2017 MENA Bank to Bank Forum March 22 23, 2017 Dubai, UAE The Future of Correspondent Banking Innovation and Challenges
Wednesday, March 22 07:30 08:30 Conference Registration Foyer 08:30 09:00 Welcome K.P. Sunil Rao Conference Chair Director, Head of Financial Institutions MENA Tod Burwell President and CEO 09:00 9:30 Opening Address Jeremy Wilson Vice Chairman, Corporate Banking Chairman, Bank Egypt 09:30 10:30 De-risking: Cause and Effect and Future Direction Faisal Lalani EVP and Group Head, GFI Emirates NBD Said Dajani Executive Manager - Head of Financial Institutions and Subsidiaries INVESTBANK Santhosh KJ Chief Compliance Officer UAE Exchange Group Samantha Pelosi SVP, Payments and Innovation Carmel Speers Regional Head, Financial Crime Compliance, MENAP Standard Chartered Bank 10:30 10:45 Networking Coffee/Tea Break Foyer
10:45 11:45 Thought Leadership: Evolving Trade Landscape Manoj Menon Head of Global Transaction Banking First Gulf Bank Joost Bergen Senior Associate Business Development Reval David Hennah Head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance Products Misys Rahul Jayakar Head Global Transaction Services, Products and Trade Mashreq Bank Farrukh Siddiqui Managing Director, Global Trade and Loans MEA JPMorgan 11:45 12:15 Big Data: The Next Big Thing Speaker Hammou Messtfa, PhD Government Industry Solutions Leader Middle East and Africa IBM 12:15 13:15 The Green Initiative Environmental Impact on Transaction Banking Jeremy Wilson Vice Chairman, Corporate Banking Chairman, Bank Egypt Hussain Hassan Mohamed Khansaheb Director, Green Development Department Ministry of Climate Change & Environment Kashif Rana Chief Financial Officer ACWA Power Nathan Weatherstone Head of Sustainable Business 13:15 14:30 Networking Lunch Tesoro Restaurant
14:30 17:30 Bilateral Meetings This is your opportunity to schedule meetings with prospective and existing clients. Diamond, Platinum and Gold sponsors have reserved tables to use for these meetings. Other attendees and sponsors can use other open tables in the. 17:30 18:30 Opening Cocktail Reception Treehouse Lounge, Rooftop Thursday, March 23 07:30 08:30 Conference Registration Foyer 08:30 08:45 Welcome Vineet Varma MENA Council Co-Chair Managing Director and Head of GTB - Global Sales Head Tod Burwell President and CEO 08:45 09:15 Keynote Address Keynote Speaker Eric Modave Chief Operating Officer Arab Bank 09:15 10:15 Regulatory Reform and Transaction Banking: Key Measures and Future Outlook Maninder Bhandari Director Derby Group Luke Ellyard Partner KPMG Zeynep Ersel Senior Business Development Officer International Finance Corporation Rohit Kumar Managing Director and Head - Group Integrated Risk Management Samer Younes
Head of Trade Sales Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank 10:15 10:30 Networking Coffee/Tea Break Foyer 10:30 11:15 MENA Macro-Economic Highlights Speakers Dr. Garbis Iradian Chief Economist Institute of International Finance Dr. Mazen Soueid Chief Economist Bankmed 11:15 12:15 Thought Leadership: Evolving Payments Landscape Maram Al-Jazireh SVP/Global Head of Financial Institutions Arab Bank Ramana Kumar Managing Director and Head of GTB Business and Product Management Christopher Mager Head of Global Innovation BNY Mellon Treasury Services Dilip Rao Managing Director Ripple Asia-Pacific Babu Santhanam Senior Manager IT Central Bank of the UAE 12:15 13:15 Islamic Banking for Financial Institutions Faisal Hussain Managing Director Regional Head of Banks Africa and Middle East, Transaction Banking Standard Chartered Bank Ali Akbar Khan Head of Financial Institutions Qatar Islamic Bank Andreas Meletiou Head of Financial Institutions
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Mohamed Al Mutaweh CEO and Board Member Al Baraka Islamic Bank - Bahrain 13:15 Closing Remarks K.P. Sunil Rao Conference Chair Director, Head of Financial Institutions, MENA Maurice Iskandar MENA Council Co-Chair Assistant General Manager, Head of International Banque Libano-Francaise SAL Tod Burwell President and CEO