H.E. Reem Al Mansoori

Assistant Undersecretary of Digital Society Development

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Ministry of Communications and Technology

Mrs. Al Mansoori has more than 18 years’ experience leading programs that drive Qatar's digital transformation towards a smart future. At the Ministry of Transport and Communications she heads two major departments, Digital Society and Digital Industry Development. As head of Digital Society, Mrs. Al Mansoori is responsible for inspiring and supporting Qatari society and businesses to gain the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to use ICT effectively and safely in order to participate fully in building Qatar’s information-based economy. As head of Digital Industry Development, Mrs. Al Mansoori is responsible for engaging with Qatar’s national digital ecosystem and building a vibrant ICT sector to support a smart Qatar through innovation, enabling the ICT sector to leverage local and global digital capabilities, and promoting key investment opportunities with innovation partners across the world to bring the best practices and ideas to Qatar. Mrs. Al Mansoori has an MSc in Computational Intelligence from the University of Plymouth, UK, and an Executive MBA from HEC Paris with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.

H.E. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Khalifa Al-Thani

Founder & Chairman

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MBK Holdings

A member of the Qatari ruling family, H.E. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Khalifa Al-Thani is a visionary leader and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in strategic development, innovation, and venture capital. A trusted mentor and adviser with a deep understanding of evolving technologies and business models, Sheikh Mansoor believes in ‘innovating innovation’ and building a global ecosystem to help entrepreneurs accelerate growth and access to global markets. Sheikh Mansoor previously led the IT Department for the Supreme Council of Family Affairs for the ruling family and was responsible for planning, design and full implementation of advanced concepts, software infrastructure and development. Including full office automation and enterprise architecture which was at least 10-15 years ahead of its time. As the founder and Chairman of MBK Holding, Sheikh Mansoor is leading a multinational team of entrepreneurial leaders with distinctive experiences and professions. MBK Holding is a platform where Sheikh Mansoor invests, manages, and incubates market-leading technology companies and experiments with revolutionary pioneering business models which could elevate the global corporate world through a completely new way of implementing business models. He envisions realizing his dream through some start-ups founded by himself, and others with direct investments in which MBK works closely to support the management in accelerating the growth and success of the ventures. These global investments include leading information security and online training platforms, IT and software services, aviation-gyrocopters, light aircraft, enterprise architecture, renewable energy, medical equipment amongst others. The geographical coverage of these investments is predominantly in the Gulf region, UK, Europe, Singapore, Latin America, Canada, Australia, and the USA.

Khalid Al-Subeai

Chief Executive Officer

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Dukhan Bank

Ashraf Abuissa

Chairman

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Abuissa Holding

Ashraf Abuissa took over the family business with his brother Nabil at a young age. Primarily in Retail & Distribution business, the company grew to be one of the most distinguished groups with several activities and more than 100 stores in the region and more than 3000 employees. Ashraf received the “Lifetime Achievement Award 2019” from the Swiss Business Council in Qatar; The Businessman of the year by Arabian Business magazine in 2016; Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2011. He is a founder of few NGOs and Charities like: -INJAZ Qatar - Founding Board Member -Young President’s Organization (YPO) Qatar Chapter -Founding Champion -Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) - Vice Chairman

Hayfa Al-Abdulla

Innovation Director

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Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP)

Hayfa is the Innovation Director at Qatar Science & Technology Park. She is in charge of the support programs for tech entrepreneurship in connection with the regional and global tech innovation ecosystem. Hayfa has gained extensive experience in management, ICT, and tech-based entrepreneurship while working at QSTP, Qatar Petroleum and Qatar University. She is a board member at Qatar Mobility Innovation Center (QMIC), an innovation center focused on smart mobility systems and she is also a business writer and blogger. Hayfa earned a Bachelor of Computer Sciences and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Qatar University. She is a certified Project Management Professional, Business Analyst, and Incubation Manager.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Sulaiti

CEO

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Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN)

Ibrahim Mohammed Hassan

Executive Director of Finance

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Qatar Development Bank

Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed Hassan holds the position of the Executive Director of Finance at QDB overseeing financial planning and participating in taking significant strategic and investment related decisions to ensure the sustainable growth of the bank’s operations. Mr. Ibrahim sits in various boards of directors and executive committees being in charge of the strategic and operational overseeing of QDB’s portfolio of investment in subsidiaries and Associates. In addition to his role as the CFO of QDB, Mr. Ibrahim is also acting as the Executive Director of Investment; a role that he has held since March 2017. The investment team is managing a QAR 365 million venture capital fund with a mandate to support Qatari & local Entrepreneurship aiming to build the required capacities to achieve scalability.. Mr. Ibrahim Hassan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and he is a Member of CFA Institute.

Henk Jan Hoogendoorn

Chief Of Financial Sector Office

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Qatar Financial Centre

Henk Jan Hoogendoorn is the Chief of Financial Sector Office at QFC, where he is responsible for delivering on QFC's mission of attracting financial and regulated businesses to Qatar through the QFC platform, in line with the Second Financial Strategy and Qatar National Vision 2030. He has extensive experience in international finance, management, and transforming and building businesses in the financial sector. Henk has held senior management roles at ABN AMRO Bank and Deutsche Bank in the Netherlands and the Middle East and has a solid track record of implementing businesses in the financial sector. Prior to joining QFC, Henk served as Mashreq Qatar's Country CEO and Managing Director of Deutsche Bank, Head Non-Bank Financial Institutions, where he was responsible for insurers, pension funds, fintech, and implementing strategic and business plans across Europe. He holds a master’s degree in Law from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and has participated in executive education at the London Business School and INSEAD.

Narayanan Srinivasan

Chief Operating Officer

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Dukhan Bank

Hasan Askari

Sr. Director, Financial Services Advisory Africa, India, Middle East

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EY

Hasan Askari is a Senior Director in the Financial Services practice in the MENA region. He currently also manages the Qatar FinTech Hub team. Hasan has over 15 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry and have worked across Europe, North America and more recently in the Middle East. In his current role Hasan works with a number of Financial Institutions in the region and advises them on a range of topics which include Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies, FinTech adoption and others.

Hamad Mubarak Al-Hajri

Co-Founder & CEO

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Snoonu

Career and Entrepreneurial Summary. Hamad Mubarak Al-Hajri is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He is the cofounder and CEO of Snoonu, a technology, logistics and e-commerce company, co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Oryxnet for Services; co-founder of Lilac Landscape; founder of Mieraj Holding Group; co-founder of Mshwar and co-founder of Biryani Express Restaurant. Hamad has over 20 years’ experience working with Qatar Petroleum as Head of Control SystemOffshore Engineering and LPG Marketing Manager. He has also worked as a Senior Project Manager at JGC Gulf International Co. Ltd-Japan, Senior Manager PMO at Barzan Holdings-Qatar, and previously worked at the Ministry of Finance Qatar as the Director of Economic Competitiveness. Education At the age of 20, in 2000, Hamad moved to Australia to attend Murdoch University for his Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), specializing in the Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance. After working for Qatar Petroleum for 7 years, he left in 2010 to study Master of Engineering, Project Management at the Teesside University. Afterwards, he headed to San Francisco State University in 2016 to pursue a Degree in Project accelerator, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. In late 2016 to 2017, he joined HEC Paris for an executive MBA, specializing in Business Administration and Management, in 2017, Hamad attained a Professional Certificate in Innovation & Entrepreneurship from Stanford University. He also graduated from Harvard University for Advance Leadership in year 2019. This year 2020, he graduated in Qatar Leadership Center (QLC) for Executive Leadership. He also studied at Kyoto University a degree in Research Doctorate (PHD), Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. Certifications In June 2005, Hamad was awarded the PMP certification by IPMI-OC Project Management Institute Orange County, and in September 2014 he was awarded the Advance CIPS certification by the Chartered institute of procurement & supply chain management. In 2016 he was accorded the Advanced Project Management certification by Stanford University. In March 2019, he was awarded the Executive Leaders Program certificate by Harvard Business School.

Ahmed Isse

Co-Founder

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Dibsy

Abeer Faleh Al-Hajiri

Chief Information Officer

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Ashghal-Public Works Authority

Eman AlKuwari

Head of Emerging Technology

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MCIT Qatar

Eman is the Head of emerging technology at MCIT, working in Qatar’s largest digital transformation program TASMU Smart Qatar, leading on the transport project portfolio. AlKuwari also project owner of MCIT’s digital youth initiative “Studio 56” which introduces youth to solve different challenges through leveraging  fabrication skills whilst introducing them to emerging technologies. AlKuwari holds a specialized Master's Degree in Strategic Business Unit Management from HEC Paris and BSc in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.

Omar Shaath

TASMU Platform Manager

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Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Omar is one of the key team players in TASMU Smart Qatar Program. Currently, he oversees the development of a nation-wide central platform to enable smart solutions and data exchange. The platform aims to become the backbone for the ICT Sector in Qatar. Omar also supports the sports sector to create a digital ecosystem; working closely with the Ministry of Sports and Youth and Qatar Olympic Committee.

Jad Elias

Partner

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Kearney

Jad is a partner at Kearney and specializes in large-scale transformations with a focus on technology across the public and private sector. He supports GCC governments in developing and implementing ambitious strategies targeting economic development, export promotion, innovation among others. During his career, he led technology transformations of globally renown technology, media and consumer goods companies working closely with C-level executives and investors. Jad’s role leading Kearney’s Qatar office is a natural continuation of his global consulting journey and an exciting opportunity to nurture market sustainability in a country charting its own transformative path.

Syed Shahid Ahmad

Head of Transaction Banking & Innovation

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Dukhan Bank