and Customization

Constantinos Michailides


Director
DGM TECH SOLUTIONS

Constantinos Michaelides (a.k.a. Dinos), a technologist with over 20 years of experience in IT and current owner and Director of DGM Tech Solutions. DGM is a fintech services and consultancy based business with primary focus on tech solutions that Brokerage firms need to operate and provide their services to traders around the world. The goal at DGM is to have the knowledge and skills to manage the most commonly used solutions that exist in the industry today – which is in itself diverse and covers a gap that Brokerage firms are challenged with when it comes to finding the right talent to implement and sustain these evolving solutions. Being at the forefront of the FinTech space with an in-depth understanding of the strengths and weaknesses that exist today, aspires us to innovate on the latest advances in technology and create proprietary solutions to the industry that currently do not exist and live up to our slogan, ‘Leveraging Technology for the Financial Services Industry’
Constantinos Michailides
Director DGM TECH SOLUTIONS

Victor Ivanov


Regional Head of Business Development (EMEA)
Brokeree Solutions

With a decade experience in B2B sales and business development operations Victor Ivanov is currently working as a Regional Head of Business Development (EMEA) at Brokeree Solutions - a turnkey technology provider for multi-asset brokerages. Victor holds a bachelor’s in Anti-crisis Management and a master’s degree in Economics from LETI University and worked at Veeam Software as a Senior Renewal Representative for the Nordics region for over 5 years.
Victor Ivanov
Regional Head of Business Development (EMEA) Brokeree Solutions

Tatiana Pilipenko


Senior Business Development Executive
Brokeree Solutions

Tatiana Pilipenko is a Senior Business Development Executive at Brokeree Solutions - a turnkey technology provider for multi-asset brokerages. Tatiana is responsible for a large number of brokerages of different sizes, most of which use Brokeree's flagship product - Social Trading solution. Thus she accumulates the knowledge and expertise of Brokeree's team as well as has deep understanding of broker's painpoints when it comes to introducing and operating a successful copy trading investment system despite the region of origin.
Tatiana Pilipenko
Senior Business Development Executive Brokeree Solutions
Moderator
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Our Speakers

Mohammad Alblooshi


Mohammad Alblooshi
Head of Innovation Hub & FinTech Hive

DIFC


Mohammad Alblooshi


Head of Innovation Hub & FinTech Hive
DIFC

Mohammad has been working in the financial industry for more than 13 years, currently Mohammad is the Head of Innovation Hub & FinTech Hive in DIFC, Mohammad contributes to the growth of the Centre by developing its Fintech and Innovations functions aligned with Dubai’s vision of becoming a global business hub for Innovation. Mohammad also leads the recently announced DIFC Innovation Hub, with the mission of building the region’s leading hub for Innovative companies. Mohammad has been with the Centre for four and half years, during his time at the DIFC Mohammad has attracted more than 370 FinTech and Innovation companies to the Centre. Prior to DIFC Mohammad held several roles at the likes of Standard Chartered, Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group. Mohammad hold an Executive MBA from London Business School.
Kokila Alagh


Kokila Alagh
Founder & Managing Partner

KARM Legal Consultants


Kokila Alagh


Founder & Managing Partner
KARM Legal Consultants

Kokila is a Corporate/Commercial and technology lawyer with over 17 years of experience in the middle east. She has worked with major corporations, government and semi government bodies, high net worth individuals and start-ups over the years. In addition to this, she has Masters in Law, in Digital Economy from the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, certification of Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme from Oxford University and Fintech Programme from Harvard Business School has helped her develop an expertise in the area of newer technologies. Owing to her core strength as an ardent corporate commercial lawyer with a strong financial service and technology background, her strong entrepreneurial skills and her formidable experience in the region as both a lawyer and an entrepreneur, she established KARM Legal as a boutique legal firm. KARM provides legal advise on Fintech Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Data Protection, AI, Robo-advisory and open banking. Under the mentorship of Kokila, the firm has advise multiple crypto-exchanges, token offerings (STO/UTO), consortium/enterprise blockchains, crowdfunding platforms and payment gateways for legally setting up and operating in the region and beyond. She also has exposure to transactions in varied industries including healthcare, real estate, media, retail and hospitality industry, She has a keen interest in Data Protection laws. At KARM, she has provided legal advice to clients providing highly specialized technology offering including Fintech, MedTech, InsureTech focused entities She also has a significant experience in investments. Memberships: * Founding member -MENA Fintech Association * Member -Fintech Working Group Arab Monetary Fund * Head Member of Regulatory Vertical in Dubai Digital Asset Association (D2A2)- Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy Articles Authored/Co-Authored: *Legality of the Smart Contracts in UAE, Smart SMB Magazine, Januar
Robbie Nakarmi


Robbie Nakarmi
Senior Counsel

Binance


Robbie Nakarmi


Senior Counsel
Binance

Robbie Nakarmi is an experienced senior M&A lawyer and cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiast, currently serving as Senior Counsel at Binance. He completed his Bachelors of Commerce in International Business at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, before completing his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Sydney Law School, Australia. Most recently, he joined Hogan Lovells in June 2018 to help build Hogan Lovells technology and venture capital practice, where he advised the HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud’s Kingdom Holding Company on several aspects of their investment into Careem and the eventual sale to Uber, as well as advising several European and US investors into the Middle East, as well as assisting the Government of Dubai again by advising the Investment Corporation of Dubai on a global acquisition. During this time he authored an article about cryptocurrency regulation in order to give further guidance in the cryptocurrency space. As of October 2021, Robbie joined Binance as Senior Counsel – M&A, Venture Capital and Investments, to support Binance’s global efforts to become the largest blockchain ecosystem and to help in the expansion of Binance’s Middle East business. He is an active participant in conferences and meetings for the blockchain space and is committed to growing the blockchain ecosystem in Dubai, where he has resided since January 2015. He is helping to lead Binance’s growth in the Middle East, which is a region he is passionate about and has spent several years professionally and personally in developing contacts and networks. He was a speaker at Binance Blockchain Week and has helped lead Binance’s regulatory efforts in the Middle East and globally.
Nikita Sachdev


Nikita Sachdev
Founder and CEO

LunaPR


Nikita Sachdev


Founder and CEO
LunaPR

Nikita Sachdev is an Indian-American serial entrepreneur and investor. Nikita has had a keen interest in multiple industries, yet found her passion in the Crypto and Blockchain space in 2017, after working for the crypto giant, Huobi. Nikita co-launched Luna Management, a talent management agency and production house in 2015. Soon after that, she discovered the Crypto and Blockchain space, which piqued her interest. She began investing in crypto and working alongside some of the largest companies in the fintech space as an advisor, which led her to eventually exit Luna Management and launch her own public relations and marketing agency, Luna PR. Nikita travels globally to speak at universities and conferences, such as University of Miami and Oxford University, to educate people on the potential of Blockchain. Nikita’s growth has since been tremendous and has recently caught the attention of government officials worldwide.
Saqr Ereiqat


Saqr Ereiqat
Co-Founder

Crypto Oasis


Saqr Ereiqat


Co-Founder
Crypto Oasis

Saqr Mashhor Ereiqat is the Co-Founder of Crypto Oasis which is the fastest-growing ecosystem in the world where he is constantly working on developing and maintaining the company's vision, mission statement, and strategic plan. Before devoting himself to Crypto Oasis, Saqr served as a consultant for fintech, blockchain solutions, healthcare, and innovation management. He is a thirteen-year veteran of IBM in the Middle East and Africa. He was the former Head of Public Sector Consultancy in Dubai for IBM, where he was recognized as a pioneer in enterprise blockchain, being a co-author of the first IBM blockchain for government methodology and helping define the official government blockchain strategy of Dubai. While at IBM, Saqr led projects in 23 countries across Europe, Middle East & Africa where he worked with both public and private sector entities to define, create, and implement their blockchain strategies. In addition to being a positioning consultant, since 2021, Saqr serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Innovation Institute. He is currently also working with the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), the Arab Youth Center, and the Founder Institute as a mentor supporting startups in the region. In the field of healthcare, Saqr has advised several large hospital conglomerates on their technology strategy and set up the National Health Lab for Emerging Technology for the Saudi Arabian Government.
Serena Sebastiani


Serena Sebastiani
Director of Financial Services Advisory

PwC Middle East


Serena Sebastiani


Director of Financial Services Advisory
PwC Middle East

Serena is a passionate Management Consulting professional with 12 years of experience in the Financial Services industry. Focused on Fintech, Open Banking and the future of Finance and on Asset & Wealth Management (including cryptocurrencies/assets). Serena has a deep understanding of regulation and licensing in particular in the KSA region where she works closely with the ministries. Particular areas of expertise are in the fields in entrepreneurship, leadership & management, ecommerce, marketplace & digital marketing technologies.
Ahmed Allam


Ahmed Allam
Financial Expert

H.H The Ruler's Court


Ahmed Allam


Financial Expert
H.H The Ruler's Court

Ahmed Allam is a financial expert at H.H THE RULER'S COURT government of Dubai, he get his Doctorate in Finance and his research focuses on the Crypto currency as a new generation of money and its impact on the monetary system, His M. S. degree in banking. He is a member of IAA "institute of internal auditors" since 2009. He held the position of chief audit executive and investment manager before joining his currently role as financial expert at H.H THE RULER'S COURT. Allam is a lecturer for finance and professional certificate at different universities and he specialized in initiating feasibility studies and business valuation to identify the fair value for multiple companies within MENA region and developed a financial modelling system to evaluate multiple "what-if" scenarios.
Amna Usman Chaudhry


Amna Usman Chaudhry
Financial Economist and Strategist for Blockchain, Metaverse and Web 3.0

Independent


Amna Usman Chaudhry


Financial Economist and Strategist for Blockchain, Metaverse and Web 3.0
Independent

Amna is the global winner of the Woman in Web 3.0 Award and has been selected as one of 'The Top 100 Women of the Future' due to her contributions in the Blockchain, Metaverse and Web 3.0 space. Amna is a Financial Economist and Strategist for Blockchain, Metaverse & Web 3.0 involved in various interesting projects including with the UN. She is a graduate level lecturer with teaching experience in London and Dubai. Amna is the Founding Member of the Oxford Blockchain Foundation. She is the Head of the UAE Chapter of the AllStarsWomen DAO. Amna is a Board Member of the Metaverse Education Council. She is an advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).
Damian Hitchen


Damian Hitchen
CEO

Saxo Bank MENA


Damian Hitchen


CEO
Saxo Bank MENA

Damian Hitchen is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saxo Bank MENA assuming overall responsibility for Saxo Bank’s efforts in the MENA region to further grow and develop the business and client base, and for making Saxo Bank the first choice for traders, investors, and institutional partners. Hitchen brings over two decades of experience working with digital transformation in the financial industry and leads Saxo Bank’s expansion strategy in the MENA region. Hitchen joined Saxo Bank from Swissquote in 2021 where he served as CEO for Swissquote Singapore with overall responsibility to establish their business in APAC. Prior to that, he has also served as CEO for Swissquote in Dubai, where he built a regional MENA center for the Group’s services. He has also served in a number of senior roles in HSBC in the Middle East region and as an Executive Director for Falcon Private Bank. Hitchen holds a Bachelor in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hull in the UK.
Melanie Mohr


Melanie Mohr
Founder & CEO

WOM Protocol


Melanie Mohr


Founder & CEO
WOM Protocol

Melanie Mohr is a serial entrepreneur with 20years of experience in media, marketing and mobile tech and six years in the web3 space. Melanie is the founder and CEO of WOM Protocol. Melanie serves as an advisor and advisory board member of various blockchain dedicated funds and technology companies like CVlabs, Crypto Oasis, Hashed, Moralis Web3 Technologies, STEP.app and of H2, the prestigious tech network from Sillicon Valley. She is one of the top senior advisors at the renown global consultancy firm Roland Berger and their Crypto Economy expertise.
Akshata Namjoshi


Akshata Namjoshi
Associate Partner

KARM Legal Consultants


Akshata Namjoshi


Associate Partner
KARM Legal Consultants

Akshata is an Associate Partner at KARM Legal and has extensive experience in the UAE. At KARM, she heads the FinTech, Gaming and Emerging Tech practice. In addition to that she works extensively with crypto and tokenization-based projects. Throughout her time at KARM she has engaged with various crypto-exchanges, blockchains, payments platforms, crowdfunding platforms, and game operators to advise on structuring, licensing and regulatory aspects. Under her supervision KARM team regularly engages with central banks, securities regulators and monetary authorities in the region to find regulatory solutions for niche projects. Additionally, Akshata has been instrumental in drafting of various policies on digital-ID and e-KYC in the Arab region through her engagement with Arab Monetary Fund and MENA Fintech Association. Akshata has been nominated as the ‘Rising Star Lawyer’ at various awards and has been recognized as one of the top 30 under 30 lawyers by Business World Legal in the past. EDUCATION: L.L.M (Corporate and Financial Services Law), National University of Singapore. BA.LLB (Hons.), National Law Institute University, India. Fintech Revolution: Transformative Financial Services and Strategies, The Wharton School. MEMBERSHIPS Member of the Regulatory Fintech Working Group of the Arab Monetary Fund ARTICLES AUTHORED/ CO-AUTHORED: • Legality of the Smart Contracts in UA, Smart SMB Magazine, January 2019 (https://issuu.com/smartsmb/docs/smartsmb__january_2019) • Bahrain leads the Crypto Way, June 2019, The Oath Legal Magazine • Regulating Digital Assets, May 2019,The Oath Legal Magazine • Impact of UAE’s new FDI Law, Emirates Law Magazine, September 2019 • Tricking the Right to be Forgotten: One Blockchain at a time, Corporate Investment Times, October 2019 • The Indian Spring and Emirati Summer of Cryptos, Corporate Investment Times, March 2020 • Robo Advisory: A Legal Perspective- The Fintech Times
Pierre Samaties


Pierre Samaties
Partner | Global Co-Head Crypto Economy

Roland Berger


Pierre Samaties


Partner | Global Co-Head Crypto Economy
Roland Berger

Pierre is a Partner with the international strategy consulting firm Roland Berger. He is the global co-head of the firm's Crypto Economy team and a recognized thought leader in the space. Pierre is advising clients on developing their specific crypto economy strategies and implementation of use cases, focusing on digital assets, web3, metaverse, tokenization, crypto mining and digital identity. Pierre is a crypto native and has been involved in the crypto ecosystem since 2015 including hands on experience in the growth of digital assets and various blockchain pilot developments. Pierre represents the firm in the Crypto Valley Association and is part of the World Economic Forum’s Crypto and Digital Identity working group. In addition he is an advisor to Wisdomise, a Switzerland and UAE based startup utilizing AI for digital asset trading and wealth management. Before joining Roland Berger he held several executive positions, among them being the Managing Partner & CEO of RWE's Consulting and Venture Investment business in the Middle East, as well as several board positions in AI and crypto startups in the UK. Pierre holds a Master of Business Administration in General Management, a Bachelor degree in Information Technology, as well as several executive certificates from top global business schools like MIT Sloan, Wharton, LBS and INSEAD.
Eugenia Mykuliak


Eugenia Mykuliak
COO

B2BROKER


Eugenia Mykuliak


COO
B2BROKER

Eugenia Mykuliak is a highly experienced professional and COO at B2Broker company. She has 10 years of experience in the FinTech industry. Master in International Economics, MBA in Project Management, author of 11 scientific articles on economics.
Christopher Flinos


Christopher Flinos
CEO

HAYVN


Christopher Flinos


CEO
HAYVN

Christopher Flinos has been the chief executive officer of HAYVN since 2019. Flinos had been managing director of Stirling Financial Services from 2013 to 2018. Prior to Stirling, he was head of capital markets at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. From 2007 to 2012, he served as a director at Merrill Lynch, in the investment banking division. Flinos received a Bachelor of Laws from Latrobe University in 2004 and a B.A. / B.Com from the University of Melbourne in 1999.
Yegor Novikov


Yegor Novikov
Fintech Vertical Lead

Aleph


Yegor Novikov


Fintech Vertical Lead
Aleph

Yegor is a fintech advertising expert with over 7 years of experience in the industry. He has worked on both the in-house and agency/reseller sides, including brands such as Capital.com and Currency.com. His expertise lies in using platforms such as Meta, Twitter, and Reddit to drive success for fintech brands. He possesses a deep understanding of platform policies and is skilled at developing performance strategies that meet the organization’s business objectives and customer needs.
Maral Nouri


Maral Nouri
Chief Operations Officer

Luna PR


Maral Nouri


Chief Operations Officer
Luna PR

Maral Nouri is a Canadian Armenian Chief Operations Officer at Luna Media Corp & Cointelegraph MENA - with a background in financial advisory, business, and hospitality. Maral has grown in the blockchain and crypto industry ever since 2019, and started off as a Project Manager at Luna PR in 2020. With Entrepreneurial parents in the renewable energy and sustainability sector, Maral was both a leader and a business woman from a small age, and has had an embedded passion for sustainability, and giving back to the community. Flash forward a few years later, Maral is now the COO at Luna PR, an award-winning PR and Marketing agency based in Dubai, specialising in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. She began her journey at Luna PR with no previous experience in the field, but took a leap of faith and believed in the company, which paved the way towards her extraordinary achievements. At Luna PR, she was able to learn to become a problem solver and to think outside the box. It is an organisation where people’s vision and ideas become a reality and pushed her to become the COO of Luna Media Corp. “Envision it. Execute it. Empower others to do it.”
Abe Karar


Abe Karar
Chief Product Officer

Fintech Galaxy


Abe Karar


Chief Product Officer
Fintech Galaxy

Abe Karar is the Chief Product Officer at Fintech Galaxy, where he guides the development of our platform and the designs of new products, processes, technologies and management information systems to drive business performance, client engagement and operational excellence. With over 15 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, Abe has worked at some of the largest financial institutions in the world, including BMO Bank of Montreal, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) and Arab Financial Services (AFS). He has held various leadership roles across Digital, Retail, Card, Operations, Customer Experience, Business Analytics, AML and Risk Strategies. Abe’s expertise range from executing large-scale transformational initiatives across key strategic enterprise programs (+$200M), developing and implementing operational controls and action plans, and transforming strategic plans into business solutions that streamline business processes, improve customer experience, mitigate risks, reduce costs, increase productivity ratio and enhance overall ROI. Abe holds an MBA and a degree in Applied Mathematics, and has taught Corporate Performance Management, amongst other courses, at the triple-accredited Telfer professional MBA program, at the University of Ottawa.
Amrita Sethi


Amrita Sethi
NFT Artist

Amrita.ART


Amrita Sethi


NFT Artist
Amrita.ART

Amrita is the first NFT artist in the UAE, a pioneer and thought leader in the web 3 space and an award-winning UAE golden visa holder. After a successful career in the banking world, Amrita left the corporate world for a deeper calling to become an artist, leading to the creation of her multimedia art genre, SoundBYTEs(c). The unique idea led to her recognition and coverage with Forbes, CNN, BBC World, CNBC, Bloomberg etc., to winning awards, being selected for Expo 2020 and creating one of the world’s largest augmented reality murals and the first in the Middle East. She works with physical artwork, NFTs and fashion and adds Augmented, Virtual Reality and artificial intelligence into her work. She uses sound, storytelling, art and technology and has created other collections called The AlphaBYTEs and The CrystalBYTES where she creates new languages and infuses human consciousness into art. By inspiring change through art and technology Amrita strives to empower change from within and throughout communities using technology as an enhancing tool to move into the next generation. As her art is about story telling she wants to encourage people to go inwards find their own voice and then come out and tell their story or re write it to inspire others.
Andrey Stoychev


Andrey Stoychev
Project Manager

Nexo Prime


Andrey Stoychev


Project Manager
Nexo Prime

A seasoned financial industry professional, Andrey Stoychev brings over 18 years of experience in capital markets and OTC instruments trading to his work as a Project Manager at Nexo. With an academic background in science and mathematics, Stoychev has occupied various high-profile company roles, including Executive Director, Head of Risk Management, and Chairman of the Board at a number of FX trading enterprises. He is currently engaged with Nexo Prime, coordinating and overseeing the platform’s development and expansion processes. Andrey’s role is crucial for the company’s efforts to offer a 360-degree suite of financial products and services to institutional clients. Over the years, his deep industry expertise has led him not only to Nexo but also to various financial and investment forums, seminars, and conferences, where Stoychev regularly delivers presentations and lectures.
Ranya Saadawi


Ranya Saadawi
Executive Director

Pearl Initiative


Ranya Saadawi


Executive Director
Pearl Initiative

Ranya Saadawi is the Executive Director of the Pearl Initiative, a Gulf business–led non-profit promoting a corporate culture of accountability and transparency as key drivers of competitiveness and sustainable economic growth across the Gulf region. Ranya has extensive experience in the field of social entrepreneurship, impact investment and international development, with a particular focus on the Middle East & North Africa. Previously, at Expo 2020 Dubai, she led the grant management and deployment of a $100 million fund into 140 social enterprises in 76 countries. Ranya has worked and consulted for social sector organisations, including Ashoka Arab World, The Gerhart Center at the American University of Cairo and Education For Employment (EFE). Ranya started her career on Wall Street, where she consulted for companies in consumer-packaged goods, life sciences and manufacturing industries. Ranya holds an MPA from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University in Political Science and Middle Eastern Languages.
Arthur Azizov


Arthur Azizov
CEO

B2Broker


Arthur Azizov


CEO
B2Broker

Arthur Azizov is the founder and CEO of B2Broker, a provider of technology and liquidity solutions to the Forex and Crypto industry. The company has emerged as the go-to provider in its genre, amassing a huge global client base since its inception in 2014. Arthur has over a decade of experience within the Forex and Blockchain industry in a career that started prior to his MBA degree in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law from Financial University. Arthur is results-oriented and brings a wealth of experience and technical know-how to the table. He is a strategic thinker with an innate ability to find innovative and cutting-edge solutions, always delivering the best possible solutions to clients. A highly respected thought leader and speaker on the expo circuit, he is a regular and popular feature at some of the world’s leading blockchain and crypto events and a frequent contributor on panel discussions. With his foresight and dedication, he has led the company on to becoming a major force that is now recognised for its ground-breaking technology and outstanding services to the industry. Today, B2Broker is one of the most in- demand technology and liquidity providers for Forex and crypto brokers, crypto exchanges and other financial services entities offering Crypto/Forex/CFD liquidity, Crypto/Forex Broker turnkey solutions, crypto payment processing (B2BinPay), White label solutions, B2Core (Trader’s Room), B2Trader (Matching Engine) and liquidity on over 800 trading instruments. With 10 offices in 8 countries across Europe, Asia and MENA, the company has so far acquired a total of 7 licences including CySEC, FCA and AEMI.
Kaia-Reet Parv


Kaia-Reet Parv
Chief Investment Officer

CrediLinq.Ai


Kaia-Reet Parv


Chief Investment Officer
CrediLinq.Ai

Kaia is an experienced investment executive, having spent over a decade in asset management and banking-related roles. She is currently the Chief Investment Officer at CrediLinq.Ai, responsible for all investment processes, portfolio construction, and management, monitoring of investment performance as well as capital raising activities. Ms. Parv was previously the Head of Investment Research at a European brokerage house. She gained experience in asset management working for a Singapore based US$ 1.3 billion credit hedge fund, overseeing a US$ 250.0 million portfolio. She also spent six years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in various roles in investment banking, global markets and operations. Ms. Parv holds a degree from Estonian Business School and is a CFA® charterholder.
Daniela Egli


Daniela Egli
CEO - Cyprus

The Trading Pit


Daniela Egli


CEO - Cyprus
The Trading Pit

Daniela Egli has worked in the Financial Services Sector for over fifteen years, with numerous senior roles in business development, executive management, compliance, and organizing significant mergers and acquisitions across Asia and Europe. Daniela's extensive experience makes her highly skilled, adaptable, and agile in her line of work. In addition, she has many certifications, including CySEC Advanced and AML, risk management from CISI, and Level 1 CFA. Throughout her career, her contribution to leading firms has been invaluable, pushing their global expansions towards advancement, ensuring transparency, and evolving the needs of their clients. Before joining The Trading Pit, she worked as a CEO and group COO for the leading Scandinavian broker, Skilling, where she reported directly to their chief executive, providing her foresight on their operations to navigate most beneficially for their clients. Before her role at Skilling, she was also a Managing director at FXview, helping to launch the business in Cyprus and expand the group's services in other regions. In addition, she was a director and compliance officer for Blackwell Global, leading the company for six years. Daniela's leading approach and involvement in The Trading Pit is highly beneficial, as she is responsible for advancing the operations of the Cyprus headquarters. Her insight ensures the firm's mission of providing its traders and partners with the highest level of support.
Andrew Ralich


Andrew Ralich
CEO & Co-Founder

oneZero


Andrew Ralich


CEO & Co-Founder
oneZero

Andrew has spent over a decade in capital markets and holds multiple patents for financial technology applications. Andrew is recognized as a thought leader in both the technology and business side of the regional brokerage technology industry. His primary areas of focus are product design, industry, and competitive analysis, and managing long-term partnerships.
Elina Pedersen


Elina Pedersen
Chief Revenue Officer

Your Bourse


Elina Pedersen


Chief Revenue Officer
Your Bourse

Pedersen is a co-CEO and a member of the Board of Your Bourse, fintech provider of order execution and multi-asset connectivity provider with advance risk management and reporting for MT4/MT5 and Crypto brokers. Elina has over a decade of senior management and executive role experience in the fields of retail/institutional brokerage including marketing, operations, regulation, and strategy. Elina’s past roles include Global CMO and CEO of Admiral Markets Group (Admirals).
Wassim Khateeb


Wassim Khateeb
Chief Commercial Officer

FXCUBIC


Wassim Khateeb


Chief Commercial Officer
FXCUBIC

Wassim is a Business Engineer graduated from the Louvain School of Management in Belgium. He leads the business development and commercial operations of FXCubic. He has extensive experience (10 years+) in the fintech industry having served in various international managerial positions in sales and business development.
Elizabeth Rayment


Elizabeth Rayment
Director

YMM


Elizabeth Rayment


Director
YMM

Elizabeth is the founder of YMM the London-based marketing agency for financial services, that focuses on the UK and the Middle East. With over a decade of experience in finance and marketing, Elizabeth specializes in elevating brands and finding creative solutions for complex challenges. She has a strong track record of delivering business growth on a global scale and is a pioneer in finding new avenues of expansion and innovation.
Phillip Lord


Phillip Lord
Co-Founder

Pimlico Partners


Phillip Lord


Co-Founder
Pimlico Partners

Phillip Lord is the co-founder of Pimlico Partners, an award-winning investor relations firm based in Dubai. With over 20 years of experience as a leading technology investment banker in Asia, Lord spotted the opportunity for the UAE to become a hub for AI and blockchain a few years ago and made the move to Dubai. In addition to his work with Pimlico Partners, Lord is also an active angel and seed investor through his Lords Family Office entity, with a focus on disruptive tech and a particular bias towards blockchain since 2017. He is dedicated to supporting the growth and success of innovative companies.
Elena Sabelnikova


Elena Sabelnikova
Business partner

Armenotech


Elena Sabelnikova


Business partner
Armenotech

Professional with over 15 years of experience for different lines of business including but not limited to finance, business development, people management, and business coaching. As a business partner, she manages partnership networks in order to understand business needs and demands. Communicates with the team to find the best approach for customized solutions.
Hormoz Faryar


Hormoz Faryar
Head of Institutional Sales

ADSS


Hormoz Faryar


Head of Institutional Sales
ADSS

Hormoz Faryar is an industry veteran with 22 years of contribution at Credit Suisse, State Street Bank, ADS Securities and Equiti Group. Having gained unique perspectives through fintech-driven roles at major startup entities within banks, including AES Algos at Credit Suisse Bank, and State Street bank’s Global Exchange, Hormoz has helped create institutional solutions here in the GCC region for the last 8 years. His successes in algorithmic FX solutions for global macro and corporation clients as well as his experience in developing spot FX product sets for banks, hedge funds, brokers and asset managers has given him a clear edge within the segment.
Tajinder Virk


Tajinder Virk
CEO

Zulutrade


Tajinder Virk


CEO
Zulutrade

Tajinder Virk is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finvasia group of companies and Interim CEO ZuluTrade. He is an engaged and motivating leader who leverages his 17 years of extensive industry knowledge to lead the group and its people. His deep familiarity with all aspects of the business allows him to develop and lead the execution of the group’s strategic vision and guide the group’s growth. He has worked with some of the largest investment banks and hedge funds on Wall Street and has managed multibillion-dollar funds for major US banks, prior to co-founding Finvasia.
Mansoor Madhavji


Mansoor Madhavji
Partner

Blockchain Founders Fund


Mansoor Madhavji


Partner
Blockchain Founders Fund

Mansoor Madhavji 穆大胜is a Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. Mansoor consults leading organizations such as INSEAD on emerging technologies. He is also a Limited Partner on Loyal VC and Draper Goren Holm. Mansoor has supported numerous projects on developing sophisticated economic models, go-to-market and branding strategies. Mansoor has created unique cost-effective growth hacks for startups and clients that surpassed benchmarks. Mansoor serves as an advisor to innovative startups including Splinterlands. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, one of the global elite accelerator programs operated by the venture fund SOSV with $1.1B+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX) which helps the best mobile startups from around the world with 167 million users on its smartphone platform. He previously led growth and marketing strategy with an innovative technology company launching secure digital currency exchanges across South East Asia and India. Prior to his focus on early stage companies, Mansoor led an international digital marketing and branding agency across North America and Asia.
Ugne M. Buraciene


Ugne M. Buraciene
Group CEO / Country Ambassador

payabl. / European Women Payments Network


Ugne M. Buraciene


Group CEO / Country Ambassador
payabl. / European Women Payments Network

Ugne has 14+ years of experience in banking and payments in the global Fintech space. Her extensive expertise in complex banking and payments ecosystems includes knowledge and understanding around acquiring, issuing, banking, open banking, best industry practices and key principles of international business operations, with concrete focus on business development, marketing and growth. Ugne is an all-things-payments enthusiast, proudly focusing on building scalable payment solutions for global e-commerce businesses to accept and make frictionless payments, locally and internationally.
Hayel Abu Hamdan


Hayel Abu Hamdan
Chief Commercial Officer

Hantec Markets


Hayel Abu Hamdan


Chief Commercial Officer
Hantec Markets

Hayel started his career in the FX industry in the early 2000s with HiFX, in 2002 he moved to Rosenthal Collins Group to help develop and build the direction and strategy of the business in several regions. He then joined MIG investments Switzerland in 2007 and achieved substantial growth in the company’s global FX client base by positioning MIG into the international FX scene, he also played a vital role in the management and implementation of MIG BANK License. Hayel Joined Hantec Markets in 2010 as the group’s chief operating officer before taking the role of Chief commercial officer, contributing to Hantec's growth in multiple key markets and expanding the group's client base.
Iskandar Najjar


Iskandar Najjar
CEO

Equiti Capital


Iskandar Najjar


CEO
Equiti Capital

He has a strong track record leading and growing FX and CFD companies in the Middle East. Iskandar is the former MD of ADS Securities for the Middle East & Africa region, and CEO of Alpari ME. Under Iskandar's leadership, Alpari ME become the leading FX firm in the Middle East region. Iskandar began his career as a financial advisor working for Barclays bank in the UK before transitioning to work in the FX industry. lskandar holds an MBA from the London Business School and an MSc in Finance from Leeds Beckett University.
Evgeny Sorokin


Evgeny Sorokin
SVP of Software Engineering

Devexperts


Evgeny Sorokin


SVP of Software Engineering
Devexperts

Evgeny is SVP of Software Engineering at Devexperts, a financial software provider company, where he is heading the R&D Department; he has worked at a number of high-tech companies including Quotix (an FxPro Company), Spotware Systems, and Intel Corporation. His strength lies in his considerable knowledge of technology trends and innovations, and how they can be implemented into the development process. Along with developing software, Evgeny is focused on looking for talent and building the right teams suited for a particular project.
Jonathan David Cumberlidge


Jonathan David Cumberlidge
Sales Director - FX

BVNK


Jonathan David Cumberlidge


Sales Director - FX
BVNK

Jonathan Cumberlidge is BVNK's FX Sales Director, who is considered a “Subject Matter Expert” across a broad range of financial trading products, including; FX, CFDs, Options, Futures, Commodities, Equities, ETFs and Cryptos. Jonathan's exposure to cross-cultural operational and compliance practices under FCA, ASIC, FSCA and CySEC regulatory jurisdictions, has enabled him to lead operations throughout Europe, APAC, Middle East and America. Previously at Finalto Trading, Saxo Bank, GAIN Capital and GFT Global Markets.
Laoura Salveta


Laoura Salveta
CMO

Netrios


Laoura Salveta


CMO
Netrios

Laoura Salveta an accomplished strategy and integrated marketing professional, who has worked the global circuit with brands such as Manchester City Football Club, Guinness, Vodafone, Nestle and more. She joined the Fintech industry over 10 years ago leading marketing activities internationally for multiple Forex brokers, such as easy-markets and FXPrimus to name a few. She has experience in leading teams from an both an agency and in-house perspective, working with highly skilled marketers to execute some of the most exciting multichannel marketing campaigns Fintech has seen.
Michael Zhao Xu


Michael Zhao Xu
CEO

Klickl.com


Michael Zhao Xu


CEO
Klickl.com

Serial FinTech & Crypto Entrepreneur – Founder :IDCM VGPayCrypto 1 Acquisition Corp, the first digital asset focused SPAC (Nasdaq listed ,DAOO) Former regulator at the central bank of China and Co-Chairman of Hong Kong Blockchain Association. Collaborating directly with states and national governments on blockchain initiatives. Derivatives trading and risk management roles in UBS Investment Bank (USA / Singapore), China Merchants Bank (China), State Administration of Foreign Exchange (China), and Intesa Sanpaolo (Hong Kong). Global experience running flow trading business and managing portfolio risk across multi-asset classes in emerging markets. Chief Dealer for multiple global coordinated central bank market interventions during the 2008 credit crunch.
Guy Hopkins


Guy Hopkins
CEO & Founder

FairXchange


Guy Hopkins


CEO & Founder
FairXchange

Guy began his career in 1998 providing technology solutions to Lloyds Insurance market. He joined Bloomberg in 2002, where he held a number of sales and management roles, culminating in responsibility for Bloomberg’s popular FX product in Europe. In 2008 he joined Morgan Stanley, where he managed eDistribution for FX and Emerging Markets in EMEA. He has extensive practical experience in managing an electronic foreign exchange business, specialising in TCA and algorithmic execution. In 2016 he launched FairXchange. He also acted as a consultant to MahiFX, helping them to develop and market algorithmic execution tools for investors.
Ritu Singh


Ritu Singh
Regional Business Director – ROW, HNW

StoneX Financial Ltd


Ritu Singh


Regional Business Director – ROW, HNW
StoneX Financial Ltd

Ritu Singh heads the StoneX Retail division for the ROW region, focused on growing the FOREX.com brand across MENA, LATAM, SEA and other high potential markets. INSEAD MBA, with global experience of over two decades in marketing, product, payments, operations and commercial activities for brokerages and finance and consumer companies. Having lived, studied and worked in India, Singapore, France and UK, Ritu has strong cultural sensitivity and enjoys working with diverse clients and business teams. Working in growth markets with FOREX.com, a highly regulated broker, has given Ritu a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities of building and managing a diverse business.
Jonathan Brewer


Jonathan Brewer
Managing Partner

IS Prime


Jonathan Brewer


Managing Partner
IS Prime

Jonathan Brewer co-founded IS Prime with Raj Sitlani and systematic hedge fund manager, ISAM, in 2014 and has played a key role in growing the firm into one of the pre-eminent Prime of Prime providers in the market. He is also Commercial Director at ISAM Capital Markets, which consists of IS Prime, IS Prime Hong Kong and IS Risk. Prior to setting up IS Prime, Jonathan’s career focused on the sales and management of e-FX solutions at Goldman Sachs and Sucden Financial. He has a track record of success in electronic trading, with a main focus on Foreign Exchange, Indices and Commodities as well as Listed Derivatives and Securities.
Christoforos Theodoulou


Christoforos Theodoulou
Head of Global Business & Sales

MetaQuotes


Christoforos Theodoulou


Head of Global Business & Sales
MetaQuotes

Christoforos Theodoulou is a seasoned executive in fintech sales where he leads new business development at MetaQuotes for successfully expanding the adoption of MetaTrader 5 multi-asset trading platform globally. He is an industry recognized expert and passionate about financial technologies. With his strong skill-set in Trading Platforms and educational background in Business, Finance and Marketing, is further educating financial institutions on how to leverage MetaQuotes' technologies to enter new markets and succeed.
Anand Shankaran


Anand Shankaran
Head Of Sales - UAE

NCM Investment Kscc


Anand Shankaran


Head Of Sales - UAE
NCM Investment Kscc

Responsible for FIX Api, White Label, Institutional & Retail sales in UAE, India, Pakistan, Malaysia. Financial Analyst professional with over 15 years of experience in Foreign exchange and Capital markets. A Marketing specialist with exposure in Financial Products in various Regulations especially UK- FCA, Kuwait- CMA, Jordon- JSC, UAE- DGCX & SCA, Labuan FSA Malaysia, India- SEBI. Deals with clients around the world.
Dmitri Makrides


Dmitri Makrides
Head of Dealing team

Quadcode


Dmitri Makrides


Head of Dealing team
Quadcode

Risk Manager/Dealer with vast experience in the financial services industry. Background in Accounting Finance and Corporate Law. Active and adventurous, extreme sports enthusiast Believe diversification is key for the success of every business and networking is the key to that door.
David Nussbaum


David Nussbaum
CEO

Skale CRM


David Nussbaum


CEO
Skale CRM

David Nussbaum, CEO and Founder of Skale CRM, has two decades of experience in software solutions tailored for the fintech and the online trading industry. Skale provides a back-office and client portal solution for brokerages around the world. In addition, Skale has a plug-and-play marketplace where over 200 3rd party trading platforms, PSPs, marketing tools and other companies are already integrated with Skale, giving its clients full flexibility and choice as to which 3rd party integrations they want to use to enhance their business. David’s experience in the financial services industry has contributed to Skale being the leading international CRM platform on the market today. David started his career as an electronic engineer at BAE Systems after graduating with an MSc Electronics and Robotics. He continued his career working in product and project manager roles in Reuters, SuperDerivatives and TraderTools.
Evdokia Pitsillidou


Evdokia Pitsillidou
Partner | Risk & Compliance Director

SALVUS FUNDS


Evdokia Pitsillidou


Partner | Risk & Compliance Director
SALVUS FUNDS

Evdokia, a partner at Salvus Funds, is actively advising and working on all matters related to licensing regulatory compliance, and internal audits for Investment Firms, Crypto Providers (CASP), Investment Funds, and Payment Institutions.
Demetris Taxitaris


Demetris Taxitaris
CEO

MAP S.Platis Group


Demetris Taxitaris


CEO
MAP S.Platis Group

Demetris Taxitaris is the Chief Executive Officer of MAP S.Platis, a leading consulting Group in the provision of solutions in international licensing, regulatory compliance, internal audit, risk management, human resources, regulatory technology, information technology, business resilience, information security including cybersecurity, governance, executive training and innovation consulting to regulated and other firms. In the past, he worked at Bank of Cyprus as Head of Asset Management with local and international clients, individuals and institutionals, across all industries. Prior to that, Demetris worked at Deloitte in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, becoming a member of the ICAEW. Demetris is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (‘ICPAC’), the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (‘CIFA’) and the Association of Cyprus International Financial Firms (‘ACIFF’).
Omar Qaryouti


Omar Qaryouti
Managing Director – Commercial and Sales (Emerging Markets)

Advanced Markets Group


Omar Qaryouti


Managing Director – Commercial and Sales (Emerging Markets)
Advanced Markets Group

Omar Qaryouti has over 15 years in the financial services industry with a demonstrated history of retail and institutional leadership expertise. Prior to his role at Advanced Markets, where he is responsible for spearheading the company’s commercial growth, he worked for CMS Prime as COO, ADSS as Director, Alpari Middle East and Advanced Currency Markets.
Przemysław Wojtyna


Przemysław Wojtyna
Head of Business Development

Match2Pay


Przemysław Wojtyna


Head of Business Development
Match2Pay

Przemysław is a highly-skilled professional with a broad experience in Forex, Banking and Payments. He has been working in the Fintech industry for more than 10 years, including Swiss Forex Bank Dukascopy, Lithuanian-based EMI Finci and Cyprus-based forex broker Conotoxia. Currently, he uses his experience to develop payment solutions available for clients of Match-Trade Technology, mainly the Match2Pay crypto payment gateway.
Arvin Khamseh


Arvin Khamseh
NFT Marketing King

Soldout NFTS


Arvin Khamseh


NFT Marketing King
Soldout NFTS

Arvin Khamseh is a globally recognized thought leader in the crypto space with a background in management of 500K/month marketing for public companies. Since successfully selling out an Italian artist collection in 2021, Arvin has the most sold out collection's even in the bear market. Additionally to hosting his Soldout Secrets Show he is also frequently a guest on top crypto podcasts which include Social Media Examiner. He is regularly quoted by major media, including USA Today, Forbes, Entrepreneur as well as a popular featured keynote speaker and panellist at high profile blockchain events including Blockchain Festivals, TMRW Conference, IFPX, Metaverse Week, Financial Summit & AIBC/Sigma.
John Murillo


John Murillo
Chief Dealing Officer

B2Broker


John Murillo


Chief Dealing Officer
B2Broker

John Murillo has been holding the position of the Chief Dealing Officer at B2Broker for more than 5 years. During that time he was able to implement the best market practices into the business processes and introduce core approaches to the liquidity part of business. Among other tasks, he is responsible for overseeing and development of the Dealing Team, Tech support, Engineering and Client relations. Mr. Murillo is a well recognized financial markets expert with more than 20+ years of experience in this industry. Throughout his career, John has held various senior positions at financial institutions worldwide which has given him a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience, including risk management and financial engineering.
Joshua Garth Slatem


Joshua Garth Slatem
Head of Payments

Praxis Tech


Joshua Garth Slatem


Head of Payments
Praxis Tech

Originally from South Africa and currently living in sunny Cyprus, Joshua Slatem’s career began as a Chartered Management Accountant. After leaving academia he began to hone his understanding of the dynamic needs of merchants. Gathering expertise across multiple industries, including Finance, eCommerce, Travel and Gaming (to name a few), Josh has fully immersed himself into the world of payments. Over the years this dedication now sees him matching merchants with bespoke yet robust payment solutions spanning the globe. Giving merchants what they want and need.
James Clappison


James Clappison
Sales Business Developer

Voiso


James Clappison


Sales Business Developer
Voiso

James has extensive experience working in fintech and communications companies for well over 10 years across UK and Cyprus. By combining expertise in fintech and communications it ensures a harmonious relationship between the two and help to understand the pain points whilst delivering bespoke optimal solutions.
Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Adv.


Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Adv.
Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Financial Regulation Department

Barnea & Co. Law Offices


Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Adv.


Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Financial Regulation Department
Barnea & Co. Law Offices

Dr. Zvi Gabbay advises world-leading companies in the financial services and fintech industries. Zvi specializes in the use of blockchain technology in the context of financial services, and proper implementation of regulation in advanced technologies such as robo-advising, the use of Artificial Intelligence in the financial industry and more. Zvi routinely publishes academic articles on various regulatory aspects, and advises policy makers in Israel and abroad. Zvi possesses unique experience in offering creative solutions that promote innovative technological solutions while keeping their developers within the boundaries of regulation. For the past few years, Zvi has been ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Bank One lawyer in the Fintech filed in Israel.
Andrew Matushkin


Andrew Matushkin
Head of Global Business Development

B2Broker Group


Andrew Matushkin


Head of Global Business Development
B2Broker Group

Andrew Matushkin is a Head of Global Business Development at B2Broker Group of Companies. Bachelor degree in Economics and Master degree in International Business Strategy. With substantial experience in the financial market, including fintech, brokerage and payment business. Andrew has been a part of the B2Broker group from early stages and has an extensive knowledge about the FinTech industry.
Jonathan Wood


Jonathan Wood
Chief Comercial Officer

Hayvn


Jonathan Wood


Chief Comercial Officer
Hayvn

Jonathan is a qualified chartered accountant, after completing his tenure at Deloitte, he moved into M&A investment banking with Rothschild. He has spent the last 8 years of his career focussing on commercial and strategic growth within various companies in the fintech and finance industries. He has been working with HAYVN for 3 and a half years in various capacities, but officially joined the team after a successful Series A Capital Raise in 2021.
Denis Devochkin


Denis Devochkin
Business Development Manager

Quadcode


Denis Devochkin


Business Development Manager
Quadcode

Professional with over 5 years of experience in B2B market for different business areas, including b business development, project management and customer success. As a Key Account Manager in SaaS used to contribute to strengthening business relationships with key partners to support their business and needs. As a business development manager actively contributes to key partnership relationships and expanding Company's SaaS business exploring new markets.
Tatiana Pilipenko


Tatiana Pilipenko
Senior Business Development Executive

Brokeree Solutions


Tatiana Pilipenko


Senior Business Development Executive
Brokeree Solutions

Tatiana Pilipenko is a Senior Business Development Executive at Brokeree Solutions - a turnkey technology provider for multi-asset brokerages. Tatiana is responsible for a large number of brokerages of different sizes, most of which use Brokeree's flagship product - Social Trading solution. Thus she accumulates the knowledge and expertise of Brokeree's team as well as has deep understanding of broker's painpoints when it comes to introducing and operating a successful copy trading investment system despite the region of origin.
Ivan Egorov


Ivan Egorov
Global Head of Sales

Tools for Brokers


Ivan Egorov


Global Head of Sales
Tools for Brokers

Ivan is the Global Head of Sales for Tools for Brokers, and he oversees the global sales strategy and sales teams. As a goal-oriented high achiever, Ivan started at TFB in 2016 as a Junior Manager and quickly grew into Key Account Manager, with a recent promotion to Global Head of Sales. Ivan has played a vital role in growing and expanding the company and is currently based in Cyprus.
Tony Petrov


Tony Petrov
Chief Legal Officer

SumSub


Tony Petrov


Chief Legal Officer
SumSub

Experienced Blockchain and Fintech Attorney with focus on AML and KYC compliance, data privacy and international regulators relations. LLM (University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law), LLB (St. Petersburg State University), IT Law (University of California Berkeley). Certified CySEC AML Compliance Officer. Tony is the author and host of the YouTube channel "Sumsub for experts".
Ran Cohen


Ran Cohen
Co-founder & CEO

BridgerPay


Ran Cohen


Co-founder & CEO
BridgerPay

Ran is a visionary leader in the payments space with 20 years of experience in the B2B industry. Known for turning creative ideas into great products. His latest achievement was leading the team who created the world's first self-onboarding payment operations platforms, in an effort to help businesses make data-driven decisions and accelerate growth.
Ankit Shah


Ankit Shah
Global Head of Fintech

GTN


Ankit Shah


Global Head of Fintech
GTN

Ankit Shah has over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. Previously, Ankit worked for Interactive Brokers for almost 15 years as the executive director for their Indian operations and built the business for them in India and covered the Middle East as well. Ankit has joined GTN as Global Head of FinTech with the mandate to build out the FinTech business for GTN. Ankit has completed his Global MBA from IE Business School, Spain and is based out of Singapore.
Andrius Anelauskas


Andrius Anelauskas
Head of Business Development & Client Experience

Securrency Capital


Andrius Anelauskas


Head of Business Development & Client Experience
Securrency Capital

Andrius leads a wide range of Securrency Capital strategic initiatives, from client engagement and partnerships development to business planning and client experience management. Driven by the passion for innovation in fintech space, throughout the career he was engaged in projects spanning digital banking, blockchain solutions and trading platforms, among others. Prior to joining Securrency Capital, Andrius was driving development of a neobank in the Middle East, where he was instrumental in the launch of fully digital corporate clients onboarding journey. During his consulting engagements with BCG, he was involved in strategic advisory projects across the GCC region, advising on governance, investment initiatives, and IPO readiness. Before moving to the Middle East, Andrius worked across various sales & trading desks - building and expanding financial derivatives business across the Baltic states and Scandinavia.
Gaurav Rustagi


Gaurav Rustagi
Chief Growth Officer

Kristal.AI


Gaurav Rustagi


Chief Growth Officer
Kristal.AI

Gaurav holds a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Lucknow. He has over 20 years of experience in FMCG industry across Customer Development, Route-to-market, Customer & Performance Marketing and go-to-market strategy. 15 of these are with Unilever equally within India and the Middle East He is based in the UAE and has recently joined Kristal to accelerate it’s journey from a Fintech start-up in Singapore to a globally accessible Platform of choice for individuals and institutional partners looking for global investment options.
Vince De Castro


Vince De Castro
Chief Marketing Officer

OneRoyal


Vince De Castro


Chief Marketing Officer
OneRoyal

Vince is the Chief Marketing Officer at OneRoyal and is an experienced marketing leader with a passion for technology and innovation. He has over fifteen years experience in brand, strategy and digital marketing as well as a proven track record in leading marketing teams through complex campaigns, funnel optimization and increasing overall lifetime value of the customer.
Wael Makarem


Wael Makarem
Senior Market Strategist

Exness


Wael Makarem


Senior Market Strategist
Exness

Wael Makarem is a Senior Market Strategist at Exness, a Certified Investment Management Analyst by the Investment and Wealth Institute and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments. Wael conducted many webinars and seminars where he shared his knowledge and expertise with traders and investors. He is a weekly guest on several TV shows where he explains his vision of the markets to investors. His analysis is also quoted and cited in numerous articles in Nasdaq, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, and Gulf News.
Artur Delijergijevs


Artur Delijergijevs
Quant Trading Manager

CMC Markets Connect


Artur Delijergijevs


Quant Trading Manager
CMC Markets Connect

Artur joined CMC Markets in 2011 where he has gained over 11 years of experience in the field of Quantitative Analysis and Quant Trading. He is based in our London office and is responsible for systematic market making and risk management in FICC products, development of the new strategies and overseeing cross-asset class algorithmic execution within the firm. He works closely with Quant and Data Science teams. Artur is a fluent English and Russian speaker.
Tom Higgins


Tom Higgins
Founder & CEO

Gold-i | Crypto Switch


Tom Higgins


Founder & CEO
Gold-i | Crypto Switch

Tom Higgins is the founder and CEO of Gold-i and Crypto Switch™, with experience in financial technology spanning over 25 years. With an in-depth knowledge of the trading technology industry, Tom set up Gold-i in 2008 after spotting a gap in the market to enhance the FX trading process. Tom has played a major role in disrupting the retail FX and digital asset markets, giving opportunities to brokers across the globe. He has extended the firm’s focus to digital assets using Crypto Switch™, a proven digital asset solution for consuming and distributing Crypto liquidity, to support the growing demand to trade crypto.
Dino Anastasiadis


Dino Anastasiadis
EMEA Solutions Director

Trading Central


Dino Anastasiadis


EMEA Solutions Director
Trading Central

With 20+ years experience working within the financial services sector helping brokers expand their client base and implementing strategies , Dino now heads up the EMEA solutions for Trading central to drive innovations and solutions to help brokers with education, actionable insights and research. Our online broker solutions harness an award-winning fusion of automated AI analytics, beautiful user interfaces and registered investment adviser expertise.
Negin Negahdari


Negin Negahdari
Key Account Manager

Exness


Negin Negahdari


Key Account Manager
Exness

Negin Negahdari is a Key Account Manager at Exness. She takes pride in being one of the youngest professionals in the MENA region. She is responsible for leading a team of relationship managers as well as driving commercial growth and expansion within the MENA region. Negin also handles portfolios of high value partners and clients.
Arsalan Ahmed


Arsalan Ahmed
Strategic Sales Director

Worldpay from FIS


Arsalan Ahmed


Strategic Sales Director
Worldpay from FIS

Currently the Director of Strategic Sales at Worldpay and part of the expansion team for Middle East. A payments and technology enabler who has helped some of the most prominent names in middle east on their payments & digital transformation journey.
Danny Salman


Danny Salman
Senior Market Analyst

Multibank Group


Danny Salman


Senior Market Analyst
Multibank Group

Danny Salman specializes in market research and has worked with leading financial institutions across the GCC & Europe. He holds a master’s degree in Investment & Finance from Queen Mary, University of London and CISI advanced qualifications. He is currently working as a Senior Market Analyst at MultiBank Group.
Abdulrahman Hamad


Abdulrahman Hamad
Head Of Client Services

Axi


Abdulrahman Hamad


Head Of Client Services
Axi

-Dubai born and raised but originally from Sudan -Bachelor of Science in Finance & Management (Dual Degree) -8 years of Financial services experience with 2. years in banking as a credit relationship officer in corporate Islamic banking Axi Experience: -Started as a customer service agent in CX in Dubai in 2017 -Promoted to CX Manager in 2018 & built out the CX team in Cyprus & Manila Simultaneously -Relocated to Cyprus at the start of 2019 -Lost All resources in CY during the start of Covid ( as demand for Sales resources soared & Staff moved to Sales) -Rebuilt the Cyprus team in 2020 a second time -Promoted to Global Head of Client Services in 2020 & focusing on Global expansion & growth.
Fadi Abou Ras


Fadi Abou Ras
CEO

AvaTrade ME


Fadi Abou Ras


CEO
AvaTrade ME

Fadi Abou Ras is a seasoned manager and financial services professional who engaged different senior roles with many globally reputed brokerage firms and investment banks. Currently, Mr. Abou Ras is leading AvaTrade Middle East in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as the Senior Executive Officer.
Mohammad Amer


Mohammad Amer
Regional Commercial Director - MENA

Exness


Mohammad Amer


Regional Commercial Director - MENA
Exness

Mohammad is Exness’ Regional Commercial Director for the MENA region. He has vast experience in the financial markets, with his career spanning more than 15 years of working for some of the industry’s key players. Mohammad is a dynamic individual with diverse knowledge and expertise in the sector. Throughout the years, he has been managing various teams of different capacities, making him one of the professionals actively involved in the industry’s rapid growth of the past years. His deep understanding of the MENA region along with his invaluable experience of the industry is instrumental for Exness’ vision and expansion plans.
Constantinos Michailides


Constantinos Michailides
Director

DGM TECH SOLUTIONS


Constantinos Michailides


Director
DGM TECH SOLUTIONS

Constantinos Michaelides (a.k.a. Dinos), a technologist with over 20 years of experience in IT and current owner and Director of DGM Tech Solutions. DGM is a fintech services and consultancy based business with primary focus on tech solutions that Brokerage firms need to operate and provide their services to traders around the world. The goal at DGM is to have the knowledge and skills to manage the most commonly used solutions that exist in the industry today – which is in itself diverse and covers a gap that Brokerage firms are challenged with when it comes to finding the right talent to implement and sustain these evolving solutions. Being at the forefront of the FinTech space with an in-depth understanding of the strengths and weaknesses that exist today, aspires us to innovate on the latest advances in technology and create proprietary solutions to the industry that currently do not exist and live up to our slogan, ‘Leveraging Technology for the Financial Services Industry’
Jack Zheng


Jack Zheng
CEO

GTCFX


Jack Zheng


CEO
GTCFX

Jack Zheng is the founder and CEO of GTCFX, a company that has been taking over the globe by storm. Headquartered in Dubai, GTCFX has entrenched its way into several other regions around the world, led under the strong vision of Jack Zheng in a span of 8 years. With a strong entrepreneurial appetite, Jack has a multi dimensional & diversified vision in the fintech domain and has successfully achieved multiple milestones. He started his career in HongKong, and was always intrigued by the convulsive nature of financial markets. His strong & deeper understanding of financial markets led him to major in Finance and Economics. With 18 years experience under his belt, Jack is currently the global chairman at GTCFX Group and is also currently holding the position of Deputy Chairman of CEO club UAE.
Tausif Ahmed


Tausif Ahmed
Merchant Country Leader, UAE

Worldpay from FIS


Tausif Ahmed


Merchant Country Leader, UAE
Worldpay from FIS

Tausif is the UAE Merchant Country Leader for Worldpay from FIS, implementing comprehensive growth strategy across the MEA region. He brings more than 25 years to his role with a strong background in payments, banking & finance and successfully transforming businesses to be the dominant market leader. Prior to Tausif’s role at Worldpay from FIS, he served as VP at Fiserv, Country Leader at Logica CMG and Regional Manager at ACI Worldwide. Tausif holds an MBA from the University of South Wales, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Sciences from Bloomsburg University of PA, USA.
Andrew Lane


Andrew Lane
CEO

Acuity


Andrew Lane


CEO
Acuity

Andrew Lane is founder and Managing Director of Acuity Trading Ltd. Established in 2013 in pursuit of his vision to bring institutional style products in news analytics and sentiment to the online market, Andrew is helping investors make actionable use of today’s Big Data. Andrew’s 10-year career at Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal put him at the forefront of development in this technology, helping clients revolutionize their trading activities. Andrew’s knowledge of the financial markets and financial technology spans the globe and coupled with his creativity for next generation trading tools, Andrew’s flair for product development shows no signs of abating. Andrew is also a regular speaker at industry events focused on financial technology. Outside of Acuity Trading, Andrew is a keen triathlete and has a deep appreciation for global politics and economics.
Lee Holmes


Lee Holmes
Executive Management

IXO Prime powered by INFINOX


Lee Holmes


Executive Management
IXO Prime powered by INFINOX

Lee is an executive manager at IXO Prime, the institutional arm of INFINOX. He has over a decade of experience in financial services stretching multiple roles across the industry. Lee now uses all this experience to help grow IXO Prime and provide the best service possible to all our clients.
Drew Niv


Drew Niv
CEO

Trader Tools


Drew Niv


CEO
Trader Tools

Been in FX business since 1998. Founder and CEO of FXCM 1999 - 2017
Andreas Kapsos


Andreas Kapsos
CEO

Match-Prime Liquidity


Andreas Kapsos


CEO
Match-Prime Liquidity

Andreas Kapsos, the CEO of Match-Prime Liquidity, has been involved in the Forex industry for over a decade. Thanks to cooperation with the most prominent European Brokers, he perfectly understands the needs and expectations of both Brokers and Traders. He uses his experience to create a client-centric liquidity offer with an individual approach to every business.
Andrei Savitski


Andrei Savitski
Global Business Development Manager

Centroid Solutions


Andrei Savitski


Global Business Development Manager
Centroid Solutions

Andrei Savitski is a Global Business Development Manager at Centroid Solutions, who is a FinTech professional with over 15 years’ experience in core Business Technology Solutions for financial institutions. Having worked for leading fintech companies, he has an in-depth knowledge and expertise in MetaTrader Platforms, connectivity & hosting, bridging & aggregation technology.
Raphael Tetro


Raphael Tetro
SVP Merchants Services, Digital Payments

Nuvei


Raphael Tetro


SVP Merchants Services, Digital Payments
Nuvei

In his role as SVP Merchant Services at Nuvei, Raphael drives the company’s rapid expansion into new verticals and territories. Drawing from his years of extensive experience in the payments and fintech industries, Raphael is a pro at supporting merchants from a broad range of verticals, assisting them to optimize their payment strategies. He has a proven track record of expanding the digital business scope of numerous medium and large sized companies through a solutions based approach. Raphael holds a degree from the Lauder Business School in Vienna and had graduated with honors.
Simon Peter Massabni


Simon Peter Massabni
Senior Key Account Manager

Exness


Simon Peter Massabni


Senior Key Account Manager
Exness

Simon-Peter Massabni, a Senior Key Account Manager at Exness, with more than 10 years of experience in the market. His expertise in the fintech industry and leadership skills are vital to our operations, allowing him to lead a team of relationship managers to create and maintain relationships with partners and clients. In addition to being a seasoned sales expert, Simon is also an experienced speaker and trainer, delivering numerous presentations and seminars to clients and partners all over the region, sharing his experience and knowledge to enhance the abilities of others.
Darshan Chhabria


Darshan Chhabria
CTO

Century Financial


Darshan Chhabria


CTO
Century Financial

Darshan leads the technology teams at Century Financial and is responsible for building out product technology, managing infrastructure & cybersecurity and technology efforts towards enhancing marketing and customer experiences. He has more than 15 years experience in technology and consulting with focus on digital transformation, digital experiences and cybersecurity. He has led product implementations across India, Middle East and Southeast Asia and US and across various sectors - Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services and Government. He has worked on various aspects of product technology: Definition of client journeys Building of seamless user interfaces for client facing applications User behaviours and analytics Omnichannel communication Customer onboarding Regulatory compliances Payment integrations
Cristian Vlasceanu


Cristian Vlasceanu
CEO

Centroid Solutions


Cristian Vlasceanu


CEO
Centroid Solutions

Cristian Vlasceanu, Chief Executive Officer at Centroid Solutions. Previously Cristian has held several other senior management roles, being COO and CEO at other technology providers and has been in the industry for more than 10 years. Cristian is widely recognized within the FinTech industry as a veteran technical engineer with a high level of exceptional client relationship and communication skills. As the CEO of a world’s leading fintech provider, Cristian is responsible for overseeing a team of skilled professionals, welcoming new clients and advising on how to optimise their trading environments and supporting relationships with existing clients. In spite of his fully-packed day to day schedule, Cristian still finds the time to advise on new product developments as he firmly believes that there is always room for improvement, while he is also known for taking the time to build a personal relationship with each and every one of his team members.
Ross Pitman


Ross Pitman
Director of Business & Communications

GRS Recruitment


Ross Pitman


Director of Business & Communications
GRS Recruitment

Ross began his recruitment career back in 2003 in the UK managing a large city centre contract employment desk, before joining GRS Recruitment, a leading Consultancy in Cyprus, Malta & the Middle East in 2016. Ross serves as a pivotal member of the Senior Management Team having joined as an Executive Recruitment Consultant and going on to be promoted to Director of Business & Communications in record time. With a wide portfolio of clients across a diverse industry spectrum, Ross has supported his clients in identifying, interviewing and placing highly skilled professionals from entry to senior management level. Ross continues to act as a mentor and coach to the whole team offering his wealth of understanding and market knowledge to the next generation of GRS consultants. Ross solidifies GRS’ presence as the market leading recruitment, HR and payroll consultancy group, with his passion for client relationship management, business development and participation in industry events. Since 2005 GRS have placed thousands of candidates to advance their careers and meet our client’s strategic objectives. Our high quality service is consistently committed to excellence where confidentiality, for both client and candidate, are at the forefront of our priorities. In this highly competitive market where finding and retaining top talent can be incredibly challenging, it has never been more critical to engage the services of GRS.
Victor Ivanov


Victor Ivanov
Regional Head of Business Development (EMEA)

Brokeree Solutions


Victor Ivanov


Regional Head of Business Development (EMEA)
Brokeree Solutions

With a decade experience in B2B sales and business development operations Victor Ivanov is currently working as a Regional Head of Business Development (EMEA) at Brokeree Solutions - a turnkey technology provider for multi-asset brokerages. Victor holds a bachelor’s in Anti-crisis Management and a master’s degree in Economics from LETI University and worked at Veeam Software as a Senior Renewal Representative for the Nordics region for over 5 years.
Angelos Gregoriou


Angelos Gregoriou
CEO

Dynamic Works - Syntellicore CRM


Angelos Gregoriou


CEO
Dynamic Works - Syntellicore CRM

Angelos Gregoriou is the CEO and co-founder of Dynamic Works. Specialist in FinTech, RegTech, CRM and Web Applications. Dynamic Works (www.dynamicworks.eu), founded in 2003, is an Award Winning Web Applications and CRM vendor. Being one of the most trusted vendors in the region with a number of successful projects in Public, Banking and Private sectors, Dynamic Works is one of the first companies to introduce in 2011 a specialized CRM for the Financial Industry with an initial focus on Forex Brokerage needs. Dynamic Works' Forex CRM has evolved to a solid, powerful, integrated CRM, Back Office, Traders Room, Client Mobile App and Partner Management solution: Syntellicore (www.syntellicore.com). Dynamic Works is certified with ISO27001 and ISO9001, is a Licensed MetaTrader 5 Application Developer and has offices in Nicosia and Limassol, Cyprus. Angelos Gregoriou is a holder of an M.Sc. degree in Music Information Technology and a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science. As the CEO of one of the most reputable vendors in the field, he is a seasoned leader with strategic visions proven to be successfully materialized through his outstanding managerial skills. Furthermore, as an experienced engineer and software architect, and as a “hands-on” CEO, prides himself on the ability to approach, assist and consult the client, understand the client's business needs, suggest solutions, and lead the team for meeting targets.
Matthew Gilbery


Matthew Gilbery
Director of Client Management

Optimove


Matthew Gilbery


Director of Client Management
Optimove

18 years in IT Industry, ex IBM, SAP, DocuSign. Building and developing transformational programs and solutions across Retail, Travel, Utilities.
Hani Al Aita


Hani Al Aita
Co-Founder & CEO

QFIL Solutions


Hani Al Aita


Co-Founder & CEO
QFIL Solutions

Hani AlAita is the Co-Founder & CEO of QFIL - an AI-Driven Fintech startup with a vision to build disruptive fintech solutions to better minimize risks and maximize gains in this new landscape of trading and finance. Hani has two decades of proven experience as a marketing & business development leader in top-tier multinational organizations such as Abbott, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Danone. Hani’s motto of challenging the status quo with insightful technologies and digital adaption has steered the marketing functions of these organizations to transformational growth on multiple brands and categories across Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Pakistan. AlAita is also a mentor for a number of innovative and disruptive early-stage start-ups, providing start-up advisory services related to business plan and financial models, brand positioning, go-to-market strategy, fundraising, and marketing strategy. His entrepreneurial journey started during his college days. He co-founded in 2002 one of the first e-commerce virtual movie rental companies in Canada (rentamovie.ca) a Netflix competitor, which was later acquired prior to starting his MBA. An MBA in Marketing & Entrepreneurship from York University, Canada, Hani is also certified as a Fintech professional from Harvard Business School and holds a Computer Science degree from McGill University, Canada. With an intense zeal and a highly focused approach, Hani is keen to transform the fintech trading ecosystem and make a difference to the millennial/Gen Z traders and trading institutions worldwide through the use of disruptive technology and Artificial Intelligence.
Harel Falk


Harel Falk
VP Sales & Business Development

Solitics


Harel Falk


VP Sales & Business Development
Solitics

Harel Falk is a seasoned sales and marketing leader with over 20 years experience in all aspects related to technologies/SaaS, sales, marketing and customer relations. Over the past 4 years Harel has been a fundamental part of the management team which has taken Solitics, a Customer Engagement & Analytics Data Platform to be one of the leading platforms for the financial and trading industry.
Andrea Badiola Mateos


Andrea Badiola Mateos
Chief Commercial Officer

Finance Magnates Group