Nayef Shahin is the Founder & Managing Partner of Metis; Focusing on business development, capital markets, marketing, strategy, and new business valuation.
Nayef holds an Electrical Engineering Degree and began his career in the space industry. Nayef has extensive experience in Business Development, Market Entry, Program Management, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). He was Spectrum Strategy and Market Development Manager at one of the leading satellite operators in the UAE. He was responsible for setting the company’s spectrum strategy to drive the business’s growth agenda in EMEA, Asia, and the Americas.
Nayef has assisted several SMEs to raise growth capital or develop a growth strategy across several industries such as FinTech, Healthcare, and Manufacturing just to name a few. Additionally, He heads the implementation of the blockchain and Digital Security Offering (DSO) strategy for Metis to guide their clients through the journey of issuing a fully compliant offering.
This FiNext Awards & Conference is to be held on the 26th and 27th of February at the Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre.This is the much-awaited conference of the year as it brings together and celebrates the excellence of companies and people in the FinTech sector.
Fin-Tech industry needed space for the smartest, innovative, inventive and ambitious people to connect and create, consequently FiNext Awards and Conference were started as a dedicated platform to serve the needs of the Fin-Tech industry in terms of interaction, innovation, networking and showcasing of the talent.
Two days of celebration of people who have put their lives in innovating, transforming the way how people transact through technology. FiNext Awards acknowledge people who are bringing the future of finance through their persistent efforts.
The conference strives to build a platform for startups, SMEs, key decision-makers, researchers, investors and people from the media to interact and garner meaningful alliances.