Mr. Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Zamil is Board Member and Chief Executive Officer of Zamil Industrial Investment Company, having previously served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President at Zamil Air Conditioners, where he started his career as an industrial engineer. He is Chairman of GIB Capital, Saudi Global Ports & Dammam Airports Company (DACO). Mr. Al Zamil’s board memberships include Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited, Gulf Insulation Group (GIG), Ranco-Zamil Concrete Industries, and Viva Bahrain. Board memberships of government entities include the Eastern Province Council, General Authority of Civil Aviation, King Fahd Specialised Hospital; as well as non-profit organisations including Saudi Food Bank (Etaam), Endeavor - Saudi Arabia, and Dhahran Ahliyya School. Mr. Al Zamil holds an MBA (with a concentration in Finance) from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia; and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington, USA. He has 31 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Helaissi was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Gulf International Bank on 1st February 2016. He was previously Deputy Governor for Supervision at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), having started there in 2013. At SAMA, his responsibilities included oversight of the banking, insurance and Finance Company sectors (mortgages, leasing and other non-bank finance institutions). He was additionally responsible for consumer protection. Prior to SAMA, Mr. Al-Helaissi was Senior Country Officer and Managing Director for JPMorgan Chase, as well as Head of Global Corporate Banking for the MENA region between September 2010 and May 2013. Earlier in his career, he was Central Province Area General Manager at Saudi British Bank (SABB), an affiliate of HSBC, covering all key lines of business including corporate and consumer banking. He is the Chairman of Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited and Board Member of GIB Capital. He previously served on the Board of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Mr. Al-Helaissi holds a BA in Economics from the University of Texas, Austin, USA. He attended the International Executive Programme at INSEAD, France; and the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He has 28 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Sultan Abdul Malek Al-Sheikh is Vice President, Saudi Investment Division at the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). He is also a Board member of Saudi Fisheries Company and The Helicopter Company as well as an Executive Committee member of Saudi Telecom Company. Prior to joining PIF, Mr. Al-Sheikh was Vice President, Investment Banking at Saudi Fransi Capital. Previously, he worked in Equity Capital Markets at HSBC London’s Global Banking Group, was an Officer III in the Securities Listing Department, Corporate Finance and Issuance at the Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) and a Relationship Manager, Corporate Banking Group at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Al-Sheikh holds a Master of Science in Finance from The George Washington University, USA and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He has 14 year’ professional experience.

Mr. Bander A. Mogren is Chief Operating Officer at the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). He is also a member of the PIF Portfolio Companies Nomination Committee, a Board member of Saudi Development and Investment Company (TAQNIA) and a member of its Remuneration committee, Board member of Howiah Company and a member of its Remuneration committee, and a member of the Remuneration committees of Tadawul, Sanabil Investments and Noon. Previously, he was Managing Director of Human Recourses and Corporate Services at NCB Capital, Head of Human Resources at Jadwa Investment as well as having held a number of managerial positions at STC. Mr. Mogren holds a Bachelor degree, double major in Human Resources and Business Administration from Eastern Washington University, USA. He has 18 years’ professional experience.

Dr. Najem Alzaid is the Founding Partner of ZS&R Law Firm in association with Hogan Lovells. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of The Mediterranean & Gulf Cooperative Insurance & Reinsurance Co and is a Board member of the National Centre for Privatization & PPP, the Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Agriculture & Livestock Investment Co as well as a member of the Tadawul Regulatory Policies and Oversight Committee. Prior to founding ZS&R, Dr. Alzaid was Chief Governance & Legal Officer at Al Rajhi Bank and previously served as the Commissioner and a Board member of the Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) appointed by Royal Order. Dr. Alzaid holds a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) from George Washington University Law School, USA, a Master of Laws from University of Minnesota Law School, USA, a High Diploma in Law from the Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia and a BA in Islamic Jurisprudence and Law from Umm AlQura University, Saudi Arabia. He has 23 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Rajeev Kakar is a Board member of Eurobank Ergasias S.A. and the Indian Institutes of Management as well as a member of the Global Advisory Board of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, USA and the Industry Advisory Board of SP Jain School of Global Management, UAE. Most recently, he was the Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Dunia Finance, UAE and served as Head of Consumer Banking & Regional CEO for the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) region for Fullerton Financial Holdings (FFH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. Among his prior roles are a number of senior management positions at Citibank N.A. over an 18 year period including Regional CEO & Division Executive - Turkey, Middle East & Africa (TMEA). Mr. Kakar holds an MBA, Finance & Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has 31 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Frank Schwab is the Co-founder of FinTechForum.de and Chairman of Hufsy, Copenhagen/Berlin. He is also a member of the Technology Advisory Board of Sberbank, Moscow and member of the Independent Risk Advisory Committee of PayU, Amsterdam. Previously, Mr. Schwab was the CEO of GIZS GmbH & Co KG (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe /paydirekt) and Fidor TecS AG. He was also a Senior Advisor to McKinsey on banking transformation in Germany and has held numerous management roles at Deutsche Bank AG including Director for Strategy, Architecture, Business Development and Innovation, Group Technology & Operations and Private & Business Clients IT & Operations as well as Head of Internet & E-Commerce Technology, among others. Mr. Schwab holds an Executive MBA from Ashridge, UK and completed a Bank Officer Apprenticeship with Deutsche Bank, Mannheim, Germany and  Study of Computer Science and Business Administration at the University of Mannheim. He has 21 years’ professional experience.