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Massimo Silipo is a seasoned professional with an impressive background in finance and accounting. With a role as CFO Controller at Studio Silipo, he brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. Additionally, his qualifications as a Professional Accountant and Auditor further demonstrate his commitment to excellence in financial management. Having completed the Master Manager Calcistico program at Istituti Professionali di Milano in June 2018, Massimo has invested in his professional development and stayed current with industry trends. His dedication to continuous learning and growth is evident in his career trajectory and accomplishments. Based in Italy, Massimo Silipo has established himself as a respected figure in the financial community. With a strong network of over 500 connections and a significant following of 2,651 followers, he is well-connected and engaged in the professional sphere. His presence on social media platforms underscores his commitment to building relationships and sharing insights with his peers. Driven by a passion for finance and a meticulous approach to his work, Massimo is known for his precision and attention to detail. As a CFO Controller, he plays a crucial role in overseeing financial operations and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. His background as an Accountant and Auditor equips him with the skills needed to navigate complex financial landscapes and provide strategic guidance to his organization. In summary, Massimo Silipo is a dedicated professional with a proven track record of success in finance and accounting. With his qualifications, experience, and strong network, he continues to make a significant impact in the financial industry. His commitment to excellence, continuous learning, and professional development sets him apart as a leader in his field.

Marios Demosthenous is the Head of the Financial Risk Department at Trading Point of Financial Instruments (XM.com). Marios has a degree of MSc International Management and Consulting from the University of Reading, and Bank Operations Diploma from the Institute of Banking Studies, Cyprus. As the Head of Financial Risk Department, his main duties involve designing of payment flows based on local market requirements, monitoring payment channels to ensure smooth business operations in different markets, developing new payment relationships to strategically support business growth in both established and new markets and strategic development of the group on different areas and new markets at a global level. Marios also worked in the Financial Control Department where he managed the establishment of the Financial Control Department in close cooperation with the CFO, also he had designed the monitoring system and customized payments velocity rules to minimize fraud risks within a smooth customer experience 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.

Maricar R. Gonzaga the Managing Director of CRESCO Accounting Ltd and the President of the Philippine Subsidiary CRESCO Shared Services Inc. She has a solid 23-year track record in Banking, Accounting, Finance and Administration Functions gained from reputed Multinational Companies and a degree of MBA from the University Of San Carlos. Maricar has worked as a Senior Credit and Financial Analyst for China Banking Corporation, as a Finance and Administration Country Lead for the world’s leading maker of ATM Machines, as a Management Accountant for Robert Bosch Philippines, Inc. with headquarters in Germany, Sales Office in the Philippines, and as the Operations Manager of a leading German Multinational Company, HAFELE Philippines, Inc. Maricar has also worked as Revenue and GP Controller of APTEC Distribution, FZ, LLC located in Dubai Internet City. 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.

Majid Altunisi is the Deputy CFO at a prestigious bank in Jeddah. He has a Master’s Degree in Finance and Investment from London Metropolitan University, London, UK and a degree of Bachelor of Business Administration-Major: Finance from the College of Business Administration, Jeddah. As the Deputy CFO, Majid created a comprehensive Income statement to provide CEO and top management daily insights & trend analysis, created a corporate financial dashboard that is automatically linked to (think-cell) PowerPoint presentation tool that provides top management with financial insight on demand and conducted a full financial analysis on personal finance introduction, implementation, & cost to revenue impact. This FiNext Awards & Conference is to be held on the 26th and 27th of February at the Le Meridien Hotel and Conference Centre, Dubai. 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.

21+ years of Senior Management experience in high – growth Domestic & International market of GCC, Asia and America’s. P&L management in the high-tech IT industry with solid strategic and tactical expertise in global operations, fiscal management, sales, marketing, new product development, and Financial Modeling.
A solid track record of successes in leading startups, turnarounds and rapidly growing companies and managing contracts worth more than 1 Billion USD. Repeatedly produce sustained revenue and EBITA growth in dynamic and changing markets

Ketan Patel is the Chief Executive Officer at CASHe, India’s most preferred digital lending company for young salaried millennials. CASHe provides instant short-term personal loans to young salaried professionals through its smart, intelligent AI-backed smartphone application available on Android and iOS phones. Ketan has a degree of Masters in Management Studies from Mumbai University. He is a seasoned leader with a proven track record of bringing in operational excellence, accelerating innovation and achieving revenue and profitability in business. In his current role, Ketan has the full responsibility for leading the company through a strategic transformation by driving innovation and accelerates its operational excellence that delivers best-in-class customer service and making CASHe India’s largest digital lending company for the salaried millennials. Due to his management and leadership skills, CASHe won the twin recognition — ‘India’s Best Places to Work in the BFSI sector’ and ‘India Best Workplaces for Women’ — from the Best Place to Work Institute. One of his recent accolades also includes winning the CEO of the Year at the Asia Leadership Awards 2019. Before joining CASHe, Ketan served Kotak Mahindra Bank for over 18 years where he had an illustrious career heading some of its key portfolios ranging from private banking and most recently, headed its Composite Business Solutions and E-commerce vertical. 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

About Jaspal Jaspal Singh is the AVP, Product Owner – Digital Banking at one of the largest banks in UAE. Jaspal has been working as Associate Vice President in the Personal Banking Group on the first-party contract. He looks after the digital transformation of customer acquisition and SME banking as a Product Owner. The primary responsibility of his role is to help the business achieve its digital transformation role. This involves helping the business to structure the business requirements, finding the optimal solutions, internal and external stakeholder management, managing the technical delivery and validating the requirements for the final sign-offs. Jaspal Singh is a business problem solver who believes in the power of technology. He is passionate about Blockchain and Data Science problems. He is a certified professional in Blockchain and Data Science and has a degree of MBA in Finance and Strategy from IIM, Udaipur. He has also published research papers on Cryptography and Wireless Technologies in international conferences during engineering. 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.

Jalal is a Retail CRM Strategy expert and a product owner of Digital Personalization at Raiffeisen Bank International AG. He holds a degree in digital strategy from Columbia Business school and an Executive General Management certificate from Xavier Institute of Management With more than 14 years of banking experience in different regions, Jalal has always focused on driving digital business with data. He believes in fintech partnerships and organized several events and workshops in many countries to identify and discuss the win-win business model. Jalal has been an active member of many platforms that promote collaboration and innovation including WSBI, Elevator Lab and mobey forum where he co-chaired the banking Disruption group. During his time in this region, Jalal led the development of many firsts in the region including voice banking, Digital charity platform, Smart sales module, card control and the National ID integration with the UAE banking system. Jalal also led the launch of the first international mobile payment and the first chatbot in the banking sector which received ‘the innovation of the month award’ from EFMA Before leaving the UAE to Austria, Jalal was the Vice president of Mashreq’s mobile app Snappone the most awarded apps in the region. 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.

About Ishtiaq Ishtiaq Ahmed is the Founder & CEO of irm – M/s. Independent Risk Managers (Pvt) Ltd. Ishtiaq is a Marketing Graduate from PIMSAT, Karachi, and a Certified CII® from Chartered Insurance Institute of London for Insurance expertise and NUST-Oratech (Navy Engineering College, Karachi) for IT proficiencies. Ishtiaq is a result-oriented professional with extensive multi-domain experience spanning over 25 years of working with conglomerates including Large locals and Multinational Corporations. In January 2015, Ishtiaq established an Insurance and Management consulting firm irm (Pvt) Ltd. with an objective of offering a holistic solution that would address a wide array of challenges and rapidly changing dynamics faced by business owners in recent times. irm a highly progressive Financial Risk Management Consulting firm, playing a vital role in the industry by bringing innovative business models in the market by using a first ever an in-house uniquely designed ‘Business Intelligence Mechanism’ to perform, (a) comprehensive insurance policy audit, (b) produce a multi-dimensional trend analysis and (c) to offer an interactive dashboard. irm core objective is to empower its client to procure the best suited and fully customized products with an operational & service model focused on contain the Costs without compromising on the terms and services. The irm- Health Insurance BI mechanism is not only a great support to its client but also helping the carriers to make better assessments and calculations to the Financial Risk and stay competitive in the market without compromising on their top and bottom lines of businesses. As an employed individual, Ishtiaq has enjoyed the Start-up and leading roles at various organizations in the capacity of ‘Chief Operating Officer’, ‘General Manager’, Head of Health Insurance (nationwide), Branch Head, Karachi, Pakistan, Head of Business Process Re-Engineering where he created a fully automated Insurance program for settlement of Claims and an automated Suveyor portal etc. During the career, Ishtiaq was remain responsible for looking after all lines of Insurance businesses including Life and non-Life, but his passion was remains attached with the ‘Risk related to the People Management’ i.e. Health & Life Insurance specialty. Having adequate and diversified qualifications and experiences, Ishtiaq is strongly believes in Data Standardization and Analysis and in this regard, Ishtiaq is pursuing to bring innovative insurance products, process flows-automations, cost effective solutions, creating various distribution channels, high business ethics with transparencies and enhancing awareness and importance of Insurance Products in the emerging Pakistan. 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… Continue Reading Ishtiaq Ahmed

About Govvind He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with over 2 decades of experience. He specializes in Business strategy & expansion, Finance, HR & Process. Govvind served in Leadership positions and was responsible for forming strategic partnerships & growing businesses. He was instrumental in growing Etisalat Software Solutions from a 30 member team to 650 members. He also has the distinction of leading Natural Search (UK based digital marketing Company) for ISO certification, which was the 2nd Company in the world to get the certification in the Industry. In 2018 he moved to Dubai and started a Business Advisory firm ‘Global Vision Advisor’ with branches in Bangalore & Leeds (UK). The Company focuses on 3 main areas, namely Investment Banking, New Market Entry Strategy & Tax advisory. Govvind served as a Board Member of Etisalat Software, India. He was also recognized as Top 100 CFOs of India by CIMA, UK. He is also an advisor to a Sovereign Fund. He is currently focusing on Trade Finance offering on a Blockchain platform. 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.