Speakers

EVENT SPEAKERS

Moayad Ratrout

Moayad Ratrout

Digital Transformation Specialist
Dubai Government
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Ellis Wang

Board of the Executive & Advisory Team
The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum
Suleiman-Mohammad-Aldabbas

Suleiman Mohammad Aldabbas

Chief Specialist / Digital Services / Dubai Public Sector
Dubai Government
Thuraya Al-Harthi

Thuraya Al-Harthi

Senior Specialist - Innovation & Emerging Technology
Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technology, Oman
Suraj Nair

Suraj Nair

Director of Digital Services
Mondelēz International’s Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP)
Ahmad Altarawneh

Ahmad Altarawneh

Senior Strategic Consultant Digital Transformation, Pioneering and Excellence
Dubai Police HQ
Rakesh N

Rakesh N

Director of Strategic Operations
Kissflow
Imran Shaikh

Imran Shaikh

Chief Technology Officer
Virgin Mobile UAE
Mohamad Najmeddine

Mohamad Najmeddine

Head of Digital Platforms and Data
Citi Bank
Mausam Khan (1)

Padam Kafle

Head IT and Automation
Aster Hospital - UAE
Gigi Thomas,Head IT & Business Support Services from Census interview and profile picture, taken in Census Office, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, August 12, 2014 (Photo by Mosh Lafuente /ITP Images)

Gigi Mathew Thomas

Group Head IT & Digital Transformation
Ittihad International Investment

Moayad Ratrout

Digital Transformation Specialist

Dubai Government

Moayad is an experienced IT professional with high proficiency in management, consultation, and Business analysis skills. He is also working on leading, designing, supporting, and implementing MEGA projects and systems that serve more than 8,000,000 users inside the GCC region and 15,000,000 worldwide.

Ellis Wang

Board of the Executive & Advisory Team

The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum

Ellis is an impact-driven deep-tech builder who brings together business entrepreneurs and technical talents to bring advanced technologies to the markets quickly.

With over 25 years of experience in the field of digital transformation, Mr. Ellis worked for Mashreq Bank, Mckinsey, W Motors, Alibaba, Google, Asustek, Intel, and three owned Startups. He worked in various roles (CIO/CTO, CEO, Board Member) in different countries (UAE, US, China, Singapore, Taiwan), creating strategies and deploying technology roadmaps to boost business growth.

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Suleiman Mohammad Aldabbas

Chief Specialist / Digital Services / Dubai Public Sector Digital Transformation

Dubai Government

A Chief Specialist with over 16 years of proven track record with excellent practices and awards. I’ve demonstrated competence in a wide range of best practices in Organizational excellence, quality management, smart cities, and digital transformation in the public and private sectors.
Lead Auditor, ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System – EFQM Excellence Assessor – Certified Train Of Trainer (TOT) – Lead Auditor, ISO 22301 Business Continuity system – Smart Transformation Assessor – Certified Creative Leadership & Innovation.

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Thuraya Al-Harthi,

Senior Specialist - Innovation & Emerging Technology

Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technology, Oman

Thuraiya is currently a project manager in the Digital Transformation Empowerment unit in the Ministry of transport and communication and IT. Thuraiya is leading some of the top national projects under digital transformation in Oman: the “Oman National Government Unified Platform,” the “National Unified Government Suggestion and Complaints.
Platform and the “National Oman Open Data Platform.”
She is an expert in emerging technologies, Open data, and digital transformation with more than Twelve years of professional experience. She got her master’s degree in “Business Information Technology” in Scotland.
Currently, she is a member of the GCC eGovernment Portal Executive Team in the UAE. She was also a board member of the Smart City platform and the National Youth Committee in Oman.
Thuraiya has also worked as a mentor and judge in different hackathons and competitions, and she is an excellent motivator for startups. Besides her volunteer efforts in sharing knowledge in Oman and globally, she has participated in different conferences globally as a keynote speaker.

Suraj Nair

Director of Digital Services

Mondelēz International’s Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP)

Suraj Nair is the Director of Digital Services for Mondelēz  International’s the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) region. With over 19 years of experience, in his current capacity, Nair leads the company’s digital strategy and technology vision and manages IT-enabled business transformation. He has also shown IT operations and P&L oversight in regional and global business units across India, South East Asia, and the Middle East geographies. 

As Director of Digital Services for Mondelēz  International’s MENAP business, Nair is passionate about the company’s digital vision, #TRANSFORMNOW, which aims at enabling people and placing them at the heart of transformation.

He is driving an Omni channel customer experience encompassing SFA, Ecommerce, Data and Analytics supported by enterprise SAP ERP and latest technology interventions like RPA, AI, and ML.

Before joining the FMCG sector, Nair held several responsibilities in shipping and logistics, retail and IT enabled services by managing and leading software testing, project as well as program
management office. 

Passionate about the possibilities of driving change with the promise of technology, Nair is a believer in the well-being of youth. He firmly believes in preparing young people to succeed in the global economy while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Ahmad Altarawneh,

Senior Strategic Consultant Digital Transformation, Pioneering and Excellence

Dubai Police HQ

Ahmad is currently the Senior Strategic Consultant for Digital Transformation, Pioneering, and Excellence at Dubai Police HQ. He is a Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies Use Cases, Excellence & Business Expert, A Business Data science professional, A professional Business Developer, a Civil Engineer & A Project Management Practitioner. Total Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma Professional. Market Strategy, Business Analysis, Global Trends, and Benchmarking.

Rakesh N

Director of Strategic Operations

Kissflow

Rakesh is the Director of Strategic Operations at Kissflow, a LowCode and NoCode Work management platform. Kissflow has more than 10,000 customers across 160 countries.
Rakesh is a skilled operations practitioner who writes extensively on operations, workplace technologies, and work management. He also actively contributes to various business and technology platforms.

Imran Shaikh

Chief Technology Officer

Virgin Mobile UAE

Imran Shaikh is a Chief Technology Officer at Virgin Mobile UAE and has spent over 20 years in Information Technology, leading Digital Transformations for large Canadian organizations like Rogers, Loblaws, and Shaw Communications. Imran is currently working on shaping the Metaverse Strategy for Virgin Mobile UAE.

Mohamad Najmeddine

Head of Digital Platforms and Data (Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan )

Citi Bank

Mohamad is currently Heading Digital Platforms & Data for Citi’s Treasury & Trade Solutions (TTS) across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENA).
Mohamad has over 12 years of financial services experience across cash management sales & advisory, digital payments, digital transformation, API Architecture & host to host connectivity, open banking, product management & development, Statement reporting & delivery, Blockchain, and AI technology and most recently Digital onboarding & e-signature rollout across MENA. He is currently based in UAE, having worked in the past in the UK, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.
Mohamad is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP). He also holds a certification in Blockhain from Said Business School (Oxford), a certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) from MIT, and a certificate in Design Thinking from INSEAD.
Mohamad holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a minor in Computer Science from the American University of Beirut.

Padam Kafle

Head IT and Automation

Aster Hospital - UAE

Currently working as Head IT and Automation at Aster Hospitals – UAE. Has over 15 years of Healthcare Technology Work Experience, MBA In Innovation and Change Management, Pursuing a Ph.D. in Innovation and Change management, Certified C#, MSSQL & MS Azure Developer Cloud Computing and Healthcare technology Use Cases, Researcher. He is the first in UAE to have a Complete Cloud-based Datacenter. First in UAE to have a Complete Cloud-based Datacenter. Winner of UAE innovation Award 2020.

Gigi Mathew Thomas

Group Head IT & Digital Transformation

Ittihad International Investment

Business-driven IT professional and leader drives the growth and development of an innovative, robust, and secure information technology environment throughout the Group. Its 25+ Entities span multiple industry verticals (Manufacturing, Construction, Contracting, Trading, Medical Services, Oil & Gas Services, etc.). Spearheaded Ittihad to be a winner of the SAP Quality Awards UAE in the Cloud Transformation Category, Best Digital Transformation Project of the Year 2021, Cloud Champion of the Year 2021, CIO of the Year (Diversified Group) 2021, and also was awarded winner of the SAP Quality Awards in the Business Transformation Category (Finalist) for the Middle East and North Africa.
An innovative thinker with a strategic vision who always strives to drive the value of Information Technology as a ‘Business Enabler.’