Unveiling the AI revolution in banking industry
9th Middle East Banking AI &
Analytics Summit 2025
LEADING SUMMIT & AWARDS FOR LEADERS IN BANKING
"Summit At A Glance"
The banking industry continues to showcase resilience and innovation in navigating the fast-changing market dynamics& business landscape. By 2025, GenAI is expected to contribute up to $340 billion annually to the global banking industry through enhanced productivity and decision-making.
By integrating AI and Analytics inareas like data driven decision making, regulatory compliance, risk management, customer engagement, marketing, and fraud detection, many banks have positioned themselves asleading institutions committed to providing modern banking innovations and solutions that meets customer satisfaction.However, they face challenges such as data security, lack of quality data, sustainability, AI biases and explainability challenges which make it hard to fully implement and scale AI technologies within business processes.
Join us at the 9th Annual Middle East Banking AI & Analytics Summit 2025 to explore the latest advancements in AI, uncover actionable insights, discover roadmap, future developments and strategies that are shaping the future of banking. This one-day event will bring together senior executives, industry innovators, and technology leaders to share their knowledge, discuss challenges, and foster collaborative opportunities with major industry leaders who share your vision.
In addition to exclusive networking opportunities, the #MEBANKINGTECH Awards will honour pioneering institutions and solution providers for their contributions in advancing sustainable financial ecosystem through cutting-edge technologies.
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Why To Attend?
2025 Speakers

BAHAA AWARTANY
Group Chief Data Officer
Capital Bank of Jordan

MAHENDRA DHILLON
Chief Technology Officer
National Bank of Fujairah

KARTIK IYER
Chief Data Officer
Arab Bank

DR. JOSEPH GEORGE
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Doha Bank

SAKET SAITH
Group Chief Technology & Data Officer
RAKBANK

SUDHAKAR NIBHANUPUDI
Deputy General Manager - Group Chief Data Officer
National Bank of Kuwait

ABDUL WAHEED RATHORE
Group Chief Compliance Officer
Dubai Islamic Bank

TONY CHACKO JOSEPH
Chief Information Officer, ePayments
Ministry of Finance, UAE

MARK COLLIN
Chief Data Officer
Vision Bank

AMNA AL-BALUSHI
Chief Information Security Officer
Bank Nizwa

AREG AZARIAN
Head of Data Governance & Engineering
Commercial Bank

SRIDHAR KARLAPUDI
Chief Operating Officer
Bank of Sharjah

MUHAMMED IQTADAR
SVP & Head of Risk and Compliance
Ajman Bank

RASHA SALAMA
Head of Data Risk Management, International Wealth & Premier Banking, UAE & MENAT
HSBC

Paul Marshall
CTO EMEA
SS&C Blue Prism

HAISHAN WU
Head of AI, Data & Innovation
Zand

ASIM SARWAR
Business Development Manager
Caiz
Series Speakers

Arif Shaikh
Board Member, Senior Risk Advisor, Investor
Summit Advisor & Jury

Ellis Wang
Managing Director - Asia Gulf Synergy Ventures
Summit Advisor/Jury

Jamal Saleh
Director General
UAE Banks Federation

Saket Saith
Group Chief Technology & Data Officer
RAKBANK

Nitin Bhargava
Chief Operating Officer
Al Masraf

Ayman Alqudsi
Chief Information Officer
United Arab Bank

Srinivasan Sampath
Acting Group Chief Technology Officer
First Abu Dhabi Bank

Ray Richardson
Chief Data Analytics Officer
Emirates NBD

Ozkan Kosegil
Chief Information Officer, MENAT Wholesale Technology
HSBC

Fernando Plaza Lopez
Group Chief Digital Officer
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

George Harrak
Chief Information Officer
Al Hilal Bank

Mamoun Alhomssey
Chief Information & Technology Officer
Ajman Bank

Arun Mehta
Chief Data Analytics Officer
First Abu Dhabi Bank

Devid Jegerson
Chief Operating Officer
Invest Bank

Adil Belhouari
SVP, Head of AI, Data Science & Analytics
Riyad Bank

Zahoor UL Islam
VP - Head of Customer Engagement Technologies
Dubai Islamic Bank

Thomas Cherian
Chief Information Officer
Commercial Bank of Dubai

Zsombor Brommer
Chief Compliance Officer
United Arab Bank

Ken Coghill
Director, Innovation & Technology Risk
Dubai Financial Services Authority

Bechir Sellami
Head of Artificial Intelligence
Commercial Bank of Dubai

Geethy Panicker
SVP and Head of Risk Strategy and Risk appetite
First Abu Dhabi Bank

Samaneh Khaleghi
VP- Senior Enterprise Architect and API platform lead
RAKBANK

Sajid Iqbal
Vice President - Risk Management
Habib Bank AG Zurich

Hariprasad Chede
Chief Information Security Officer
National Bank of Fujairah PJSC
Key Topics


The power of AI and analytics in decision making

Leveraging AI and cloud-based solutions for banking transformation

The Generative AI revolution in business operations

AI powered regulatory compliance in the banking sector

Integrating AI for enhanced customer trust and personalization

Best practices in AI risk management framework

AI driven payment solutions

Sustainable banking practices using AI and Analytics

Unlocking the future opportunities with Quantum AI
2024 Summit Highlights
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The summit will attract key decision-makers and influencers from the banking industry, including:
C-Suite Executives: CIOs, CTOs, COOs, CDOs, CROs, CAOs and more.
AI & Analytics Leaders: Heads of AI, Analytics, Cloud Integration, Automation, Data Science, and Digital Transformation.
Risk, Compliance, and Fraud Prevention Experts: Leaders driving secure and compliant banking environments through technology.
Innovation & Strategy Teams: Those focused on the future of banking operations through AI, cloud solutions, and data-driven decision-making.
• Retail Banking
• Digital Banking
• Digital Transformation
• Consumer Banking
• Capital Markets
• Securities
• Private Banking
• Wealth Management
• E-Channels
• FinTech’s
• Digital Transformation
• Customer Experience & Business Intelligence
• Data Analytics, Modelling & Mining
• Innovation, Data Architects & Scientists
• Data Science & Predictive Analytics
• Risk Management & Data Analysts
• Sales & Marketing
• Technology & Operations
• Information Technology
• Online Services & Business Innovation
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#MEBANKINGAI AWARDS
February 26, 2025
Understand which processes can be quickly automated and how to use new tech, such as chatbots, to improve customer visualization and productivity and reduce human errors
Uncover the major impacts of AI, improving the customer experience and turbocharging data analytics.
Develop a robust business intelligence infrastructure, achieve data integrity and a 360-view of the customer.
Discover where and how AI is banking: highlighting the opportunities and challenges of commercializing AI and applications.
Identify and create business efficiencies for immediate gains.
Turn your organizations vision into reality through excellent planning and real time use case of contextual intelligence.
Deliver a seamless and connected customer experience by integrating new technologies into legacy systems to meet and exceed customer expectations with outstanding service, from onboarding and everything in between.
Build viable relationships through f2f meetings: Pre-event access to the delegate profiles to make the right selection of whom you would like to meet with and we then set up your meetings, and ensure they run smoothly onsite.
Brand Visibility: Deliver your unique message to this highly targeted group of decision makers, providing a highly qualified platform to build brand awareness. Sponsors receive significant brand exposure through pre-promotion of the event through print and digital exposure.
Pre-qualified end-user audience: We pre-qualify all attendees to ensure our audience is actively exploring or involved in implementing AI
Leadership exposure: The event will tackle key issues and challenges that AI adopters are facing. We tailor our agenda’s to answer these questions allowing end users to effectively deploy solutions.
Leading Edge Discussions: AI & Analytics Experts & Innovators: Hear success stories and initiatives from all the stakeholders and partners of the value chain. Forward-looking insights from the best in the business will help you plan future strategies. Inspiring Keynotes, Banking Case Studies, Reformative Panel discussions offering insights and valuable learning opportunities.
Social Breakout Sessions Your opportunity to customize your learning! Interact with your industry peers in a closed roundtable discussion. Choose the track that is most applicable to you, share your success stories, discuss your challenges, identify future trends- helping you to structure your event experience to your learning requirements.
Digital Age Tech Case Studies & Your Tech Zone Hear from leading AI & analytics organizations sharing their client's success stories and explore dedicated Tech Zones for new ideas & solutions and mapping your business/project needs.
Network & connect - The Hybrid Way Being in a room of people who are enthusiastic about sharing what they have learned and helping others enhance their knowledge and skills. Join your peers from across the MENA region in Dubai or meet & chat with them virtually.
The first of its kind and biggest independent MENA Annual Achievement Awards for AI & Analytics in Banking has its own team of expert judges and a program of activities and events throughout the year including Showcase events.
MENA Annual Achievement Awards for AI & Analytics in Banking is the first and biggest global annual achievement award for AI & Analytics. Our focus is to support the AI community within the MENA recognizing the hard work and dedication of those working in the field which range from start-ups, to established companies and individuals.
To find out more about the current awards, please fill out the form mentioned below. If you would like to be a Judge or Sponsor see the details on the related pages.
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