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Banking Technology Summit 22 - 25 January, 2012, Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel & Towers, Amman, Jordan
Speakers
Senior banking professionals include:
H.E. Dr. Sinan Al-Shabibi
Governor
Central Bank of Iraq
Nader Qahoush
CISA, CISM, CGEIT, Head of Information & Related Technology Supervision Dept.
Central Bank of Jordan
Ali Nahle
Executive Senior Director, Head of Information Technology Dept
Banque du Liban (Central Bank of Lebanon)
Jawad Abbassi
Founder & GM
Arab Advisors Group
Jakirul Islam
AVP and Head of Operation – Mobile Banking Division
Dutch-Bangla Bank
Mohammed Hammouri
PhD. CISA, GIAC (GCWN)
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Sana Toukan
Research Manager Middle East
Euromonitor International
Ahmed Zaki
Business Advisor
Trade Bank of Iraq
Dr. Adli Kahdah, Director General, Association of Banks in Jordan
Abdul Aziz Hassoun, Director General, Association of Iraqi Banks
Bassam Salman, Head of Compliance and AML, Jordan Commercial Bank
Fadi Shalhoub, Head of InfoSec, Bank of Beirut
Samer Ahmad Abu Zayed, Head of Group IT & Enterprise Program, Jordan Ahli Bank
Haider Albaghdadi, Former Chief Information Officer, Trade Bank of Iraq
Rami AL-Keilani, Senior IT Manager, Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank, Jordan
Mohammad Azem, Head of Risk Management, Jordan Kuwait Bank
Maen Zagloul, System Engineer, Jordan
Tushar Chitra, Sr. Director, Oracle Financial Services
Abed Shamlawi,Chief Executive Officer, ICT Association of Jordan – Int@j
Sanat Rao,Vice President & Global Head, Client Services, Finacle
More than 25 years of experience in the fields of information technology, telecommunications and banking; graduate as a computer engineer from the 'Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers - Paris’.
Currently assumes the following responsibilities:
Senior Executive Director at Banque du Liban
Head of the Information Technology Department at Banque du Liban,
Advisor to several ministries of the Lebanese Government,
Member of the Parliamentary Committee for Information Technology,
Member of the board of management at MIDCLEAR,
Former President of the syndicate of Banque du Liban employees.
Professional career achievements:
Sets and manages the information technology strategy at Banque du Liban,
Organizes and supervises the transformation and the development of new business systems at Banque du Liban and the banking sector in Lebanon.
Initiated several projects within the Lebanese banking sector and the public sector.
Planned and designed Secure IT Infrastructure (SITI) and Secure Banking and Information for Lebanon (SeBIL).
Instructor at the Lebanese University – CNAM for 10 years.
Contributed as a lecturer in many international conferences and seminars on Information Technology and Payment Systems.
Education
Diplôme Ingénieur en Informatique d'Entreprise : Bacc + 7 / Paris
Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Techniques : Bacc + 5 / Paris
Diplôme d'Etudes Elémentaires Techniques : Bacc + 3 / Paris
Bacc II - Maths élémentaires : Beirut
Ali Nahle
Executive Senior Director, Head of Information Technology Dept
Banque du Liban (Central Bank of Lebanon)
Brief about him:
Born in Amman – Jordan on 24 February, 1974
Married
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Mobile: 00962777396981
Education & Membership:
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA - USA) member since 2003
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) since 2004
Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) since 2009
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) since 2010
Masters degree of Economics since 1998, University of Jordan
Bachelor degree of Economics and banking and finance since 1995, Yarmouk University – Jordan – first and honor rank.
Experience:
Head of Division – Information and Related Technology Supervision \ Banking Supervision Department, at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ), appointed in the CBJ in 1995
Consultant of the CBJ in the field of information security governance, e-Government and Risk Management
Instructor, international conference speaker and free lance consultant in the fields of: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), operational risk management, e-Banking, examination and I.T. Governance, since 2005 in Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Libya and Sudan
Areas of Expertise:
IT Audit, Risk Management, IT Governance, E-banking, Business Continuity Plans, Operational Audit and Financial Audit.
Achievements:
Author of the Arabic titled book of “Internet Banking” which had been published in 2001
Participate in writing the Information Strategy and the Information security Policies of the CBJ in 2004 Wrote the initial words of the Information Security Code of Conduct of the CBJ in 2006
Design and implement the Control Self Assessment system of the Knowledge Risk of the CBJ in 2008
The best employee of the CBJ years of 2006 and 2010
Nader Qahoush
CISA, CISM, CGEIT, Head of Information & Related Technology Supervision Dept
Central Bank of Jordan
Sana Toukan is a Research Manager for the Middle East at Euromonitor International, responsible for the day-to-day running of the research team based in Dubai. In her current role, Sana is responsible for delivering research projects on various Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industries including Consumer Finance.
Euromonitor International is the leading provider of global strategic intelligence on consumer markets, with offices in London, Chicago, Singapore, Shanghai, Vilnius, Dubai and Cape Town and in-country analysts worldwide. For more than 30 years, Euromonitor has published internationally respected market research reports, business reference books and online information systems, providing strategic business intelligence for the world’s leading FMCG multinationals.
Sana graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and has a BA in Economics and Development Studies.
Sana Toukan
Senior Research Analyst MENA
Euromonitor
Mr. Abbassi's career experience spans 17 years. Mr. Abbassi founded the Arab Advisors Group in 2001. As General Manager of Arab Advisors Group, Mr. Abbassi directs the research and consulting activities of the company in addition to steering its marketing operations. Mr. Abbassi is also a frequent guest speaker at conferences and seminars related to technology, communications and media in the Arab World. On September 14, 2005, the Arab Jordan Investment Bank (AJIB) and Arab Advisors Group concluded an agreement by which AJIB buys a 55% stake in Arab Advisors Group. The cash transaction allowed AJIB and the Arab Advisors Group to leverage strategic synergies to enhance the quality and scope of services of Arab Advisors Group. Arab Advisors Group -a private shareholding company registered in Jordan- is currently owned by the Arab Jordan Investment Bank (55%) and Mr. Jawad Abbassi (45%).
Before founding Arab Advisors Group, Mr. Abbassi’s career experience includes working as a senior telecommunications and technology consultant with the Yankee Group in Boston - USA. Between 1998 and 2000, Mr. Abbassi was a Senior Analyst with the communications research arm of the Economist Intelligence Unit in Boston. Before his work in Boston, Mr. Abbassi worked as a corporate accounts manager for Jordan’s leading Internet service provider (NETS). With NETS, Mr. Abbassi led and coordinated the work needed to establish its first international leased line with Cyprus. Mr. Abbassi also worked for Apple Computers dealership, in addition to being a weekly columnist on Information Technology in Jordan’s leading English weekly.
Languages:
Mr. Abbassi is fluent in English in addition to being a native speaker of Arabic. Basic French. Education: - BSc in engineering from the American University in Cairo (Egypt – 1993). - Mr. Abbassi received an academic scholarship to complete his MSc in information systems from the London School of Economics (United Kingdom - 1998). - Harvard Business School executive education in 2010 Memberships and affiliations: Member of Jordan’s Engineers Association Member of The Arab Business Forum for Information and Communication Technology ABFICT. Elected to the board in 2005. Member of the steering committee for UN ICT Task Force of the "Wireless Internet and the Arab-World" series. Vice Chairman of Jordan’s information technology association (int@j) between 2006 and 2008. Elected to the board in 2004 and elected as Vice Chairman in 2006. Chosen for membership in the Young Arab Leaders Organization. Bishop’s school (Amman), AUC (Cairo) and LSE (London) Alumni associations
Jawad Abbassi
Founder & GM
Arab Advisors Group
Dr. Mohammad Alhammouri received his B.S.c degree in Computer Science from Yarmouk University, Jordan, in 2000. He received his M.S.c degree in 2003 and his Ph.D. degree in 2008 in Computer Science with major in Computer Security and Information Assurance from The George Washington University, USA.
Dr. Alhammouri serves as an assistant professor at the Computer Science Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) where he is responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate security courses.
Prior to his current position, Dr. Alhammouri served as a head of Information Security Unit at Jordan’s eGovernment/Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MoICT), where was a key contributor to many national projects and initiatives related to Information Security, in addition to his key role in many important strategies, roadmaps, and legislations in Jordan such as, National InfoSec Strategy, eGov roadmap, eTransactions law, Cybercrime law, certificate authorities licensing and accreditation bylaw, and privacy law.
Dr. Alhammouri has an extensive industrial experience in the area of computer security collected from working at many international and national organizations such as the World Bank where he served as a Computer Security Specialist, where he was in charge of Public Key Infrastructure design and implementation. Before Joining the World Bank, Dr. Alhammouri was serving at SETECS Corp., USA, where he was working as a computer security researcher and developer.
Dr. Alhammouri is an author of many published papers and a speaker in many national and international conferences in the area of computer security. Dr. Alhammouri also has many technical certifications such as CISSP, CISA and GIAC (GCWN).
Mohammed Hammouri
PhD. CISA, GIAC (GCWN)
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Presently Mohammad Jakirul Islam is working with Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL), one of the fastest growing & technology driven banks in Bangladesh. He is an “Assistant Vice President & Head of Operations” to take care of DBBL’s mobile banking operations. Before Joining DBBL Jakirul played a great role in vendor and telecom operator business arena within Bangladesh. He served SSD-Tech, Bangladesh as a Senior Manager & Head of VAS. He also has almost 5 years of telecom experiences in VAS & Innovations with CitycellTM, the pioneer & only CDMA Mobile operator in Bangladesh, as a Coordinator- VAS & mCommerce Business Development. He gained extensive experiences in various telecommunication Marketing & Business Development segments such as: Value Added Service (VAS), Mobile Commerce, Product & Business Development, Affinity marketing as well as Retention & Loyalty through his tenure with Citycell.
Jakirul obtained an MBA majoring Finance and a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Dhaka and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) respectively. He is a renowned speaker to explore mCommerce/Mobile Money/Mobile Payments/Mobile Banking business within emerging developing countries through different international conferences/forums. Some of his present responsibilities are to cover defining the business scopes and marketing strategy, product design and implementation, managing customer and agent life cycle and so on.
Mohammad Jakirul Islam
AVP and Head of Operation – Mobile Banking Division
Dutch-Bangla Bank
Career
Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq since 2003.
Consultant on Trade, Debt and Finance to UNCTAD.
Was until retirement a Senior economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Undertaken research on Financial flows, Economics of disarmament, Balance of Payments, External debt, Globalisation, and the Iraqi Economy.
Managed projects for the implementation of policy, analytical and institutional aspects of debt management including the implementation of UNCTAD's Debt Management and Financial Analysis System (DMFAS) in several Arab countries. Familiar with the macroeconomic and operational aspects of the "Debt Sustainability Model (DSM)" of the World Bank, and with the HIPC initiative.
Coordinated UNCTAD's work on OPEC financial flows to other developing countries resulting in the production of numerous reports on the subject.
High-level contacts with Government Officials especially in the Arab region.
Delivered numerous lectures and talks on the "Economic Prospects of the Iraqi Economy" in many international forums.
Extensive travel experience in connection with work on debt management, OPEC Financial Flows and the work on the Iraqi economy.
Awards
Arabian Business Power 500 - Listed among The World's Most Influential Arabs, March 2011.
The New Breed/Listed among the Time-CNN 25 Business Influentials, December 2004.
Areas of Specialization
Econometric Model-Building
External debt management, with emphasis on macroeconomic and analytical aspects
Debt Sustainability Analysis
Analysis of Balance of Payments
Financial Flows from OPEC countries, especially from Arab Financial Institutions
The economics of petroleum and energy
The development problems of Arab countries and the Middle East region in general
Development implications of trade and financial Globalization
H.E. Dr. Sinan Al-Shabibi
Governor
Central Bank of Iraq
Ahmed is an IT and Business consultant with over 20 years of experience in different sectors, most of which were in Europe and Middle East. Holds B.Sc. in Engineering from Baghdad, MBA from the UK, and several other professional certifications including Six Sigma and TQM in quality management, project management, and different business related training and certifications. Ahmed is currently working as an advisor for the Trade Bank of Iraq, and is heading the Quality and PMO of the bank.
Ahmed Zaki
Business Advisor
Trade Bank of Iraq
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