MENA CDO Connect 2021

Tanvir has established a track record earning trust and delivering value. Based in Dubai for over 30 years, his leadership has been recognized by The Banker Middle East, Cards International and Freddie Awards.

He is Managing Director of The Partnerships Consulting, a team of 21 experts advising on successful strategies across Middle East and Africa. Tanvir is also Founding Partner of Blue Triangle Capital, a regulated Fund Manager.

Tanvir sits as the on the Decision Committee of Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund, a $ 545 Million government venture debt fund of the UAE Ministry of Finance operated by Emirates Development Bank.

Previously, at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Tanvir launched and built one of the largest Payments & FinTech business in the region with $ 3 Billion in annual volumes. At ADIB he also managed the $ 2 Billion retail real estate lending portfolio. Earlier he launched the consulting division at The International Investor (TII) advising clients across Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Tanvir is an Instructor and Alumni of Harvard University (USA) where he teaches strategy & innovation, a qualified Chartered Marketer (UK), holds a Business degree from Bombay University (India), and graduated high school from Dubai (UAE).

Evans Munyuki is the Head of E20. Digital Business Bank and Group Chief Digital Officer (CDO) for Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region. He is author of the book, “Up for Digital Transformation in the Gig Economy” and an experienced business leader with 25+ years of experience leading financial and technology organizations in listed companies across both mature and emerging markets.

Before joining Emirates NBD, Evans undertook multiple CDO, CIO and P&L business leadership roles across a combination of traditional financial and technology companies across American, European, and African markets. Evans was also recently CDO and CIO of a rapid growth, German-listed FinTech operating across 14 African and European markets. In addition to multiple certifications, he holds a Master’s Degree in Project Management, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science in Electronics Engineering.

With 21 years of solid experience in the field of IT & Payment Systems. Former Head of Digital Channels & Integration, Blockchain Expert at the Central Bank Of Egypt.
Fintech & Blockchain Speaker ,Mentor& Trainer providing top quality “Fintech” training for Bankers and Financial sector members. Among his professional milestones; Head of Digital Channels Regulations & Integration Department, PM for the RTGS, ACH, CCH, ATM systems, Administration, Design and implementation of Integration Layer of Central Bank of Egypt, Digital Financial Services, Blockchain Expert at the Central Bank of Egypt.

Head of the Financial Sector Blockchain Taskforce, Member of the FinTech task force group, Cryptocurrency Taskforce, Digital Fiat Currency Taskforce, National FinTech Strategy Taskforce.

His professional trainings and accreditations are Certified from Hong Kong University for Fintech & Blockchain, Certified Blockchain Expert, MBA in Financial Management, Project Management, TOGAF, ITIL, Leadership & Decision Making (Frankfurt School Of Finance & Management), System Admin, System Solution Design, Future Leaders Program (FLP Alumni of 2016).

Ahmed is a professional trainer and instructor at the AUC, Egyptian Universities, Egyptian Banking Institute, IBM, Global Knowledge , Jupiter, Education.

He works as an FinTech, Blockchain, Service Integration & Digital Transformation consultant.

Laila Al Hadhrami, is the Senior Executive of Digital Transformation in the eTransformation team in Ministry of Transport, communications and IT, as she is also the director of Building Capacity and Awareness in Smart City Platform. She started working as a professional in this field from 2005 and has experience as well as credentials in different relevant fields including Government Innovation, Change Management, UX, Re-process engineering, Business Analysis, Project Management, and Knowledge Management. Speaking about Knowledge Management, she is very passionate about CoPs and she has established the first CoP in Change Management in Oman.

Laila has also participated as a speaker in many conferences and seminars in Oman and overseas. Currently, she is leading national projects in Oman, like Government Innovation in emerging technologies in Oman, and other projects related to digital transformation. She is also the founder of Smart City Ambassadors initiative that has been awarded by ITU Innovation Challenges Winning ideas from the Ecosystem best practice challenge category 2020.

Currently, Laila is Leading change management activities on the digital transformation program and support the government entities to adapt the required changes to meet their digital transformation objectives and organization culture change towards the digitization.

Laila is a member in different committees in Oman and overseas as well as in the UN standards evaluation internal committee and the UNSECO ICT Programme in Beirut. She is also a government fellowship UNU-EGOV and has a current collaboration with international organizations like ITU and UNI-EGOV to document Oman’s experience in Smart City Ambassadors as a global best Practice.  

Away from work and technology, Laila has published two translated books, some short stories, and is currently working on two new books about her experience in travel which is one of her hobbies as she visited more than 50 countries. She is also the founder of @oman_traveler – the first tourism account in Oman with more than 200K followers.  

Education 

• (2006- 2008)  MA degree in Education, Online Education – University of Southern Queensland, Australia
•  (2000-2004) B.Sc in English Literature from College of Arts and Science, SQU

Awards and Memberships 

• ITU Innovation Challenges Winning ideas from the Ecosystem best practice challenge category 2020
• Oman Woman Award of the Year 2020 in Innovation & Technology
• Member in steering committee of Organizational Change in MTCIT, 2020
• UNU-EGOV government fellowship (2018/UNU/EGOV/CTC/GF/53) in Portugal.
• Director of Building Capacity and Awareness in Smart City Platform www.smartoman.om .
• Head of Change Management Framework committee, ITA.
• Member in the UN standards internal committee in ITA.
• Member in the executive team of Smart City Platform
• Member in the steering committee of National Project for Accelerating Government Performance.
•  Member in UN ESCWA ICT Program, Beirut.
•  Member in the executive team of OIST (Oman Information Technology Society)
•  Member in the Steering committee board of OSET (Omani Society for Educational Technology)

Dr. Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler is IBM’s Advanced Analytics & AI practice leader and Chief Data Scientist for Middle East and Africa and is responsible for leading large-scale data science & AI projects and transformations.

With over 15 years of experience in Data Science and AI globally she has impacted many different industries including Oil & Gas, Energy, FMCG, Healthcare and the Financial sectors. She has pioneered highly successful solutions with governments and top-tier organizations alike.

Dr. Eva is one of IBMs distinguished Data Science Thought Leaders and a Member of the Academy of Technology. Her experience and passion for Data Science, AI and Innovation has made her a regular on the ‘world’s best data scientist’ rankings.

Dr. Eva is a trusted advisor to governments on change management through AI and on the advisory board of the various organizations focusing on AI Ethics.

As a renowned mathematician with a passion for her subject, Dr. Eva is a popular international conference speaker, influencing and disrupting industries with innovative data science engagements, having been invited to speak at the United Nations as well as UNESCO, among many others. Dr. Muller-Stuler is a serial entrepreneur and founder, and successful investor in start-up companies.

As VP Marketing + Growth at Property Finder, Alastair is in his second stint with the business. A 15 year veteran, he has worked across a number of industries both agency and client side as well as spending a couple of years at Google.

Piyush Chowhan is a digital evangelist with a passion for transforming businesses with the use of technology. With over two decades of experience working with global consumer and retail companies, he has an excellent track record of delivering results and creating value across organizations. His vision is creating innovation-focused digital strategies to maximize today’s opportunities and prepare organizations for future disruptions. His passion for working with startups and innovation-led companies has given him the edge to create digital assets for organizations with the use of the latest technologies like Analytics, Cloud, and Artificial Intelligence. He has been a widely recognized leader in digital transformation and has been a much-wanted speaker at over 100 global events. He is an avid writer, and his thought leadership is published in multiple magazines and portals.

Abboud heads Alteryx’ Middle East and Africa business. Joined Alteryx in 2014 to develop the markets outside UK and lead Alteryx’s expansion in France, Germany, Benelux and Nordics. He’s been involved in many projects within Enterprise and SMB type of businesses driving analytics culture and self-service BI implementations across various sectors and departments. Holds a MBA from Cranfield School of Management and has passion for solving business problems with new and innovative technologies.