SYNERGY MENA
Speakers

HE. Dr. Saeed Aldhaheri
Director
Center for Futures Studies, University of Dubai President
Robotics & Automation Society – UAE

Sara Emad AlHumaidan
Acting Head of
Government Regulation Platform
General Secretariat Of The Cabinet

Professor Ghassan Aouad
Chancellor
Abu Dhabi University UAE

Shabana Begum
Executive Director
Tax Policy Sector
Ministry of Finance UAE

Michael Doersam
Chief Financial and Group Services Officer
Emirates Group

Kristin Campbell-Wilson
Executive Director
Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre

Kris Wadia
Chief Executive Officer
Middle East & Africa
Sullivan & Stanley

Stuart D'Souza
CEO and co-Founder
AEI Saudi

Scott Livermore
Chief Economist and
Managing Director
Oxford Economics Middle East

Kevin Cooper
Chief Operating Officer
Hadef & Partners

Anthony O’Sullivan
Managing Partner for
UAE and Pakistan
EY

Jody Waugh
Managing Partner
Head of Banking & Finance
Al Tamimi

Stanly Abraham
Chief Financial Officer
Middle East, North Africa & Australia
Galadari Brothers Group
F&B Division

Prakash Govindan
Chief Operating Officer
Gradiant

Mohammad Abandah
Chief Legal &
Compliance Counsel
Aon – Middle East

Anup Patel
Global Head of Strategy & Transformation / CIO
Sanofi

Sanofi

Maha El Dahan
Bureau Chief, Gulf
Reuters

Jake Heller
Head of Product
CoCounsel
Thomson Reuters

Luis Ortega
Vice President of Growth Pagero

Arran Braganza
Founder &
Chief Executive Officer
Jalubro Consulting Limited

Rania Telfah
General Counsel
Legal Affairs
Khalifa University

Sonya Syan
Head of Knowledge Management
Al Tamimi

Efftichia Dower
Vice President
Legal
M42

Dr Ibraheem Almansouri Director of Engineering
Masdar

Yosr Hamza
Director, Legal & Compliance
Middle East, Gartner

Ibrahim Abdel Rehim
Regional Head
Middle East & North Africa
Thomson Reuters

Catherine Roberts
Snr. Director
AI & LegalTech Thomson Reuters

Jordan Gill
Assistant Director
International Tax Middle East
Alvarez & Marsal

David Ashlin
Finance Transformation Lead
Group Finance
Al Futtaim

Ayman Elkhouly
Head of IT
Systra MEA

Doukje de Haan
Partner
Tax Technology & Consulting
Deloitte Middle East

Rob Head
Senior Director
Proposition Lead
Legal Content Solutions Thomson Reuters

Claire Thompson
Senior Ethics & Bus. Integ. Counsel
Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity
Emirates Global Aluminium

Balraj Gurudayal Saigal
Senior Director
Solutions Consulting
Asia & Emerging Markets
Thomson Reuters

Lucy Cutler
Director
Practical Law Finance (UK and Global) and Practical Law Restructuring and Insolvency
Thomson Reuters

Sam Johnstone
Direct Tax Proposition Lead
Thomson Reuters

Pooja Khetwani
Senior Solution Consultant
Asia & Emerging Markets
Thomson Reuters

UmaMaheswaran
Panneer Selvan
Indirect Tax Solutions Consultant
Thomson Reuters