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Anas is based in Noida, India, and is an advisor for FiNext Awards & Conference. He was involved in the creation and launch of startups in India even before completing his MBA at Aligarh Muslim University in India. He specializes in International Business, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Being an engineer, Anas Co-founded his technology venture InternetShine Technologies in late 2014 and has been working as a CEO and Technical Project Manager on the company’s acquired projects. He has been working on website and Mobile apps development since then and has been fairly active in the FinTech Industry. Later in 2018, his interest in FinTech and the industry’s need for a networking platform for Finance Technology Entrepreneurs and investors, he got involved with the FiNext Awards & Conference with his team. In 2021, he joined Perfect Timing Holding as the head of IT and has been working as the IT head and Lecturer for ATAFOM University.

Dr. Ali Moayeri is Vice President, Head of Strategy and Merger & Acquisition with Mastercard for the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. In this role, he leads development of Mastercard’s corporate strategies and objectives for 81 countries, based on deep analytical insights, and complemented with mergers and acquisitions where applicable. Previously, Ali was a senior management and strategy consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and Strategy& where he advised the leading financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and government clients on their complex strategy and operation topics. Ali holds a doctorate degree in engineering from Canada.

He brings over 2 decades of experience in scaling businesses across most continents (US, UK/ Europe, India/ Asia/ GCC, Africa, and Australia). He has held leadership roles in industries ranging from payments, banking & financial services, and retail in Wipro, Tesco, Thomson Reuters, and MphasiS.

He holds an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Computer Science engineering degree from VJTI, Mumbai.
Naru is the Chief Revenue Officer of Global PayEX – a global B2B SaaS company focused on accounts receivables and payables automation. Naru specializes in setting up and growing B2B P&Ls leveraging technology, process, operations, and market needs.

A creative and influential leader with a proven track record of leading strategic growth initiatives in multiple geographies. Ability to identify opportunities and execute successful strategies. Experienced in P&L ownership, sales management, product management, and working collaboratively in large matrixed
organizations. Innovative and agile with the ability to adapt to market needs and deal with the ambiguity of changing market conditions. Strongly believes in and practices authentic and situational leadership with a focus on nurturing talent and creating bench strength.

16 years of experience in Consumer Banking (B2C) and 14 years in Corporate, Financial Institutions and working with Governments and Regulators (B2B, G2C, G2B, and C2G). In-depth expertise in Payments – Commercial Solutions, Issuing, Acquiring, eCommerce, Payment Gateways, and Fintech partners.
A British citizen of Indian origin with global exposure and capable of easily adapting to diverse cultures. Has a strong focus on inclusion and diversity beyond gender – of skills, mindsets, thinking, orientation , and cultures. Currently based in Dubai, has lived and worked in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, India, and the US. Able and flexible to operate and lead effectively across the globe. Has held accountability for leading multi-country businesses, driving strategy, and growth, and managing the P&L. Seeking a leadership role within a Payments organization, Processor, or FinTech where his experience, hands-on approach and focus on execution will deliver value and monetize business models.

As Senior Vice President for EEMEA Foundry, she is responsible for Innovation, Customer-centric solution experience design, Research, and UI/UX. In her ESG role, Andrea drives the Environmental and Social agenda in the region which aims to contribute to Mastercard’s global goals to financially include 1Bn and to plan 100 million Trees by 2025. In the last two years, she expanded her remit into gaming and eSport.
Before joining Mastercard, and for about 23 years she honed her skills within some of the financial heavies – Raiffeisen International, UniCredit, Erste Bank, and IFC across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Andrea studied banking in Austria and built her skills at Stanford Design School, Insead Blue Ocean Institute, and Harvard Leadership Institute. Besides being obsessed with Customer Experience, Insights, Crypto, and ESG, she is a chef and fashionista.

Andrea Prazakova is a member of the EEMEA Mastercard team since 2015. She joined the organization to lead MEA Strategic Ecosystem, prioritizing Mobile Payment ecosystems in Egypt and UAE, EXPO2020 Dubai, and partnerships with governments in Kenya and Rwanda.

Rico is the Founder and Secretariat Chairman of the Deep Tech Forum and World Blockchain Centre. He Co-founded Sanctum Global Ventures(SGV) together with Dunstan Teo – a known Bitcoin OG. SGV is also an incubator & accelerator that contributes toward the development of the Global Digital Economy, Web3 & Metaverse.

As an avid tech investor, Rico believes in the power of tech as a way to develop talent, reduce inequalities, and subsequently help reduce poverty.

Rico is a serial entrepreneur, global venture builder who has over 20 years of experience in emerging markets across Supply Chain Management, Fintech & E-commerce.

Ersoy has worked 17 years in asset management for top Turkish banks & is currently a financial correspondent for Bloomberg HT in Dubai where he delivers financial market updates to investors about GCC markets & Asian markets. The topics he covers range from stock markets, currencies, commodities, and fixed income, & also include such reports as mergers & acquisitions, and business & social headlines relevant to the region. Ersoy regularly interviews distinguished guests regarding financial markets. He has a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Middle East Technical University & MBA from Bilkent University.

Experience in asset management, fund industry, both on the sell side and buy side, and investment consultancy for all investment products, especially equities and ETFs.

Has a strong reputation for delivering ground-breaking business results, large-scale ventures, and talented teams focused on surpassing objectives within competitive markets. Enjoyed a unique mix of professional and academic successes including attainment of billion-dollar targets as well as completion of executive programs at Cambridge University and Harvard Business School. Barclays UK’s youngest Director at 26, managing 4,000 people and 400 branches. Currently, Head of Distribution and Sales, leading and managing all channels, branches, telephony, retention, mortgages, and ATMs, as well as Islamic and Emirati banking within the Middle East’s largest bank.

An accomplished senior executive with experience driving business across new, established, and developing markets, in financial services and operations, living and working across the UK, South Africa, USA, Botswana, and UAE.

Mariquit Corcoran is a Managing Director and the Chief Innovation Officer at Barclays, based out of New York. Mariquit has spent two decades in the financial services industry, holding positions and leading teams in businesses spanning fixed income, operations, risk management, finance, and banking.

A successful entrepreneur, Kerril was previously a banking employee who identified an issue in the general Investment banking cash flow management process, conceived an idea on how to resolve it, and co-founded a company (meritsoft.com) to develop and deliver a solution to the capital markets industry. This solution was licensed by many investment banks, including 6 of the top 10 globally. Meritsoft was acquired by Cognizant. In the interim, Kerril led a team that “bootstrapped” in relation to funding but still achieved implementations in many top investment banks.