Dr. Hani Almashhadi holds a Ph.D in Business Administration from the University of Dallas, a EMBA from IMD Lausanne and is graduated (B.Sci) in Hospitality Management from the University of Massachusetts. He also attended various executive programs from Harvard, MIT and Stanford.
Dr. Almashhadi held various senior positions such as Head of private wealth at Deutsche Bank Saudi Arabia and Head of margin trading at Bank Saudi Fransi.
He founded SPI Investments in 2001. The company focused on investing in Start-Ups and developed its franchise reaching $250 Mio in assets under management.
In 2017, Dr Hani decided to change path and joined the ministry of housing as Head of Strategy and Finance for Developmental Housing and now as Finance Advisor at the Housing Program.
Dr Almashhadi has accumulated a remarkable expertise in business growth, financial management, and leadership administration in a wide range of diversified contexts and industries that he is always happy to share with his colleagues as well as a wide audience.

Mansour comes with over 24 years of professional experience across various functions in Business Development, Sales & customer experience management. Mansour has been was associated with Saudi Telecom since 2001 till 2011 till he joined CCC. In the past Mansour has worked with various organizations including Royal Saudi Air Force, etc..

Mansour has a Post-graduation Computer Information System from Florida institute of technology, Florida, USA

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) – 2011 till Date

Has been associated with CCC since the beginning of CCC. As a Chief Commercial Officer, Mansour heads the sales, marketing and relationship management functions in CCC. Mansour has been a key contributor for the significant growth of CCC in the past 7 years.

Mansour has been hands on managing the relationship with one of the largest customer of CCC – i.e. STC. As a corporate sponsor Mansour will ensure to puts the right team in place and is committed to deliver excellent working relationship with all our clients.

Dr. Hatem Bugshan, Head of Middle East, Big Innovation Centre

As Head of Big Innovation Centre in Middle East, Dr. Hatem Bugshan aims to redefine the current innovation landscape to be more open and collaborative. Through a local presence of Big Innovation Centre, he will lead the its contribution to transforming the Middle East economy into a smart knowledge-based economy which can unleash the economic growth and unlock the hidden potential of digital, AI and Future-Tech opportunities.

Hatem holds a unique combination of business skills, expertise, and passion for innovation-led societies:

Corporate leadership: As a member of Bugshan Group, Hatem’s experience in business leadership builds upon one of the largest conglomerates in the Middle East and North Africa region. ThImportant Rolee Bugshan Group have in-depth knowledge of the business in each sector and servicing the market for more than 50+ years to the ever-increasing needs of its client and stakeholders. The business group operates various companies in a diversified set of sectors, including real estate, automotive, perfumes and cosmetics, education, and security and defence.

Thought leadership in innovation: Hatem has received his PhD from University of London. His specialism is Intellectual Property Rights and Open Innovation. He has published in high quality peer reviewed journals such as Journal of Strategic Marketing, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, and Qualitative Market Research. He has also presented his papers in international conferences.

Entrepreneurship: Also, Hatem is the founder and president of Education e-Solutions which is established with a mission to become pedagogical and business enablers for both academic and corporate institutions by providing end to end services with a rationale, offer best practices and implement solutions with a key focus on change management. Education e-Solutions is an innovative company that brings to Saudi Arabia the latest learning and teaching technologies right from immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality, Adaptive Learning or Machine Learning to Smart Campus technologies.

Mohammed Alsehli, Chief Executive Officer, Wetaq

Mohammed Alsehli is a fintech entrepreneur, a service management expert and a CISI qualified in Islamic finance with a background in Software Engineering and Banking. Featured among the 500 who are making the Islamic economy (Islamica500 Publication) and among the 100 influential people helping to shape the Emirate (ArabianBusiness). Mohammed is the Co-founder and CEO of Wethaq Capital Markets, a fintech venture focusing on building regulated infrastructure for the Sukuk Capital Markets.

Ghaith Rajeh, Business Director, Revonic

Ghaith is an avid user experience enthusiast with a passion for connecting brands and humans to spark the emotion behind that everlasting relationship. At Revonic, Ghaith’s main role is to advise client partners on how to utilise not only existing assets but also work closely to develop digital strategies to transform their organisation and drive business performance. Understanding audiences and creating that single customer view is only the first step in a long journey to utilise the power of data in order to create personalised experiences.

Cristiano Guerrieri, Director Presales, UBiqube

Cristiano is a Director Presales Engineer with over 13 years of experience in working with large company within different roles that provides him a vast areas of expertise in multiple domains.
Starting in Italy as Network administrator, he moved to the SOC, NOC department as team leader and subsequently to the Security department as lead auditor.
His quest to gain international experience led him to seek and find a professional challenge in Ireland, in the internet services industry.
Arrived in Ireland in 2008, he took the position as Senior Network Engineer and then leading a team in the innovation labs. He reached the Presale Engineer/Network Architect position that allowed him to deal with international corporations and major Telcom operators across the globe proposing, designing and implementing tailor made network’s solution. He travelled extensively between Europe, Arabic Peninsula and Japan.
He joined later a US company as presales engineer helping establishing the European operations and being one of the key elements for their success.
Since 2017 he joined Ubiqube reaching the position of Director Presales.
One of his biggest achievements was the design and the implementation of migration plan for the electricity smart grid network, for the largest electricity provider in Portugal.
He has attended the Cisco Network Academy Italy and San Francisco obtaining several Cisco
certifications. He is also an ISO27001 certified auditor.

Khaled Bin Mahfouz, Business Development Manager, BIAC

Khalid Y. Almahfouz – Worked for ten years in Saudi Aramco navigating around several business disciplines including unconventional energy resources in addition to accounting policies and systems. Lead the funding and marketing department for Dhahran Techno Valley Investment Company before joining BIAC as a Business Incubator manager (Badir Program) in the Eastern Province and recently got appointed as the director of Business Development. Strategic and financial advisor to several small and medium enterprises in the region. Expert in strategic planning and business models.

Meriem Menani – Senior Public Policy Analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU)

Meriem is a Senior Analyst for The EIU’s Public Policy practice. She specialises in technology policy, the digital economy, and developing strategies for national digital transformation and growth across the EMEA region. Meriem regularly writes about geopolitical and macroeconomic affairs for The Economist Group and participates as a speaker at international policy conferences. Prior to The EIU, Meriem worked for the World Bank Group, where she focused on devising economic reform strategies for a country in Africa. Meriem holds an MSc in Public Management and Governance from the London School of Economics and a BSc in International Management with French from the University of Bath.

Steve Bell, Vice President Solutions Consulting EMEA, Verint

Steve Bell is VP of Solutions Consulting EMEA for Verint Systems. Steve has overall responsibility for Verint’s Solutions Consulting Team across EMEA, supporting sales of our Workforce Management, Customer Analytics and Engagement Management solutions. Steve has 20+ years of experience within the Contact Centre / Customer Engagement industry. He has been with Verint for 10 years, and prior to that held Solutions Management roles with other Contact Centre solutions providers such as Aspect and Enghouse Interactive.

Hani AlSaigh, Head of Technology Procurement, STC

Hani AlSaigh is Head of Technology Procurement at Saudi Telecom Company, the biggest Telecom operator in the Middle East with 20+ years’ experience. He is a Board Director at leading edge companies including STC Solutions, Middle East and SophiaTX in Europe. He is helping drive Saudi Vision 2030 focused on increasing local GDP.
Hani has been a guest speaker and panellist on thought leadership at TM Forum, Procurement Leaders, CIPS and European Institute of Procurement Management and introduced Digital Culture, Supplier Enabled Innovation, RPA and a host of initiatives to the region. He loves coaching leaders and helped change the culture at STC moving them from 4th to 1st quartile.
Hani is a former Lucent Technology Company engineer and has been a senior executive for over a decade, winning multiple awards from across the world for transformation. Through his work, he has managed spend of over $20 billion and saved organisations billions of dollars. Transformation is where he thrives, taking STC Procurement from 4nd to 2nd quartile in 3 years.
He’s a graduate of King Saud University with a degree in Telecom Engineering and a real passion to change the world through people.

Sunil Raveendran, Chief Technical Architect and Global Blockchain Centre of Competence (Lead), Allianz Technology India

Mr Sunil is with Allianz Technology India since 2006. Since then he offered technical leadership on large scale enterprise implementations across the globe. He is also responsible for evangelising cloud and devops across the organization and runs the Global learning centre on DevOps.
In his most recent assignment he is driving an initiative with government in launching a cluster based industry development strategy around Blockchain. He is also leading the Allianz Global Blochcian Centre of Competence activities from India. His regional expertise includes Japan, Europe, US and India. Prior to joining Allianz Technology, he worked with Wipro Technologies and Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Mr. Raveendran holds his masters in Computer Applications from University of Kerala, India. He is an Open Group TOGAF certified architect.

Cristiano Guerrieri Director Presales, UBiqube

Cristiano is a Director Presales Engineer with over 13 years of experience in working with large company within different roles that provides him a vast areas of expertise in multiple domains.
Starting in Italy as Network administrator, he moved to the SOC, NOC department as team leader and subsequently to the Security department as lead auditor.
His quest to gain international experience led him to seek and find a professional challenge in Ireland, in the internet services industry.
Arrived in Ireland in 2008, he took the position as Senior Network Engineer and then leading a team in the innovation labs. He reached the Presale Engineer/Network Architect position that allowed him to deal with international corporations and major Telcom operators across the globe proposing, designing and implementing tailor made network’s solution. He travelled extensively between Europe, Arabic Peninsula and Japan.
He joined later a US company as presales engineer helping establishing the European operations and being one of the key elements for their success.
Since 2017 he joined Ubiqube reaching the position of Director Presales.
One of his biggest achievements was the design and the implementation of migration plan for the electricity smart grid network, for the largest electricity provider in Portugal.
He has attended the Cisco Network Academy Italy and San Francisco obtaining several Cisco
certifications. He is also an ISO27001 certified auditor.

Hani AlSaigh, Head of Technology Procurement, STC

Hani AlSaigh is Head of Technology Procurement at Saudi Telecom Company, the biggest Telecom operator in the Middle East with 20+ years’ experience. He is a Board Director at leading edge companies including STC Solutions, Middle East and SophiaTX in Europe. He is helping drive Saudi Vision 2030 focused on increasing local GDP.

Hani has been a guest speaker and panellist on thought leadership at TM Forum, Procurement Leaders, CIPS and European Institute of Procurement Management and introduced Digital Culture, Supplier Enabled Innovation, RPA and a host of initiatives to the region. He loves coaching leaders and helped change the culture at STC moving them from 4th to 1st quartile.

Hani is a former Lucent Technology Company engineer and has been a senior executive for over a decade, winning multiple awards from across the world for transformation. Through his work, he has managed spend of over $20 billion and saved organisations billions of dollars. Transformation is where he thrives, taking STC Procurement from 4nd to 2nd quartile in 3 years.

He’s a graduate of King Saud University with a degree in Telecom Engineering and a real passion to change the world through people.

Scott Leeb, Corporate Lead, Knowledge; Director of Knowledge Management, Iknow

Scott Leeb has over the past 25 years created, managed and grown the global business intelligence/knowledge management programs at four Fortune 500 companies (Prudential Retirement, The McGraw-Hill Companies, KPMG and Ingram Micro), a leading law firm (Fragomen) and an international philanthropy (The Rockefeller Foundation). In 2011 he served as President of SCIP. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), the Universiti Utari Malaysia and the University of Maryland (USA).

Scott has spoken in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America on a wide range of topics including competitive intelligence, business intelligence, market intelligence, strategy and knowledge management. He began his career as a senior intelligence analyst for the US Army, specializing in East Asian political-military affairs. Scott holds MAs from The Australian National University and Columbia University, a BA from Yale University and a language certificate from Beijing University.

Reem Alharbi, Head of LinkedIn KSA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reemmohammad/

Reem heads LinkedIn’s operations in KSA. Since joining the company in 2016, Reem’s main responsibility has been to connect and work with the highest levels of government and private executives to make meaningful impact and drive revenue and business growth. Her role now sees her working closely with the various public and private sector stakeholders to tackle pressing issues such as employment and national strategies.

Reem started her career in Dubai with Eye of Dubai then moved to Saudi to lead the marketing and communications with Eye of Riyadh company.

Reem speaks three languages and has over ten years of experience in various multinational corporations such as Ernst & Young, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, and Dur Hospitality where she led the rebranding plan. Hailing from Saudi Arabia, she has a wealth of international experience in organizing and marketing global events across the US, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, an example being leading the participation of the Middle East & North Africa in the Global Entrepreneur Awards at Monte Carlo.

Reem started her career in the fields of marketing and communications, where she honed her skills in strategy planning and business development. She was awarded the MENA Female Role Model award for her stellar contributions to the business and her role in developing young talent.

Reem earned her Bachelor degree in Business dministration and Marketing from the University of Dubai. She is an avid chess player and is a member of the animal rights community.

Dr. Maliha Hashmi, Executive Director & Deputy Sector Head for Health & Wellbeing Sector, NEOM

Dr. Maliha Hashmi is the Executive Director and the Deputy Sector Head for the Health & Wellbeing Sector at NEOM, where she also served as the Executive Director for all Strategic Partnerships. Dr. Hashmi also serves as a Leading Expert & Council Member for the Prestigious Global Future Council on Health & Healthcare at the World Economic Forum.

Dr. Maliha Hashmi has held Executive roles in various sectors and globally renowned organizations and is a well-known name in the region for health & wellbeing.

Dr. Maliha Hashmi received her Doctorate and Master’s Degrees from Harvard and MIT. Dr. Maliha Hashmi is listed as one of the top 20 women in the Nation in the United States of America for her achievements making it into the Who’s Who in America List.

Je Myung Ryu, Senior Digital Development Specialist, The World Bank

Mr. Je Myung Ryu is now working at the World Bank as a Senior Digital Development Specialist at the Digital Development Global Practice. Before joining the World Bank since August 2018, he served as Director General of Radio Policy Bureau at the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), where he oversaw 5G spectrum auction (June 2018), digital switchover, and general spectrum management. He also served as Director of Telecommunications Service Policy Division and Software policy division.

During his more than 20 years of career in the government, Mr. Ryu acquired wide-ranging expertise in the field of ICT policy by working at the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), President’s Office and at the MSIT. Mr. Ryu also played an active role in international affairs. He used to work as Counsellor at the Permanent Delegation of Korea to the OECD in Paris and had served as a bureau member of the OECD Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society and the Working Party on Communications Infrastructure and Services Policy.

He earned a Master’s degree in information systems management from Carnegie Mellon University, and a B.A. in Politics from Seoul National University.

Zaki Khoury, Senior Digital Development Specialist , The World Bank

Dr. Zaki Khoury is a Senior Digital Development Specialist at the World Bank. With his extensive expertise in Emerging Markets and in harnessing technologies for development, he is currently helping governments in advancing their data-driven digital economy, providing thought leadership on enabling policies for digital infrastructure of the future (e.g., AI, Data Driven Development, 5G); and supporting selected operations in the MENA and Africa regions by operationalizing the MENA TECH and the Digital Economy for Africa initiatives. Previously a Senior Technology and Strategy Advisor, he contributed to the Digital Development Partnership (DDP) setup at the World Bank, worked on Digital Economy Country Diagnostics / Assessment, and provided technical and analytical support to shape new Investment projects in digital development. He remains an active contributor to the flagship work on AI for Development.

Prior to joining the World Bank, he has over 20 years of successful track record with experience in public and private sector, Strategic Partnerships in the ICT Industry, consultancy and operations management in International Development. He previously led Microsoft cooperation with International Organizations / World Bank in Worldwide Public Sector, managed the business operations in Gulf, and supported Public Sector digital transformation across emerging and new markets.

A trendsetter with a growth mind-set, Dr. Khoury authored and spoke extensively on issues of Digital transformation, Disruptive Technologies, Digital Development. As a recognition of excellence, he is the holder of the IIE Opening Minds Corporate Leadership Award, Microsoft Goldstar Award, and Young Canadian Researcher Award. He has recently chaired the working group on Governing Artificial Intelligence in less-developed countries at 2019 World Government Summit and advises regularly for emerging technologies start-ups.

Dr. Khoury holds a PhD in Planning (Montreal), MSc. in Economics (London), and BSc. in Engineering (Alexandria). He has also continued his executive education in Business (Harvard) and Management (McGill).

Issam Abousleiman, Country Director of the GCC Countries, Middle East and North Africa, The World Bank

Issa Abousleiman has been the Country Director of the GCC since August 1st, 2018.

Mr. Abousleiman, a Lebanese national, joined the Bank in 1989. His most recent assignment was Country Manager of Colombia in the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Having started his career at the World Bank in the Loans Department, he has since held various positions across the institution, including Head of Financial Advisory and Banking at the World Bank Treasury and Principal Investment Officer in the Banking & Debt Management Department. His regional expertise includes Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East regions.

Mr. Abousleiman is a graduate of the Harvard University Executive Management program, and holds an MBA in finance and investment from George Washington University, as well as an MBA in management from the American University of Beirut. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Google Head of Public Policy, Middle East and North Africa Selim J. Eddé |
Eddé develops and leads public policy campaigns across the full range of policy areas that impact Google and the web. Key issues include technology innovation, economic development and intellectual property.
A passionate public policy leader, Eddé is a thought leader on building innovation programs with governments and has a particular expertise in labor markets, entrepreneurship and job creation initiatives. Mr. Eddé advised governments in MENA and Africa, providing strategic programs and was previously the Vice President of Government Affairs at SAP, setting strategy, devising and implementing plans Government Relations at SAP in MENA. Formerly, Selim was the Country Development Officer at Cisco, and Senior Regional Lead at Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
A frequent speaker at regional and international events, with appearances in the specialised media, Eddé graduated from Imperial College-London with a masters degree in management sciences. He is married with two kids and lives in Dubai.

Dr. Ibraheem Sheerah worked as a Mechanical Design Engineer, Project manager, Program Manager, PMO Manager, P3O Director, Business Support Director, Corporate Control Director, Sales & Delivery Consultant and included in several leadership positions. He has established many organizations.

Dr. Sheerah has more than 20 years of experience in defense, security, healthcare, agriculture, Transportation, privatization,  Technology, PPP projects, and retailing industries

Dr. Sheerah is a seasoned and successful leader with a track record of producing, presenting and managing the implementation of innovative business solutions.

Fahad Alhagbani is a 22yr veteran of the fitness industry. He has co-founded two of the largest fitness businesses in the Middle East, including Fitness Time, the 15th largest global fitness club chain. After taking his previous company public in September 2018 he moved on to launch Armah Sports Company, where he serves as co-founder and CEO, and the new concept of “smart clubs”, which will transform the market and become a hub for technology and innovation in the global fitness industry. Fahad is also a member of REX (Roundtables for Executives), a worldwide group of club owners who meet regularly to exchange insights, critique business performance, and discuss future industry disruptions. 

Reem heads LinkedIn’s operations in KSA. Since joining the company in 2016, Reem’s main responsibility has been to connect and work with the highest levels of government and private executives to make meaningful impact and drive revenue and business growth. Her role now sees her working closely with the various public and private sector stakeholders to tackle pressing issues such as employment and national strategies.
Reem speaks three languages and has over ten years of experience in various multinational corporations such as Ernst & Young, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, and Dur Hospitality where she led the rebranding plan. Hailing from Saudi Arabia, she has a wealth of international experience in organizing and marketing global events across the US, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, an example being leading the participation of the Middle East & North Africa in the Global Entrepreneur Awards at Monte Carlo.
Reem started her career in the fields of marketing and communications, where she honed her skills in strategy planning and business development. She was awarded the MENA Female Role Model award for her stellar contributions to the business and her role in developing young talent.
Reem earned her Bachelor degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Dubai. She is an avid chess player and is a member of the animal rights community.

Danilo McGarry is one of the most reputable voices in the RPA domain; as CitiGroup’s ex Head of Ai for Capital Markets, he is now one of UnitedHealth Group’s Head of Automation (the worlds 13th largest companies and largest healthcare provider). He has successfully ran RPA/Ai programs in multiple industries and countries (Financial Services, O&G, Private and Public sectors, as well as Healthcare). For Citigroup (as Head of Ai for Capital Markets) and as Senior Management in Automation for UnitedHealth Group, Danilo has driven 2 of the world’s largest, most lucrative and successful automation programs in the corporate world – involving teams from more than 20 countries, budgets into the triple digits (millions) and savings into the triple digit (FTE).

Originator of the Industry 4.0 and Digital themes today. Best known as the originator of the “4th Industrial Revolution” (Industry 4.0) and the mastermind of the European Digital Revolution (German Digital Agenda), which ignited the global themes of today. As the inaugurator of Germany’s digital agenda in 09, he ignited a global wave of national and corporate digital strategy adoptions.
Named by Financial Times as one of the leading authority on strategy and competitiveness. One of the most influential business thinkers, who has set the agenda for nations and the fortune 100 companies.
He is notorious for his personal involvement to define the core differentiating, competitive aspects and to identify how to innovate and where to transform.

Previously one of the Heads of Artificial intelligence & Machine Learning at CitiGroup (3rd largest US bank, 17th largest Financial institution globally). Currently senior management of Automation (RPA/Ai) in UnitedHealth Group (largest healthcare company in the world. Ranked #5 on the Fortune 500). Member of the European Union Commission Ai Alliance.
Total US$ saved to date: through Automation (RPA, Ai) & Re-Engineering Programs participated or managed: US$ 248 million (.est)

Expertise in IT Digital Transformation, Information Assurance, Risk Management, and Cybersecurity.Specialties: Cyber Security, Requirements Engineering, Information Technology, Risk Management,Planning, and Leadership.
Sultan leads and oversees all activities aimed at developing Cybersecurity measures in CMA, providing business stakeholders with information assurance services, including defining business and security requirements.

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