POST SHOW REPORT. The Middle East s Premier Financial Technology Event JUNE 2015 I ABU DHABI ABU DHABI NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE

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1 09-10 JUNE 2015 I ABU DHABI ABU DHABI NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE The Middle East s Premier Financial Technology Event POST SHOW REPORT Platinum Partners Gold Partner Silver Partners Knowledge Partner Hosted by

ABOUT ABTEC ABTEC is the largest and most prestigious event that convenes the entire financial technology community from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

collaborate to rethink financial services. Year after year, ABTEC attracts the financial industry s best and brightest minds, serving as a conduit for innovative ideas and thinking.

2 ABOUT ABTEC ABTEC is the largest and most prestigious event that convenes the entire financial technology community from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Featuring industry-leading conferences, a tightly focused trade exhibition and much more, ABTEC is the definitive platform where top decisionmakers share insights with technology providers and collaborate to rethink financial services. Year after year, ABTEC attracts the financial industry s best and brightest minds, serving as a conduit for innovative ideas and thinking. PROVEN TRACK RECORD ABTEC has brought together more than 8,000 financial industry executives and over 1,000 technology providers to meet, network and do business. Building upon this rich pedigree of success, ABTEC was re-launched in 2014 with a host of new features. ABTEC 2015 brought new ideas, new inspiration and game-changing solutions to serve a US$13 billion per annum regional financial technology market. ABTEC 2015 was the go-to event for financial industry leaders from the MENA region and beyond. Over 150 C-level executives attended from the banking and financial industries. Attendees from 13 countries 55 exhibitors from 17 countries Over 30 speakers from 3 conference programmes Clearly analytics and driving change in your business based on customer needs or demands is now a must, not a nice to have! ABTEC brought together those of us, from around the region, who are now challenged to find qualified Data Analysts/ Data Scientists who can actually drive the analytics. David Treadgold, Chief Technology for American Express

ABTEC 2015 SPEAKERS Involving 30 speakers across

MENA region, delegates enjoyed a wealth of

Arnold Gutmann Executive Partner, Gartner Avinash

- Risk Management, RAK Insurance Adrian Soars

Head - IT, Dhofar Tamer Gamali CISO, National of

and Planning, Kuwait International Basab Banerjee

Shinde Director Risk Advisory Services, Ernst &

Management, Abu Dhabi Islamic Joseph George Head

Fujairah Hilal Houssain Senior System Development

Group IT Manager, Fujairah National Group Okan

Kuveyt Turk Participation Al Shareef Marwan

Oman Arab Anand Sivanandan Head - IT and Markets,

Executive, Awad Capital Darren Mullins Director

Deloitte Delegate Feedback 91% 88% 91% of

delegates said that the speakers were good or

organised with a pleasant opening speech and the

products which are needed in the current market

3 ABTEC 2015 SPEAKERS Involving 30 speakers across 3 focused conference programmes from across the MENA region, delegates enjoyed a wealth of conference content. Arnold Gutmann Executive Partner, Gartner Avinash Gupta MD, Alpen Capital Mohammed Hasan Khan Head - Risk Management, RAK Insurance Adrian Soars Deputy Global CTO, ADS Securities Deepesh Saxena Head - IT, Dhofar Tamer Gamali CISO, National of Kuwait Deepu Philip Manager - IT Infrastructure and Planning, Kuwait International Basab Banerjee CTO, Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange Kartik Shinde Director Risk Advisory Services, Ernst & Young Sami Ainous Head Of Strategic Program Management, Abu Dhabi Islamic Joseph George Head of Information Systems & Technology, National of Fujairah Hilal Houssain Senior System Development Specialist, Islamic Development Sanjay Joglekar Group IT Manager, Fujairah National Group Okan Acar Alternative Delivery Channels Manager, Kuveyt Turk Participation Al Shareef Marwan AlKhouli GM - Head of Internal Audit Group at Oman Arab Anand Sivanandan Head - IT and Markets, Bahrain Financial Exchange Ziad Awad Chief Executive, Awad Capital Darren Mullins Director of Forensic Technology and Electronic Discovery, Deloitte Delegate Feedback 91% 88% 91% of delegates would recommend ABTEC to a colleague of delegates said that the speakers were good or excellent of the delegates said that there was a good balance between the conference and networking The ABTEC 2015 event was well organised with a pleasant opening speech and the event presented a wide range of innovative products which are needed in the current market practices. ABTEC helped us to network with local and international vendors and showcased the solutions under one roof. Muhammad Jabir, IT Manager of National of Abu Dhabi

THE EXHIBITION Over 50 solutions providers gathered in Abu Dhabi to demonstrate their new technologies and how they can make financial institutions

com Exhibitors presented technology across the following themes: Asset Management Systems ASP, SaaS & Business Process Outsourcing Data Solutions

4 THE EXHIBITION Over 50 solutions providers gathered in Abu Dhabi to demonstrate their new technologies and how they can make financial institutions more profitable. View the exhibitor list at Exhibitors presented technology across the following themes: Asset Management Systems ASP, SaaS & Business Process Outsourcing Data Solutions Global Payments & Transfers Infrastructure, Communications & IT Security Insurance Systems Middle and Back Office Solutions Retail ing Systems Risk Management Systems Trading Systems Treasury Management Systems Wholesale / Commercial ing Systems

5 THE VISITOR Attracting over 150 attendees from 13 countries, ABTEC 2015 was a well attended international event. Visitor job functions : 52% IT Manager: 22% Vice President, IT: 14% General Manager: 12% Visitor countries UAE: 40% Saudi Arabia: 11 Oman: 9% Sudan: 8% Bahrain: 7% Kuwait: 6% Lebanon: 5% Jordan: 4% Pakistan: 4% Egypt: 3% Qatar: 3% Afghanistan: 1% Turkey: 1% Visitor Feedback 59% 83% 77% 87% of the delegates attended to gain new knowledge and understand the latest technologies of the delegates rate the conferences as good or excellent of the delegates said they will come back again to ABTEC of the delegates said they agreed or strongly agreed with participating in ABTEC 2015 ABTEC Abu Dhabi 2015 was very eye opening and enriching. The organisation was flawless. The exhibitors were varied and covered most, if not all of what banking requires in terms of technology. I attended most of the conferences and the speakers were experts in their fields and gave great insight to the subjects covered. I look forward to attending again. Thank you very much. Maurice Karam, CIO, SGBJ

6 VIP ATTENDEES Ziad Awad Akl Noun Akshaya Gaur Hakam Abu Zarour Karam Maurice Mahmood Siddique Mohamed Adam Abdalla Ibrahim Pierrot Atallah Syed Asif Shah Syed Mahmood Pasha Tamer Gamali Chief Executive Security Security Awad Capital Abu Dhabi Investment Company Mashreqbank Emirates Development Societe Generale de Banque Jordanie National of Pakistan Alsalam BLC SAL Central Depository Company islami Pakistan Ltd National of Kuwait Wail Bseiso Director - IT Abu Dhabi Investment Council Arshad Abdullah Director IT Global ing Corporation Graham Cambridge Muhammed Saleem Rehmani Abdelhamid Hamdy Soliman Mohamed AbdelRehim Amer Director of IT Director, GLOBUS Upgrade,e-Logistic Director, IT Director, IT Emirates Investment Authority State of Pakistan Misr Iran Development Beltone Financial Mike Austin Group CIO NBAD Samir Omar Group CIO Finance House PJSC Amjad Hijazi Group COO Finance House PJSC Anand Sivanandan Head - IT and Markets Bahrain Financial Exchange Ali Alomran Head - Technology Arab National Mubarak Munsour Elnour Coenie Strydom Vinod Kumar Mahdi AlSalem Matthew Taylor San Sanghera Hassan Rohela Mrad Mrad Joseph George Deepu Philip Abdel Razag Mustafa Abdel Razag Head Computer & ing Technology Head IT Channels and Support Systems Head IT Channels and Support Systems Head IT- Governance Head of Asset Management IT Head of Business Strategy Head of Cash Management Head of ICT Dept (Production) Head of Information Systems & Technology Head of Infrastructure Industrial Development ADCB RAK BANK Riyad Capital NCB Capital First Gulf Ajman Fransabank SAL National of Fujairah Kuwait International United Capital Akbar Al-Khabouri National of Oman Bassam Elayyan Islamic International Arab David Treadgold American Express Deepesh Saxena Dhofar Hassan S. Farhat Blom France, UAE Khalid Amir Osman of Khartoum Mohamed Batran Hammad Sudanese French Muhannad Abyad Blom Jordan Shujat Ali Commercial Mohammed International

Mr. Eissa Mohamed Ghanem AlSuwaidi (Chairman) Mr. Mohamed Sultan Ghannoum Al Hameli (Vice Chairman Independent Director)

Mr. Eissa Mohamed Ghanem AlSuwaidi (Chairman) Bachelor in Economics (Northeastern University, USA) Mr. Al Suwaidi was appointed by the Government of Abu Dhabi to join the ADCB Board of Directors and was