On the 22nd of February 2023, Volante Technologies hosted one of MEA Finance’s industry leading roundtable debates to discuss the modernisation of payments and what this means for the banking and finance sectors. The event brought together senior executives working in the payment’s scene from across the region for what proved to be another illuminating and enthusiastically participated in event.

Our panelists includes:

  • Enrico Faccin, Transformation Excellence Head, Accenture
  • Dennis Mathew, Senior Payments Transformation, ADCB
  • Mohammed Wassim Khayata, CEO, Al Maryah Bank
  • Ahmed Darwish, Head of Digital Delivery, Bank Al Bilad
  • Sasidharan Narayanan, Head Technology Service Delivery, Commercial Bank of Dubai
  • Cyril Finan Vice President, Institutional Cash & Trade, Deutsche Bank
  • Abhinav Khandka, Senior Project Head, Emirates Investment Bank
  • Sreedevi Mani, VP Payments Platform, ENBD
  • Anand Sampath, Executive Director, Cash Product Management Global Transaction Banking, First Abu Dhabi Bank
  • Zameer Ajaz Punjabi, Vice President, Payments & Remittance, Mashreq
  • Terrence Roger Rodricks, Vice President – Payments Ecosystem & Strategic Partnerships, Mashreq
  • Hrishikesh Chandrashekhar Wadwekar, Assistant Vice President – Payments, Mashreq
  • Talat Qureshi, Vice President Commercial/Payments Solutions, Mastercard
  • Shiba Nair, Senior Platform Development and Customer Experience, National Bank of Fujairah
  • Amol Bahuguna, SVP – Head of Technology, Riyad Bank
  • Vishal Tikyani, Executive Director, Head of Cash Products, Transaction, Banking Standard Chartered Bank
  • Sameer Nemazie, Director, Cash Products MENA, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Huny Garg, Managing Director & Country Head – KSA & Bahrain, SWIFT
  • Muhannad Tamemi, Senior OMI Expert, SWIFT
  • Sanjay Rakesh, Head- Corporate Banking Operations, Zand
  • Ahmed Marouf, VP, MEA Regional Head, Volante Technologies
  • Rachel Hunt, VP, Growth Marketing, Volante Technologies
  • Dome Scaffidi, VP, Global Lead Payments Innovation Practice, Volante Technologies
  • Sashi Mundhra, Director, Presales MENA, Volante Technologies