Saleem Ahmed: has more than 26 years of experience in Information technology with deep financial domain expertise and has worked earlier with Samba financial group in Saudi Arabia for 17 years and with First Abu Dhabi bank in Abu Dhabi for close to 5 years and has been instrumental in bringing to fruition several Global award-winning initiatives in these organizations while delivering core business value across the entire banking landscape.
Recently for the last 5 years, he was responsible for all aspects of Information technology across Sharjah Islamic Bank and its group businesses (including the real estate and Islamic finance usinesses). He was the Chairman of the UAE Banking federation’s digital committee and part of the UBF in the Arab Monetary Forum (AMF)’s fintech working group. He is the president for the MENA region for Luftcar.
Saleem has an educational background in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University in Chennai, India. He brings a wealth of experience spanning over 25 years in banking and FinTech from the Middle East. He understands the strategic aspirations of governments in the Middle East and is highly knowledgeable about AAM markets in the MENA region.
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