Speakers
Anthony Butler
Chief Technology Officer
IBM Blockchain Services
Anthony is the leader and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for IBM’s blockchain practice in Middle East and Africa. He is responsible for leading engagements with clients across the region and helping them to leverage distributed ledger technologies to transform their organisations, ecosystems and industries.
He was previously the CTO for IBM Cloud in Middle East and Africa providing technical leadership across cloud, blockchain, and cognitive portfolios; and helping clients understand how emerging technologies can be used to unlock new forms of value. Prior to this, he held multiple global roles, including leading the global transformation of one of IBM’s largest natural resources sector clients, consulting to a global payments provider on new forms of digital payment, and developing a set of services offerings around mobile payments.
He is a member of IBM’s Academy of Technology, chair of MEA’s patent development board, and was appointed as a Distinguished Engineer in recognition of sustained technical leadership across the IBM company and his contribution to blockchain and cloud technologies.
He holds multiple patents in the fields of blockchain, mobile payments, artificial intelligence, and security; and holds a Masters of Engineering from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a thesis on the application of artificial intelligence to complex scheduling problems.
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Peter Smith
Managing Director of Policy, Strategy and Risk , Dubai Financial Services Authority
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Ahmad Abu Eideh
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Sanjay Malhotra
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Ramana Kumar
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Fahad Al Semari
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Christopher Kiew-Smith
Head of FinTech Strategy, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market
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Emre Karter
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Yazeed Al-Khalifa
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Wai-Lum Kwok
Executive Director, Capital Markets - Financial Services Regulatory Authority , Abu Dhabi Global Market
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Stefan Kimmel
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Tristan Brandt
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Devid Jegerson
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Mohamed Damak
Senior Director & Global Head of Islamic Finance, Financial Services Research, , S&P Global Ratings
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Marie-Line Ricard
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P Venkatesh
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Kelvin Tan
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Muraleedhar Pai
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Giselle Bou Ghanem
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Alaa AlRousan
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Bhavin Shah
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Mirna Sleiman
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Sonny Zulu
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Adrianus Schoorl
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Muhammad Babar
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Ahmed Mostageer
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Irina Heaver
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Subramanian Krishnamurthy
Head - Global Transaction Services, National Bank of Fujairah
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Mohamed Roushdy
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Samia Skalli
Financial Services Strategy & Innovation Manager, Sia Partners
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Jagadeshwaran Kothandapani
MD - Cash Management Head, MENA, Turkey - Treasury and Trade Solutions , Citibank