2020 Speakers

Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter & Producer United Kingdom Arguably the most influential comedian alive – has repeatedly reinvented the genre and bridged generations from Monty Python, Fawlty Towers to a Fish Called Wanda

World Famous Hacker, Author & US Marine United States Possibly the only Celebrated Ethical Hacker who wiretapped the Secret Service and the FBI

Chief of Global Affairs Dubai Future Foundation United Arab Emirates Futurist-in-Chief” at DFF, and former advisor on futures, foresight and innovation in the UAE Prime Minister’s office who helped establish the country’s first national foresight unit, Dubai Future Foundation and the Museum of the Future

Chief Data Officer IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software, Vice President & Chief Data Officer, IBM Analytics IBM United States Established the Data Science Elite team that has grown to almost 100 data scientists around the world and has been deployed on more than 130 Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Machine Learning projects

Head of Cyber Security United Arab Emirates Government United Arab Emirates Visionary at the helm of the Nation's Cybersecurity

Vice President Infrastructure stc Saudi Arabia Eng. Khaled has also pioneered the launch of all major Mobile (e.g. 3G, 4G & 5G) broadband services covering the whole of the Kingdom with best possible quality and throughput.

CMO and Co-founder Einride Sweden The youngest CMO currently at any globally recognized startup selected by either TechCrunch and CB Insights.

President The Marketing Society United Kingdom WFA’s top 5 Global CMOs, Forbes 50 Most Influential CMOs, Ad Age’s Women to Watch, Marketing Week’s Vision 100 and Campaign’s Power 100

Co-Founder Fetchr United Arab Emirates Disrupting the status quo of women in business as co-founder of silicon-backed, Fetchr, turned investor having raised over $100 million in venture capital

CISO Xoserve United Kingdom The 50 Most Influential Women in Cyber-Security 2019

CISO European Investment Bank Italy Award-winning CISO with global multilateral private & public sector experience

Attorney General State of Utah United States Former Partner at Accelerate Ventures, GC for a tech company”, and founder of Regulator Tech Summit in San Jose. Current and past chair of several national committees on innovation and regulation.

CEO & Co-founder Remix United States 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF) Tech Pioneer 

Regional Managing Director Virgin Hyperloop United Arab Emirates Leading the race to deliver the world’s first Hyperloop in India and the Gulf.

Co-Founder & CO-CEO Eureeca United Arab Emirates Dubai-based startup which has grown into a cross-continent equity crowdfunding platform, with international offices in Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur and London

General Manager Data Center Group Lenovo, Middle East & Africa United Arab Emirates Helps customers accelerate their digital transformation journey enabling “Smarter Technology for all”

Global GM (Smart Cities and Transportation) Intel United States Leading deployment of solutions for the development of smart cities around the world

Chief Resilience Officer Department City Resilience, Milan Municipality Italy Global urban resilience specialist of leading Italian Smart City

Co-founder & COO Strauss Energy Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya Forbes Top 50 women in Tech, co-founded the award-winning energy enterprise in Kenya 

Founder and Executive Director Chil (Community Healthcare Innovation) AI Lab Uganda First Ugandan named Forbes Africa 30 under 30

Director, Augmented and Virtual Reality Innovations Group, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Mayo Clinic United States Leading AR & VR Innovation for the World's no 1 Hospital

Vice President, Global Head of Health Economics & Outcomes Research Abbvie United States Data Hippie, Top 100 Innovator in Data & Analytics

Executive Director, Group Online & Mobile Banking, Head Digital UAE Standard Chartered Bank United Arab Emirates Responsible for driving Online and Mobile Banking Initiatives and Platform Management across the Group

Director and Co-Founder - Digital Innovation Observatories School of Management, Politecnico di Milano Italy Co-founder of 5 start-ups with more than €30 million of turnover together.

Executive Director Abfin Techs (Fintech Association of Brazil) Brazil Managing Director of The Fintech Association of Brazil co-founder of an Investment-based Crowdfunding Platform

Senior Industrial Designer Segway Robotics United States Designed revolutionary robots and vehicles for Segway and Ninebot

Global Business, Head of Financial Services & Automotive Facebook United Arab Emirates Award-wining Digital & Social Media professional who is a founding board member of the Digital Industry associations IAB and EEDE

Founder & CEO Einride Sweden Fusing 5G and AI to for a single operator to control ten autonomous vehicles and currently the world’s first driverless truck in regular operation on public roads.

Host DaveCraneGlobal.com United Arab Emirates Former BBC-Host, award-winning motivational speaker, public speaking trainer and business coach

CEO Coursera United States Leading the eLearning platform founded by Stanford computer science professors, Andrew Ing & Daphne Koller, to a USD 2.5 billion valuation with over 48 millions people, and 2,000 companies as users, and classes taught by the world’s top instructors from Stanford and John Hopkins

Founder & CEO Sonder United States One of the “40 Under 40” at the helm of the next-generation hospitality brand that hit a USD 1.3 billion valuation in USD 170m Series E despite COVID-19 travel collapse

Founder eKar United Arab Emirates The man behind the Middle East’s biggest car-sharing company that saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to expand its business model

Founder & CEO Sprii United Arab Emirates From financier to founder who raised $8.1. million in Series A, reduced customer acquisition costs by 20 times, while increasing reach and click-through rate by 10 times each.

Founder & CEO Virtuzone United Arab Emirates Leading the first and largest company formation firm in the region with a vision to position the UAE at the heart of a borderless global economy to support the country’s transition to the 4th industrial revolution

Head of City Lab CEiiA (Centre of Engineering and Product Development) Portugal Portugal Award winning expert, leading the Smart City Index & the Portuguese Smart Cities Network

Co-Founder FundedByMe MENA United Arab Emirates Serial entrepreneur who has launched crowdfunding operations in the Middle East, Europe and Asia

Deputy Director, Blockchain Trade Finance (Trusple) Ant Group China Formerly Head of FinTech Research at Ant Group, now part of the new Blockchain Trade Finance Platform, Trusple

Head of Global Connectivity, Technology Supply Chain & Operations Uber (US) United States Managing tech deals and introducing new technologies enhance the competitive advantage of world's largest gig-economy company

CTO - Space Tech & Quantum Ambassador IBM (US) United States Spearheading IBM technology used for exhibitions to Mars

Worldwide Systems Strategy IBM France Pioneering the IBM AI Autonomous Mayflower ship

CFO & COO Beehive United Kingdom Part of the team that launched the first The first regulated P2P lending platform in MENA

Consulting Leader - Government & Public Sector IBM United Arab Emirates Led complex projects for IBM across 23 Countries in Europe, Middle East & Africa. 

Visiting Fellow AEI United States Interviewed by the BBC alongside Eric Schmidt on geopolitics in tech, contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Policy and the Times

Director General GSMA United Kingdom Represents the interests of its global members uniting more than 750 operators and 400 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem including handset and device makers and software companies

Founder & CEO Sensible4 Finland Won the RTA Selfdriving challenge in 2019 and currently engaged to roll out the first autonomous busses in regular service in Dubai

CEO & Co-Founder drife India Co-founded a decentralized ride-hailing platform without the existence of a central entity.

Project Manager Dubai Future Foundation United Arab Emirates Heads the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE, a collaboration between Dubai Future Foundation and the World Economic Forum

Chief Information Officer Academia Management Solutions International (AMSI) United States Leads the Information Technology and Innovation strategy at AMSI, the organization responsible for launching the first K-12 blockchain credentials in the world

Co-Founder & COO Lendo Saudi Arabia Led more than 20 innovative government projects for Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Program in Saudi Arabia

Advisor - Division for Digital Development Swedish Ministry of Infrastructure Sweden Head of blockchain for the Swedish Ministry of Infrastructure | Current Swedish representative in the European Blockchain Partnership

Group Vice President & Regional MD, Middle East, Turkey & Africa IDC United Arab Emirates Spearheaded the development of IDC offices in Johannesburg, Istanbul, Riyadh, Casablanca, Lagos, Nairobi and Cairo.

Head of Technology CAFU United Arab Emirates Leading technology for the region’s first Petrol Delivery and Car Ownership platform

Cyber Illusionist Switzerland Executive Director NYC Magic Lab, a science consortium exploring illusion and digital technology. Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and a creative consultant at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions Huawei China Leads the 5G expansion for Huawei in the MENA region.

Aeronautics Engineer, Inventor and Pilot Flying Car Racing League United States Built the first privately funded rocket ship for Truax Engineering, one the first companies in private space travel

Blockchain Strategy - Emerging Technologies LSEG United Kingdom Founder of praedia.io, former CTO of BlockEx and Cofounder and Head of Technology of Ownage

Founder BrioFIVE United States Host of the Podcast Life in Focus

Data Engineer & Product Manager Louis Vuitton - LVMH France Developed innovative projects for Louis Vuitton and worked on AI at IBM.

Founder & CEO Ignite Power Israel Developer and financier of safe clean energy providing nation-scale interventions in a sustainable way around Africa

Executive Director Engineering Technology & Digital NEOM NEOM Saudi Arabia Former CTO of the UK regulator OFCOM and currently delivering the communications infrastructure of what will become the most advanced city in history

Founder Learn Et Al & School of Marketing United Kingdom A pioneer in digital marketing studies, who has impacted 100,000 learners, a top level consultant for Fortune 500 companies to hire future CMOs

Founder Agile Dynamics United Arab Emirates Super popular with Emirati businesses to restructure business architecture

Co-founder - Lightblue Board Member | Vice Chairman - Tribe Global United Arab Emirates Featured in Event Magazine's ‘Top 100 Most Influential People in the Industry: 2016 & hitting no.17 in 2017'. The Drum's top 30 under 30.

International bestselling author & an Empathy Advocate, Creative Director RAPP United Arab Emirates Hosts a breakfast show, Empathy for Breakfast, that reached an audience of nearly 100,000 in its first two seasons and has a successful podcast, Secrets of The Gap.

CEO, Middle East Book My Show United Arab Emirates Launched the longest running live streaming show getting 60,000 visitors a week

Head of Strategic Growth Fooditude United Kingdom The woman responsible for one of the highest growth levels on media penetration with podcasts, social and radio in UK

Global President, CEO Publicis Groupe UK Creative Practice , Panel – Premier League Saatchi & Saatchi United Kingdom Between 2011 and 2017 under his leadership, grew Saatchi & Saatchi London by 50% and welcomed clients like Direct Line, HSBC, Expedia and BT. Also sits on the English Premier League Equality Panel.

Managing Director – Marketing & Digital Direct Line Group United Kingdom Demonstrated bravery by hiring infamous gangster, Winston Wolfe (of Pulp Fiction fame),  to be the UK insurer’s spokesperson

SVP, Head of Marketing Strategy & Partnerships, Commercial, ONE Championship Board Chairman, Singapore & South East Asia, The Marketing Society Singapore Leads marketing at the world’s most popular MMA promotion with online viewers. At adidas, she and her team won China’s first-ever Cannes Gold Lion for their Beijing 2008 Olympics campaign.

Non Exe Director at AIG, Tiger Brands & Chairman of Ethics South Africa Launched the first incentive model for agencies in South Africa whilst at Nestle

Global CMO Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen United States One of AdAge Europe’s 2018 ‘Women to Watch

Director of Marketing & Student Recruitment University of Wollongong Dubai United Arab Emirates Despite the cancellation of 50+ in-person events that are long-standing conversion drivers, staged a remarkable digital campaign that yielded the highest summer enrolment in seven years

Brand Director Middle East & Africa Discovery United Arab Emirates Made Fatafeat #1 in digital footprint

Group Head – Marketing & Communications Mashreq bank United Arab Emirates Named on Top 100 B2B Marketing Leaders in Europe in 2019

VP of Marketing Eurasia and Middle East Coco Cola Canada Led Coca Cola's campaign for the 2012 London Olympics, 2018 FIFA World Cup, that led Coca Cola to its first ever mobile Cannes Lion trophy in 2019

Partner & Senior Director TalkCircle United Arab Emirates Used an online digital marketing platform for a small company to grow, connects licensed therapists to international clients for organizational mental health

Group Chief Marketing & Communications Officer Saudi German Hospitals United Arab Emirates Named on VMF Marketing Powerlist 2018 for being one of the Middle East’s top marketers, now credited with transformational results to brand awareness and equity, as well as financials at the Saudi-headquartered healthcare group

Chief Marketing Officer Middle East & Africa Microsoft United Arab Emirates An Effie award judge, is leveraging AI to drive the marketing strategy and overall bravery culture at Microsoft

Global CMO Octro India Launched 20+ original shows, acquiring 4M+ paying users within 18 months of launch

Group Head - Marketing & Corporate Communication Al Masaood Group United Arab Emirates Delivering services to a diverse portfolio of global and regional brands such as Nestle, Kraft, Emirates, Pizza Hut, Al Hilal Bank and the Government of Abu Dhabi.

Senior Marketing Manager - MENA Guinness World Record United Arab Emirates One of the highest mall based activations done in 2020

Director – MENA Guinness World Records United Arab Emirates One of the highest mall based activations done in 2020

Commercial Director Anghami United Arab Emirates

Regional Marketing Director Hardees United Arab Emirates Known for Lighting in the Bottle campaign a revolutionary product design approach

Director Customer & Consumer Experience Michelin United Arab Emirates is An award-winning global marketer, a digital evangelist

Innovation Strategist - World Bank Adj. Professor Entrepreneurship & Design Thinking - The Johns Hopkins University United States Led a startup education program through an Upwork-WeWork partnership to help businesses hire and manage remote teams online; At the age of 21, launched Brazil's largest and top-rated language schools

CEO The Marketing Society United Kingdom Author of ‘Superfast: Lead at Speed’, shortlisted in the Business Book Awards & reached No.1 on Amazon Business Book Bestsellers in Change Management.

Sr. Director – Creative Strategy & Brand Development Warner Media United Arab Emirates Leading the content and brand teams for developing the Warner Media editorial strategy. Host & producer for the shows My World To You & Star Chef

VP Marketing & Growth Property Finder United Arab Emirates Launched digital live viewings that improved visibility of sales

Editor Campaign Middle East United Arab Emirates The editor for the region’s top magazine in the advertising and creative community

Regional Head - Marketing & Content Licensing Zee Entertainment United Arab Emirates Conceptualized & executed India’s largest youth event with over 50,000 participants

MEPRA Board Member CEO - New Media Academy United Arab Emirates 40 Most Influential Emiratis Under 40

MEPRA - Board Member Head of PR and Communications - Google MENA United Arab Emirates Leading Google and YouTube’s regional communications efforts across corporate and  consumer

MEPRA - Youth Board Member Senior Manager - Weber Shandwick, MENAT United Arab Emirates Founded MENA region’s first vegan food blog in 2010.

MEPRA - Vice Chair Managing Director - Hill+knowlton strategies United Arab Emirates One of the world’s most influential PR professionals in the 2016 PR Week Global Power Book

Head of Strategy Rise Group United Arab Emirates Creator of Fintech Power 50, American Expat Youth

Senior Director, Global Telco Technical Development Red Hat United States Holds nine patents and is the author of the book "MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization".

Co-Founder & COO Spotii United Arab Emirates Founder of the buy now, pay later pioneer in the UAE that focuses on Millennials and GenZ using sophisticated Machine Learning Algorithms, AI and targeted Digital Marketing to drive consumers to Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle brands

Founder and Managing Partner EgisData United States Visiting Technologist Fellow at National Security Institute (NSI)

Group Head of Data Chalhoub Group United Arab Emirates An advisory board chair of MSc/DPhil in Social Data Science contributing to the development of the Oxford Internet Institute’s newest degrees

Visiting Professor Birmingham City University United Kingdom Director Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise & Governance of Blockchain Lab, leads cutting-edge government projects in the UAE, China and Saudi Arabia

CIO Flat6Labs Egypt The MENA region’s leading startup accelerator responsible for the first MENA matchmaking company acquisition, Harmonica

Founder & CEO Middle East Venture Partners United Arab Emirates 19 years in the VC field with 50+ VC investments in past decade and most recently teamed up with Huda Beauty Investments on a $11 million venture

Head of Mobility and Automotive IOTA Foundation United States Works on Smart City Data policy and project and product design and development for city of Austin

Assistant Director General, Smart Dubai CEO, Dubai Data Establishment United Arab Emirates Leader who rolled out one the most comprehensive and ambitious data initiatives in the world.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer Dubai Blockchain Center United Arab Emirates Founded the region's first innovation hub for blockchain technology

CEO Danal Fintech Korea, Republic of 27 year veteran in payment systems and consumer finance, delivering credit card solutions for Hyundai and Samsung.

CEO Patientory United States Revolutionizing the way doctors and patients interact and gain access to information, cutting out all layers and processes that currently are stumbling blocks in care coordination.

Associate Professor, UC San Diego, School of Medicine and Director - Healthcare Research & Policy & Director Global Health Policy Institute United States A consultant for the World Health Organization, the US Department of Justice, the US Department of State and others. He is also a principal faculty at the BlockLAB at the San Diego SuperComputer Center

Founding CEO Avanza United Arab Emirates Two decades of experience in delivering cutting edge software solutions to over 300 customers across 45+ countries

Founder & CEO Vilike Finland Advisor to StuDisco and leads edtech startups making social impact via educational games and new age technology including Blockchain and AI.

Senior Blockchain Fellow INSEAD Canada Has lived and worked across 4 continents with PwC, PayPal, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and INSEAD.

Co-founder Monetha Lithuania "Forbes" 30 under 30 in two different categories ("Finance" and "Big Money")

Director-General Smart Africa Secretariat Rwanda Leads Smart Africa- a commitment from African Heads of State and government to accelerate Africa into a knowledge economy through the adoption of ICT-driven initiatives in cities.

Dean School of Business and Quality Management at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University United Arab Emirates Practiotioner passionate about Smart teaching and experiential learning 

Principal Raha International School United Arab Emirates "Leading Taaleem’s award winning School, rated ‘Outstanding’ by (Abu Dhabi Department of Education & Knowledge) ADEK "

Higher Education Advisor & Director Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), Ministry of Education (UAE) United Arab Emirates "Working collaboratively in securing and developing the quality of higher education in the UAE "

Global Government Industry Scientist Enterprise Business Group Huawei Middle East United Arab Emirates Global Government Industry Scientist

Thought Leader - Transformative Technologies-Member (Blockchain) & Artificial Intelligence, Taskforce Government of Kenya Government of Kenya Kenya Thought Leader on the Future of Work – 4th IR, works around emerging technologies in Africa and globally

Director Digital Inception United Arab Emirates Multi-award-winning educator and the first person to host professional development inside VR

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon BARTS Health NHS Trust United Kingdom Multi award winning surgeon & futurist, the most watched surgeon in human history who used  Snapchat spectacles to record and teach surgery which had over 100,000 downloads, 2 million+ views

Founder Kea Medicals Benin Forbes Africa 30under30 – Technology

Senior Vice President Digital Industries Strategy Huawei Middle East United Arab Emirates Recognized industry thought leader promoting innovative use of technology to drive business outcomes

Advisor for Information Technologies and Digital Transformation Lisbon Municipality Portugal Smart(er) Cities enthusiast & Urban Intelligence supporter, leading citizen centric smart city strategy for Lisbon

Chief Digital Officer, AI & ML Advisor HSBC Germany Served as the Head of AI in the Applied Innovation Team of HSBC Hong Kong, worked on ethical frameworks for AI and is a frequent lecturer and speaker about Applications of AI in Finance.

Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering, Artificial Neural Network and Robotics, Director of Excellence and Governance, ICDE Focal Point on Quality in the Arab Region Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University United Arab Emirates HBMSU‘s smart learning ecosystem incorporates many AI based platforms and technological solutions including Smart Campus, Smart Advising, Smart Portfolio, IT Support Chatbot, and an AI based smart reference service

CEO Alef Education United Arab Emirates Launched AI powered Alef platform to reach 196 public schools in UAE by Dec 2020

Executive Information Architect, IBM Women in AI Ambassador for UAE, Women in AI United Arab Emirates Built 20 data warehouses and data lakes globally and is a key developer of the data & BI mapping and integration strategies

President of Emirates Digital Association for Women Director of Centre for Cyber Security, New York University Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Is an accomplished expert in cryptology, constructing and validating security hardware and software components.

Leadership & Communications Lead of Women in AI & Director, Projects and Customer Happiness, Mechatronic Engineer DGWorld United Arab Emirates The best 100 faces representing Emirati women” by the Emirates Women's Union and Al Bayan newspaper

Managing Director and Partner Boston Consulting Group United States Named by Forbes in the list of Top Women defining AI in the 21st century and Is the founder of BCG GAMMA’s premier AI and ML software

Artificial Intelligence Lead Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution India Leads WEF fourth industrial revolution initiatives for India

Partner Pinsent Masons United Arab Emirates Works in partnership with DIFC Academy to design the UAE digital payments strategy in a move towards cashless economy

Head of Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse Reliance General Insurance India A CIO100 winner of 2019 by IDG, the first person in India to implement AI enabled damage estimator for claims settlement in Auto Insurance

CEO Lean Tech Saudi Arabia The developer of simple APIs in a complex financial ecosystem, that provides access to financial data and payment initiation

VP Technological Transfer Division Israel Innovation Authority Israel Part of OECD team of One AI Wonk, leading the framework in Israel for Joint National Infrastructure for Computing and Storage

Global Policy Lead for Digital and AI Ethics Facebook United States His AI ethics research has been replicated across in India, the Asia Pacific region and Africa.

Journalist and Contributing Writer Harvard Business Review United Arab Emirates A journalist a speaker, a firebrand.

CEO RobocomVR Lebanon Karim Ibrahim is the CEO for RobocomVR. Winning 2019’s Hasbro’s Game Changer Awards and being selected for Forbes 30 under 30 Class of 2020

Chief Development Officer Saudi Technology Ventures (STV) Saudi Arabia Former Google exec hired to help the largest venture capital fund in the Middle East region with more than $500m in assets under management

Founding Partner Shorooq Partners United Arab Emirates Forbes 30 Under 30, Kauffman Fellows, Founding Partner at Shorooq Partners, Shane spearheads the firm along with Partners Mahmoud Adi and Kunal Savjani

Director – Marketing & Communications Sky News Arabia United Arab Emirates Leads the marketing and communication for Sky News Arabia. Leveraging digital and data learning to drive reach and attract audiences from all over the region

Former Global Brand & Communications Director, Jetex Official Member, Forbes Communication Council United Arab Emirates Behind placement of the first life-sized private jet mock-up inside Dubai Mall giving Jetex and HondaJet over 23M digital impressions

Corporate Communications Director Schneider Electric United Arab Emirates Garlanded as ‘The first communications innovator from the Middle East’ by The Holmes Report; known for transforming marcomms into revenue streams

Chief Communications Officer Formula E United Kingdom When working at WeAreFearless reached an organic social reach of 2.3 billion in one weekend

CEO National Gas Company Oman Led the organization to become the largest LPG provider in Oman and UAE and an experienced leader hired by MNCs to train their staff in executive leadership programs

Digital Media Evangelist @HamiVlogs United Arab Emirates One of the early proponents and advocates of social media licensing in the region

TL Organizational Resilience (Fire Group) Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait The man responsible for crisis communication and reputation management for the company that delivers 80% of Kuwait's GDP

Marketing Week Columnist, Author eCommerce Best Practice, Educator and Speaker, Multiple award-winning marketer, Investor, Advisor CMO, OpenJaw Technologies Ireland One of UK’s top 100 CMOs, ran his first eCommerce website, turning over $100m

Chief Brand Officer Formula E United Kingdom Previously at McLaren, his most recent creative project was adopted as F1’s # campaign, a symbol of diversity and inclusion.

Senior Marketing Director Adidas United Arab Emirates Heads brand marketing for the best sports brand in the world, with over 18 years of experience across Retail, Technology and FMCG industries.

VP Communications - Europe, Central Asia, Middle East & Africa Region Tetra Pak United Arab Emirates Named a 'dude' in '10 Dudes Shaping Middle East’s Marketing Comms Landscape’

CEO and Founder The Schranner Negotiation Institute Germany An expert in high pressure negotiations, worked with the German police and FBI for a number of years, is a highly sought after consultant by Fortune 500 companies, governments and political parties.

Managing Director – EMEA Mobile Marketing Association United Kingdom Runs association that taps the fastest growing segment of marketing - mobile marketing globally

Managing Director - Middle East Brand Finance United Arab Emirates Formerly at Etisalat, where he was responsible for the marketing strategy and operational performance of fixed and mobile operations in 15 countries

Founder & Global CEO The Marketing Academy United Kingdom Runs one of the most sought after scholarship programs in Sydney and New York funded by Salesforce, Facebook, KFC, Mars, Google, Accenture etc

MEPRA Strategy Board Member & VP Corporate Communications Tabreed United Arab Emirates Oversees the strategic positioning of Tabreed, implementing the communication strategies, programs, initiatives, media events planning, employee engagement events, CSR campaigns, coordinating with external PR, events management agencies.

Chief Security Officer Huawei UAE United Arab Emirates Globally recognized cybersecurity expert, helping build a safe and secure intelligent connected digital economy

Vice President CISO Withheld Saudi Arabia

CISO Larsen & Toubro India As CISO for Larsen & Toubro, one of India’s largest private sector companies with annual revenue worth over USD 21Bn per year

CISO Dubai Customs United Arab Emirates Listed amongst top 50 young leaders in Cybersecurity in GCC & CISO of one of the oldest government departments in UAE

CISO Government of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates

Global Security Architect Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia Responsible for moving Saudi Aramco forward from orthodox cyber security to Machine Learning using the MITRE attack framework and Lockheed Martin’s Cyber Kill Chain.

Chief Information Security Officer UAE Department of Culture and Tourism United Arab Emirates Setting innovative, agile and resilient information security strategies  and cultures to support businesses and sub-entities

Former Security Advisor UK Government United Kingdom Former Security Advisor at UK Government with over 2 decades of cyber experience in both physical & digital

CISO International Labour Organization Switzerland Actively contributing to inter-organizational working groups for establishing policies, standards, and guidelines

Regional CISO Standard Chartered Bank United Arab Emirates Winner of ‘Global Super Hero CISO’ award and author

Head of Information Security Risk and Strategic Projects Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company United Arab Emirates Accomplished tech officer directing multi-national teams and administering multi-million dollar budgets

Chief Security Officer - Head of Group IT Operations Risk & Security Generali Italy CSO of Generali 2nd largest insurance group in the world with a total revenue of over 65 Billion Euros

CIO Petrofac United Arab Emirates One of the only Global CISO’s to take on CIO role, protects the information security for the whole Petrofac group which has an annual revenue of US$7.9 billion

CISO Petronas Malaysia Renowned International Cyber Risk & Security & Information Technology Executive, with 30 years of experience in Fortune 500 companies

Former Head of IT Naftogaz of Ukraine Ukraine

Professor and Department Head of Computer Science American University of Sharjah United Arab Emirates Award winning Information Security Expert, winner; Khalifa Award for Higher Education, Sheikh Rashid Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers amongst many others

CMO & Co-Founder Sarwa United Arab Emirates Named MENA Achieving Women 2019 by Entrepreneur Magazine, and Top Woman founder 2019 by SME10X.

Managing Director OnStar Middle East and Head of Future Mobility General motors United Arab Emirates Strategic planning and implementation of GM’s Future Mobility technologies in the Middle East, in line with the company’s vision of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.

GM for Enterprise Architecture at National Information Centre & Strategic Advisor Saudi Arabia Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) Saudi Arabia Championing to elevate Saudi Arabia’s position as a leader in data driven economies by regulating the data sector and enabling innovation

Director -Service Providers-AMEA Avaya United Arab Emirates Helping organisations leverage collaborative technologies, former Middle East MD of world’s most valued AI Startup

Managing Partner- Health Group & Chief Health Privacy and Security Officer BTblock United States Led the US Healthcare Blockchain for Ernst & Young and was the Foundation Relationship and North America Market Lead at ConsenSys Health

Group Chief Disruption Officer GEMS Education United Arab Emirates Digital Disruptive Leader of the Year on a mission to disrupt & create efficient, sustainable, scalable and future-ready technology capabilities for education today and tomorrow

VP of Middle East, Africa and Turkey Avaya United Arab Emirates A long-standing veteran of the Middle East IT industry, promoting customer-centric, outcome-based approach to achieve digital transformation

VP & GM Honeywell SPS MERTA United Arab Emirates Leads growth strategies across MERTA, improving hospital operations and patient experience through digital transformation

General Partner Global Ventures United Arab Emirates Enabler of disruptive technology companies and their emerging market founders to solve real problems while changing the world with measurable impact

Deputy CEO & Head of CE-Ventures Crescent Enterprises United Arab Emirates Heads up corporate development and investment and irresponsible for evaluating and executing new investments

Managing Partner GGV Capital United States #10 on Forbes’ The Midas List: Top Tech Investors 2020 with a portfolio of six major IPOs, eight acquisitions and 14 private-valued billion-dollar startups that includes AirBnB, ByteDance and Peleton

CIPD Trainer PRCA (Public Relations and Communications Association) United Arab Emirates Certifies people within a range of sectors from retail to government across the UK and the UAE

Managing Partner Entrée Capital Israel #12 on Forbe's The Midas List Europe: Top Tech Investors 2019' - cofounder and managing partner of Entree Capital, a firm with operations in the U.S., U.K. and Israel

Chief Executive Officer Smartworld United Arab Emirates Chairman of Board of the UAE Internal Auditors Association and was nominated to Chair the Federation of Arab Institutes of Internal Auditors

CEO & Founder Encourage.fi Finland Using Blockchain in 'We Encourage', a fundraising agent for NGOs empowering women and girls through education

Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa Ericsson United Arab Emirates Leads the Market Area Middle East & Africa, serving customers in the Middle East and Africa with Ericsson’s innovative technology and services

CEO, Human Future, former CIO for the City of Palo Alto Human Future United States "Named one of the top 100 CIOs in the world "

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise INSEAD France Entrepreneur, Academician & Researcher exploring startup adaptation & innovation in fast-moving market setting

One Young World Ambassador (UK) Deloitte United Arab Emirates is a One Young World (OYW) ambassador who attended her first OYW summit in Bogotá, Colombia during 2017.

CEO and Co-Founder GELLIFY Middle East United Arab Emirates Senior advisor, executive & entrepreneur unleashing technology innovation & renewed mindfulness across industries

Managing Partner & Founder The Manor Hotel United Arab Emirates An Emirati businessman, who with a staff of 35 is effectively managing a property of 200+ rooms by leveraging AI in the hotel

Co-Founder & COO Nomad Homes United Arab Emirates An early Uber employee who was involved in launching developing company’s business in different parts of Europe before launching and leading Uber Eats across the Middle East

EVP Global E-Commerce Checkout.com United States Founded in 2012, Checkout.com bootstrapped until its record-breaking $230M Series A in May 2019 and catapulted to nearly $2B valuation and represented Europe’s largest Series A fundraise ever and the third largest Series A globally

Regional Director, Cloud & AI Business Group Huawei Middle East United Arab Emirates Empowering Saudi Arabia by contributing to recognise Arabic language and character using AI technology and with the help of researchers from the kingdom

Hon. Minister for Communications Nigeria Nigeria Spearheading the trials and development of 5G in Africa

Co-Founder & MD, Startupbootcamp FinTech Founder, The Future Farm United Kingdom Co-Founded Startupbootcamp FinTech to address the relationship between corporates, startups and investors on a global scale now working to improve the lives of people making a difference in the world

CMO, and PartnerTamar SolidBlock Israel Yael is a regional co-chair at FIBREE, the Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise.

Head of Governments and Cities Segment – MEA Nokia United Arab Emirates Tech & innovation enthusiast, a startup investor, empowering the digital transformation of cities and government agencies

VP and Head of Technology Planning Du United Arab Emirates ICT professional with 20+ years expertise building and leading robust systems and start-up operations in competitive industries

Director, Business Development, Information and Communication Technologies Bahrain Economic Development Board Bahrain Contributed in launching the first Open Banking product in MENA, which initiated a mindset shift that is driving financial institutions to embrace a new world of financial services

Managing Partner & Founder GELLIFY Italy A data scientist, specialized in software B2B and in particular in big data analytics and machine learning

Head of Group Strategy and Innovation DIFC United Arab Emirates Leading the intersection of financial services, technology and innovation, recently released the framework and rules for actual processing of payments, digital transformation and open banking

CEO SP Jain School of Global Management United Arab Emirates A TEDx speaker, is an expert in connecting neuroscience & behavioural science with marketing and is a sought-after expert by World Bank, Dubai Executive Council, Emirates Airlines, DHL, SEWA, Reckitt Benkiser, P&G etc

Executive Partner & Vice President Nokia Bell Labs United Arab Emirates Authored ‘Future of Enterprise’ chapter of Bell labs Future X Network book

Director Transportation Systems Department Public Transport Agency Roads & Transport Authority, RTA United Arab Emirates Part of the team which supervising the implementation of the Dubai’s Autonomous Transportation Strategy

CEO UAE Trade Connect United Arab Emirates Financial leader in Etisalat UAE since 2010, and prior to that has held CFO and CEO positions in telecom and IT companies

Managing Director & Head of Trade Product Management First Abu Dhabi bank United Arab Emirates Responsible for management and development of Trade products and solutions globally for FAB

Senior Vice President, Head of Trade & Structured Finance, Global Transaction Banking Mashreq Bank United Arab Emirates Looks after the digitization of Trade Finance from Receivables, Supply Chain, and Commodity in addition to Structured Solutions

SVP Head of Customer Experience and Platform Development National Bank of Fujairah United Arab Emirates Responsible for spearheading the digital transformation within the bank and work agile alongside teams to leverage emerging technologies

Director/Retail IoT Channels & Payments Etisalat United Arab Emirates co-founded Remitr, an award-winning digital cross-border payments Fintech startup

Chief of Government Services United Arab Emirates Government United Arab Emirates Oversees the Emirates Government Service Excellence Program aiming to raise the efficiency of government services by focusing on customers

Vice-President, Gulf and Levant Software AG United Arab Emirates Leading the organisation's Middle East expansion as the leading provider of digital business platform solutions

Head of Education EMEA Amazon Web Services (AWS) United Kingdom Entrepreneur and Tech leader passionate about disrupting technologies that bring innovation to educational institutions

Regional Manager - Middle East Veeam Software United Arab Emirates 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, joined Veeam 3 years ago heading up the Africa Business and has relocated to Dubai to lead the Middle East team.

Partner – MEA Region Nokia Bell-Labs United Arab Emirates More than 20 American patents and has led R&D for Technology Strategy, Network & Digital Transformation for Smart City Solutions

CEO Hala United Arab Emirates CEO of Middle East’s first unicorn and ride hailing company

Author and Researcher Marketing Leadership Keynote Speaker Germany Co-written the #1 leadership book for marketers: The 12 Powers of a Marketing Leader (McGraw Hill)

Head of Integrated Communications Coca Cola United Arab Emirates The driving force behind some of Coca-Cola’s most successful and impactful campaigns ever produced in the region, including 3 of the 10 most viewed Coca-Cola films of all time, globally.

Director of Operations Quill Communications United Arab Emirates Communicate’s top 15 women to watch in the GCC

CMO IBM MEA United Arab Emirates Before moving to MEA in Q3 of 2020, smashed P&L targets in IBM France managing a technical team of over 600 people and a winner of the prestigious Gerstner award

SVP & CMO Avaya United Kingdom Not only a Karate blackbelt but also behind the triple digit growth in Avaya Space collaboration app since its launch in January 2020 corrected CTF

Managing Director - Head of MENA Push United Arab Emirates Anisha has over 13 years experience in Digital Performance, leading agencies and media departments in both London and Dubai

Co-Founder & Joint CEO Puch United Kingdom Instrumental in Push winning more Google awards than any other EMEA Premier Partner, and regularly features at key industry events at Google's offices internationally.

Co-Founder & Joint CEO Push United Kingdom He has set up the base processes and thinking for Google, Facebook and Microsoft

Director of Product Alef Education United Arab Emirates Today, more than 400 Public and Private schools in the UAE are using the innovative AI-powered Alef Platform

Senior Board Advisor Bahrain Technology Companies Society Bahrain Founder and Secretary General of the Arab ICT Union

Principal Technologist – AI, ML & DL Specialist MEA Dell United Arab Emirates An AI specialist holding multiple patents in automatic computing, PCB design and image processing

Founder & Board Member Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) Switzerland A founding member of the Crypto Valley Association and an initiator of the Swiss Blockchain Federation

Head of Data Analytics & AI APCO Worldwide United Arab Emirates An accompalished expert in integrating analytics and AI into the digital PR & Comms practice

CEO Verloop India Verloop is the world's leading customer support automation platform. It helps businesses deliver delightful support experiences to their customers, across channel

Director & Founder AI Directions United Arab Emirates AIDirections' value proposition is based on the development of use cases across a number of industries, a technology neutral approach that leverages the substantial investments of platforms of global companies to bootstrap local efforts through Proof of Concept

CEO & Co-Founder iERP Slovakia Serial entrepreneur and an AI expert who started coding at the age of 7

Founder & Co-CEO myAir Foodtech Israel Rachel is the Founder and CEO myAir food-tech, a former C-Level executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals and Nestle with a proven track record in creating and marketing consumer goods.

Management Consultant AI Directions United Arab Emirates Developed the framework and methodology for a modular predictive maintenance technology

General Manager MENA b8ta United Arab Emirates Leading the MENA region for award winning software-powered retailer making physical retail accessible for all

Head of Business Banking and NEOBiz Mashreq Bank United Arab Emirates At the helm of the 1st digital Business Banking platform in the UAE exclusively for SMEs & start-ups

Founder & CEO RoboAds United Arab Emirates

Senior Vice President Etisalat Digital United Arab Emirates Driving digital transformation by enabling enterprises and governments become smarter through the use of the latest technologies

GM Digital & Business Services PTCL Pakistan Telecom guru & creative strategist with over two decades of expertise, leading digital business for largest largest ICT company of Pakistan

CIO American Hospital United Arab Emirates Recognized technology leader overseeing the digital transformation journey of the regional ‘Superbrand’ Hospital

CTO - IoT and Digital Cities Dell EMC, Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) United Arab Emirates Leads IoT and Digital Cities business, passionate promoter of IoT as a key disruptive technology driving the Digitization of the business & cities

Executive Director of Customers Service, Corporate Administrative Support Services Sector RTA United Arab Emirates Dynamic Young Emarati leader responsible for implementation of Dubai Government Excellence Program and Hamdan Bin Mohammed Program for Smart Government

Director Policies and Programs TRA United Arab Emirates Young Visionary who ensures achievement of the information and e-government strategy in line with TRA’s strategic objectives

Deputy Minister – Digital Transformation, Ukraine Ukraine Bornyakov was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation in October of 2019 and has been boosting the growth of Ukraine’s IT industry.

Senior Director – Professional Licensing Dubai Healthcare City Authority – Regulatory (DHCR) United Arab Emirates Oversees the licensing of all healthcare professionals and clinical operators in Dubai Healthcare City

CEO Ankabut United Arab Emirates Former Vice President of the Technology Strategy and project management at Etisalat

Founder & CTO DeFiX Finance Author of Book “La Face Cachée du Crédit”

Managing Director - The Dubai Center for Risk and Innovation Management The British University in Dubai United Arab Emirates Implemented the Digital Smart certificates pilot at BUiD

Regional Head of Security Medtronic United Arab Emirates Leading on all physical security aspects for Medtronic across the Middle with prior experience in the Austrian military with multiple deployments to hostile environments

Founder & CEO RIZEK United Arab Emirates Among the youngest entrepreneurs who disrupted the market with unique ideas and conceptualised a future tech unicorn

Co-Founder & CEO  Outreal XR United Arab Emirates Leading the launch of a new product for virtual events to make them as realistic as possible to help people exhibit and network from anywhere during and after COVID19 without the need of VR headset

CEO Startup Nation Central Israel Dedicated to strengthening Israel’s innovation ecosystem and connecting the world business, government, and NGO leaders to the people and technologies in Israel that can help them solve their most pressing problems

General Manager - Middle East WeWork United Arab Emirates Working to revolutionise the way people and companies work by providing flexiblesharing workspaces for technology startups and services

Head Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund  United Arab Emirates Head of non-profit UAE Government backed innovation enabler that seeks to collaborate with those who tackle the world’s biggest challenges

Founder (not a CEO) United Kingdom The Bristol native who started a half-dozen companies and initiatives in his 17 years as an entrepreneur that has now taken the world by storm by breaking the taboo on a subject few founders have been willing to wade in on: Tom is a founder, not a CEO

Co-Founder & Managing Director Cander Group United Arab Emirates Recruitment vet part of the leadership team that grew James Harvard to a 43 million GVP exit now specializing in hiring world class technology and digital talent across the GCC

Director of HR Crescent Enterprise United Arab Emirates Responsible for the optimization of Crescent Enterprises human capital by implementing numerous employment schemes and performance enhancement programmes

CEO Fetchr United Arab Emirates Logistics veteran with 20 years of experience in the sector including over 15 years with Aramex serving it in different leadership roles is now tasked with leading Fetchr forward

Founder & CEO Lamsa United Arab Emirates Founded the Edtech brand and platform working towards democratizing access to Early Childhood Education, to drive mastery of knowledge and skills for children to reach their full potential

Co-Founder & Chief R&D Officer ProvenMed United Arab Emirates Co-founded fast-growing medical device startup that has redefined the urinary catheter industry by its unique and patented wearable device ActivGoâ

Co-Founder & CEO Hedvig United States Founded Hedvig in 2012 after coinventing Dynamo while at Amazon and Cassandra at Facebook

Founder of Fade Fit and Host of The Kris Fade Show Kris Fade Kids United Arab Emirates The radio phenomenon hosting the biggest breakfast show in the UAE rocks the stage with his startup story

Dealmaker Department for International Trade United Kingdom UK government dealmaker covering Asia and Middle East who worked with UK Prime Minister and in Congress for Hon. Eliot Engel to advocate for policies for wealth creation

Investment Director Samsung Next Ventures  Israel Former investor at one of Israel’s largest and most successful venture funds to Samsung NEXT leading health investment thesis and the global investment strategy

Co-Founder & CEO Kerning Cultures United States Co-founder of the first venture-backed podcast in the Middle East 

Chief Executive Officer OurCrowd Israel An investor, serial entrepreneur and one of Israel’s leading high tech venture capitalists who was named by the NY Times as one of the top 10 most influential Americans who have impacted Israel

Vice President/Internet of Things and Digital Payments Etisalat Digital United Arab Emirates CTO, Advisor, Executive Board Member, Global Blockchain Association

Correspondent CNBC United Arab Emirates

Director Cyber Crime Department Dubai Police United Arab Emirates Trailblazer combatting cyber and financial fraud related crime, protecting both private and public interests

Chief Technology Officer Help AG United Arab Emirates Veteran leading design, deployment, and operation of many challenging network & security infrastructures for enterprise customers across industry sectors

Director of EMEA presales Recorded Future United Arab Emirates Has worked with both the EU and U.K. governments on cybersecurity strategy

Director - Compliance, Support and Alliances Dubai Electronic Security Centre United Arab Emirates Highly skilled on city level systems & adopting several disruptive technologies, ensuring that key security principles and technologies are adopted

CEO Virtuzone United Arab Emirates Leads the first and largest company formation firm in the region with a vision to position the UAE at the heart of a borderless global economy to support the country’s transition to the 4th industrial revolution

Vice President, IT&GS Al Dhafra Petroleum (ADNOC) United Arab Emirates Contributed remarkably to the visioning and leading ADNOC Refining in its Digital Transformation journey

Vice President Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) United Arab Emirates Adding value to all IT and Happiness releated matters

Founder - Global Growth Hub Managing Partner - MENA Technology Fund United Kingdom

Head of Managed Cyber Security Services Help AG United Arab Emirates One of his professional highlights has been spearheading the successful transition from build to operations of ICT security infrastructure for a $2.5B all-digital hospital

CEO & Co-Founder 3 Data United States Serial Entrepreneur & XR Evangalist

Representative Of Artificial Intelligence Section Abu Dhabi Police United Arab Emirates

VP - Product Management & Strategic Alliances Help AG United Arab Emirates Founding member of Etisalat Digital’s foray into cyber security, played a key role in the successful Etisalat Digital - Help AG Integration, to build Help AG’s future foundation as the de facto Cyber security player in the region

Senior Product Marketing Manager Solarwinds Germany Security product marketing manager who has invested time in tech companies, developing agencies, and start-ups

Chief Security Advisor, Cybersecurity Solutions Group Microsoft EMEA France Responsible for the overall conduct of Microsoft’s technology and security strategy in the Gulf

Department Head – IT and Cyber Security Operations Nakheel United Arab Emirates

Head of Customer Engineering for Middle East, Turkey and Africa Google Cloud United Arab Emirates Googler, Tech Leader, Innovation Catalyst, Head of Cloud Customer Engineers for META region

Co-Founder & CEO Starzplay United Arab Emirates Founder and CEO of MENA’s leading video streaming service that is based out of Dubai and delivers its service from Marrakesh to Karachi across 21 countries in 5 languages.

CISO Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) United Arab Emirates Visionary, multi-award winner, IDC CISO of the year, cybersecurity transformation leader & Author

Director – MEA FS-ISAC, Spain Spain Multinational information security executive solving complex security challenges for over 2 decades

Team Leader, META CrowdStrike United Arab Emirates Expert Advisor on the latest in the threat landscape, and helping customers build threat intelligence and endpoint protection programs

Presales Manager, UKI & META Recorded Future United Arab Emirates Worked in helping some of the largest businesses in the world improve their security posture using security intelligence

Founder & CEO Safebreach United States Exemplary security leader, founder of groundbreaking platform that provides a "hacker's view" of an enterprise's security posture to proactively predict attacks, validate security controls and improve SOC analyst response

Co-Founder and CTO Sixgill Israel Co-Founder of a leading cyber threat intelligence company that covertly and automatically analyzes Deep and Dark Web activity

Cyber Intelligence Analyst Sixgill Israel Cyber Intelligence Analyst in the cyber threat intelligence space by way of experience in journalism and emerging markets business intelligence

Director Professional Services Digital Shadow Expert who has helped customers implement the Digital Risk monitoring solution SearchLight. Experience in Digital Risk detection, analysis and mitigation across all sectors

Threat Intelligence Strategist Virus Total Spain Specialist in Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting, responsible for the APT Intelligence Reporting service

CEO and Founder CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy United States World class cybersecurity expert & Author consulting customers all around the world

Senior Regional Manager, MEA Rapid 7 United Arab Emirates Award winning Cybersecurity expert transforms data into insight, empowering security professionals to progress and protect their organizations

Co-founder and Head of Operations Lucy Security Switzerland Entrepreneur & business developer in the IT industry for over 3 decades, co-founder of globally recognized IT security awareness company

Principal Solutions Architect Webroot BrightCloud United Kingdom Technical specialist and veteran of the cybersecurity and networking industries

Head of Corporate Security SWIFT Poland Head of Corporate Security for SWIFT creating a joint structure with information and physical security to protect the worldwide proprietary communication platform for money transfer

Information Security Specialist MIG Holdings United Arab Emirates A certified ethical hacker and ISO 27001 lead auditor, Sreedevi manages security operations for MIG holdings, one of the UAE’s leading insurance groups including ACE and DAMANA insurance

Social Engineering Security Specialist Germany Psychologist & a social engineer, particularly interested in human dynamics, passionate about social engineering & helping people defend against it

Senior Cybersecurity Expert DESC United Arab Emirates Works on the research & innovation to develop & deliver cybersecurity standards in line with the latest technology trends as per the needs of Dubai government entities

VP- Business Development Help AG United Arab Emirates

Commissioner Global Commission on the Stability of Cyber Security United States Former top US Cyber Diplomat who has initiated, helped drive, or advised on virtually every major U.S. cyber policy for over a decade, globally recognized expert on cybersecurity, cyber policy, cyber diplomacy & combatting cybercrime

Global Advisory Board Member – Incident Response EC Council

General Manager NOMAD Homes United Arab Emirates Former Head of Operations at Uber Eats growing the business threefold, now doing the same for property technology startup, Nomad in the Middle East

VP Corporate & Consumer Weber Shandwick United Arab Emirates Her broad experience encompasses corporate, B2B and consumer-facing communications across multiple audience touch points and geographies, with current clients including Majid Al Futtaim Ventures, MEED, General Motors and Coty

Director – AI DEWA United Arab Emirates Joined DEWA since 2014 currently heading Artificial Intelligence department.

Co-Founder & CEO QNu Labs India Founder of India's first & only quantum cybersecurity products startup

Chief Specialist of the Expert Group for the Development of Virtual Assets of the Directorate of Digital Economy Ministry of Digital Transformation Ukraine one of the first lawyers who assisted cryptoprojects in structuring and their IP/IT rights protection

Regional Manager Checkout.com United Arab Emirates Mohammed Ali Yusuf (Mo) is the Regional Manager at Checkout.com, responsible for driving growth across the MENAP region. Checkout.com is a global fintech enabling digital payments for businesses.

European Business Development Representative DMCC United Arab Emirates More than 14 years experience in commodities, logistics and global trade, specialising in big data, predictive analytics and distributed ledger technologies.

Researcher UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies Ralf United Kingdom Thinking about Radical New Markets for the Digital Economy bought about by Distributed Technologies

Senior Director of Government Relations Careem United Arab Emirates

Head of Global The Marketing Society United Arab Emirates Liaising closely with regional Chairs and our non-exec boards, working collaboratively with the other members of the leadership team and leading the global team

Managing Director (Singapore) Sequoia Capital India Former Head of APAC for Uber - where he led one of the fastest growing regions for the company.

Marketing Director Majid Al Futtaim Leisure, Entertainment and Cinemas United Arab Emirates Oversees marketing promotions and design for VOX Cinemas, Ski Dubai, Magic Planet, Dreamscape, Yalla Bowling, iFLY Dubai, Little Explorers

Vice Chairman of The Marketing Society & GM Sony Music Entertainment Middle East United Arab Emirates An entertainment and music executive with over 20 years’ experience, Mike has led the Sony Music Middle East business since 2014, working across a vast market comprising Egypt, Levant, GCC, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the areas of artist development, music marketing & promotions and business development.

Manager Zoom Video Communications – MENA

Founder & CEO Public.io United Kingdom

Chief Technology Officer Du United Arab Emirates Responsible for driving the company’s transformative network strategy into the digital age, Saleem built one of the first IMS infrastructures in the region, and accelerated the roll out of du’s mobile and fixed network across the UAE

Founder & Executive Chairman of MOVEN Bestselling Author on banking, Radio Host and TV Commentator United States Godfather of Fintech as the founder of one of the first neo banks

Founder of ATARI United States Founding father of the video game industry creating the first commercially successful video game console with interchangeable cartridges and the arcade game Pong

Hacker, Inventor, and Entrepreneur United States Arguably the world’s most diverse technologist and inventor with a portfolio spanning a spaceship for Jeff Bezos; world’s smallest PC, AI for stock market trading, and a laser gun to shoot mosquitos in a project with Bill Gates aiming to eradicate malaria

Award winning Talk Show Host of “Business Rockstars” United States Co-Founder of the #1 business radio talk show in America

Founder & Chairman, The Arab International Women’s Forum & Fellow, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative ILO United Kingdom The only Commissioner from the Arab world invited to serve on the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work (2017-2019)

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Brazil Leading Multi award winning Smart Campus FACENS that is driving innovation

Head of MENA GSMA United Arab Emirates Represents the telco industry’s key stakeholders across the Middle East

CEO Mammoth Biosciences United States Fortune40under40, Founder of novel genetic search engine