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Nabilah Annuar is the editor for Banker Middle East. She was previously an editor for Islamic Finance News (IFN). Nabilah holds a Bachelor of Laws from the International Islamic University Malaysia and an Islamic Finance Qualification certification from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.

Robin Amlôt is CPI Financial's CEO. He has worked as an award-winning financial journalist for more than 30 years in print, radio, television and online. He is in demand as a commentator and regular contributor to other media, including AlJazeera English, BBC Worldwide, Dubai One, Dubai Eye and KSA2. Robin has covered all aspects of business and finance in his career, including as Financial Editor of Independent Radio News, UK; Senior Business Producer, Sky News; as a national newspaper…

Alex Hoctor-Duncan is Head of EMEA Retail at BlackRock

Alissa Amico is Programme Manager, Middle East and North Africa, Corporate Affairs Division, OECD

Arsalan Aqeeq CDIF, MBA, BE, is a team leader in Bank AlFalah’s Islamic Banking Group. Previously he worked for Allied Bank and before that Citibank.

Christopher Evans is Director at the Collinson Group.

Dave Landry is a business and finance blogger and infographic designer based in Southern California. Dave enjoys creating content on all-things finance, everything from frugality methods and banking to more fun affair like international heists.

Dominic Amlôt interned as CPI Financial’s Junior Web Editor in early 2015. Dominic currently attends York University in Britain.

Dominique Leimer is Head Wealth Management at UBS in Dubai and Mahmoud Abdulhadi is the Country Head Saudi Arabia for UBS. .

Elaine Garzarelli, President of Garzarelli Capital, Inc., is an economist with a doctorate from Drexel University in economics and statistics. She worked for major institutional brokerage firms for over 15 years while perfecting her market and industry econometric timing models, and was ranked #1 for 11 consecutive years on Institutional Investor’s “All-Star” team for Quantitative Analysis and was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame. She started her own companies…

CIO Weekly from Emirates NBD Wealth Management

Eric Eifert is the Senior Vice President - Managed Security Services at DarkMatter.

FocusEconomics is a leading provider of economic analysis and forecasts for 127 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, as well as price forecasts 33 key commodities. The company is supported by an extensive global network of analysts. Since its launch in 1999, FocusEconomics has established a solid reputation as a reliable source for timely and accurate business intelligence among Clients from a variety of industries, including the world's major financial institutions, multinational…

Gerhard Schubert is Head of Commodities – Wealth Management, Emirates NBD

Gil Gadot is President of Fundtech Asia-Pacific and Head of Global Cash Management, whilst Sanjay Dalmia is EVP of Global Cash Management and CEO, Fundtech India.

INSEAD The Business School for the World As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas to change lives and to transform organisations. A global perspective and cultural diversity are reflected in all aspects of its research and teaching. With campuses in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore) and Abu Dhabi, INSEAD’s business education and research spans three continents. Our 146 renowned Faculty members from 34 countries…

Jacob Chacko is Business Lead – SMB & Commercial, Middle East & Turkey at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Joshua Oigara is the Group CEO of KCB.

Lucas Zaichkowsky is the Enterprise Defense Architect, Resolution1 Security, responsible for providing expert guidance on the topic of CyberSecurity. Prior to joining the company, Lucas was a Technical Engineer at Mandiant where he worked with Fortune 500 organizations, the Defense Industrial Base, and government institutions to deploy measures designed to defend against the worlds most sophisticated attack groups.

Mark McFarland was Chief Investment Strategist at Emirates NBD.

Miguel Vega is Vice President, Hardware Sales at IBM Systems, Middle East and Africa.

Mobasher Zein Kazmi is a research analyst covering geo-economic issues based in Shanghai, China. He tweets @MobasherZein 

Olga Kudryashova is Head of Strategic Planning at Cheil MENA.

Patrick Grillo is the Senior Director for Solutions Marketing at Fortinet.

Russ Koesterich, Managing Director, is BlackRock’s Global Chief Investment Strategist, as well as Global Chief Investment Strategist for BlackRock’s iShares business. Koesterich was previously Global Head of Investment Strategy for active equities and a senior portfolio manager in the US Market Neutral Group. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, he was Chief North American Strategist for State Street Bank.

Sanjay Dalmia is EVP Global Cash Management and CEO of Fundtech India, whilst Michael F. Jackson is Fundtech's Head of Americas, Cash Management.

Sheila Bair is Chair of the Systemic Risk Council. She was the 19th Chairperson of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). She was appointed to the post for a five-year term on June 26, 2006 by George W. Bush, and served as a member of the FDIC Board of Directors through July 8, 2011.

Simon is Regional Chief Economist for HSBC.

Originally from New Zealand, Tamara Pitelen’s media career spans 19 years and six countries, namely Japan, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, NZ and now the UAE. She started out as a daily news reporter for the Christchurch Press in New Zealand and has since worked extensively in consumer and contract magazines and newspapers ranging from finance and business titles to luxury lifestyle and celebrity as well as in the digital environment where she headed up the online department of a large Dubai-based…

Usama Nouri is Senior Strategic Consultant at Avaya.