Mukhtar first joined the HSBC Group in 1982 as a Graduate Trainee in Midland Bank International. After close to 11 years of working in the HSBC Group's London offices, he then held numerous posts in Dubai including CEO of HSBC Financial Services (Middle East) Limited from 1995 to 2003 and established the initiative to create the first foreign investment bank in Saudi Arabia for HSBC. In 2003, Mr…
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David Katz is the Deputy Head of Global Government Relations and Head of Asia Pacific Government Relations for PayPal Inc. He manages PayPal’s global government engagement, with a particular focus on geo-expansion into new markets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa and leads on strategic relationships with international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. David also…
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Leo Shimada is the Co-Founder and CEO of Crowdo. Leo brings a wealth of investment and business building experience in Asia and has a proven track record working in world class institutions. He spent 8 years at McKinsey & Company working with senior management of Fortune 500 clients to launch new businesses and services across Asia. Subsequently he joined Diageo as its Strategy Lead for Asia…
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Sebastian-A Molineus, a German national, is currently a Practice Director for the World Bank Group’s Finance & Markets Global Practice. In this role, he is responsible for delivering the Practice’s financial, advisory and knowledge, and convening services across the Africa, East Asia and Pacific, and South Asia regions, in addition to the global agenda on Financial Inclusion and Access.…
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Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. He held the position of Kenya's Central Bank Governor for eight years, from 2007 until March 2015. He is credited with paving the way for the mobile banking evolution in Kenya, which has had a dramatic impact on financial inclusion: in 2006 just before ‘M-PESA’ was launched, only 26% of Kenyans had access to financial…
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As Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & CIS, Molly Shea is responsible for the global expansion of the Digital consumer to consumer business in the region including strategy and operations. Molly brings over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry including significant international experience. Prior to taking…
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Hakima El Haite is the current Minister Delegate to the Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment, in Charge of Environment and a member of the executive board of the Popular Movement (MP). Ms El Haite holds a PHD in Environmental Engineering from the Scool of Mines of Saint Etienne (France) and a Degree in political communication, University of Washington (Washington, DC). She is an…
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Ed King is a journalist and editor of the London-based Climate Home website. He has covered the climate and clean energy sector for several years, closely following global environmental politics and occasionally being surprised by signs of progress. A former BBC radio and TV producer, his career highlights include staying awake for 48 hours at the 2011 Durban climate change summit, watching Usain…
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Bill Bien joined Philips in January 2015 as Head of Strategy and Marketing for Philips Lighting. His focus is on driving the strategic direction of the business, building the brand and delivering a strong integrated marketing capability to underpin the company’s growth plans. Bill has extensive experience in strategy development in the technology sector, international marketing, services business…
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Ron Margalit has built a multi-disciplinary career focused on social investments in emerging markets. As Lumos is building the world’s first distributed utility using disruptive technologies and innovative business model, he leads the company’s impact and blended financing efforts with a specific goal to crowd-in commercial and private sector investments. Ron is a veteran principal investor and…
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