A Premium Gathering of IT Leaders within the Middle East region

The industry led CIO Middle East community brings together the finest IT leaders in the GCC through bespoke lunches and dinners.

Our Speakers

Our Speakers at CIO Middle East are some of the leading CIO's and CISO's in the Middle East region from some of the largest companies and organisations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt and Turkey. They share their industry specific knowledge on the most current and future technology challenges and trends.

Saqib Chaudhry

Chief information officer
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH)

Seth Frempong

Global Health Advisor
Rackspace

Hasnae Taleb

CIO
Ento Capital

James Furness

Head of Digital, Technology & Innovation
Etihad

Dr. Mustafa Hasan Qurban

Director ICT & Consultant -King Fahad Military Medical Complex

Amit Varma

Group Chief Platform Officer Emirates NBD

Mario Foster

Group Chief Information Officer - Al Ghurair Group

Ilona Simpson

CIO EMEA
Netskope

Himanshu Puri

Head Of Information Technology (CIO) - King's College Hospital London –UAE

Maria Vovchok

Ambassador
FINNOVASIA

Ali Abdulla Alsadadi

Chief of Information Technology
Ministry of Oil and Environment Bahrain

Hendus Venter

Group Chief Information Officer
Jubaili Bros

Linoy Kidd

CIO
HSBC Middle East

Ahmad Yahya

Chief Information Officer American Hospital Dubai

Taha Tkito

Chief Information Officer Americana Foods

Yahyah Pandor

CIDO - Chief Information & Digital Officer - Fine Hygienic Holding

Srinivasan Sampath

Acting Group Chief Technology Officer
First Abu Dhabi Bank

Darweesh Al-Buainain

Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP)

Tamer Hamed

Chief Information Officer Dubai Cable Company

George Atef Messiha

Chief Information Officer Emaar Misr

Imran Kannuti Head, Operations Digitalization & Transformation

Banque Misr

Soheyl Kadjani Chief Digital Officer

Rabobank

Mustafa Egilmezbilek

CIO
SunExpress

Ibrahim Abuawwad

Vice President Information Technology
Mitsui E&P Middle East B.V.

Noman Rasheed

CIO
Dubai Islamic Bank

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Sustainability

Talent Retention

Innovation

Cybersecurity

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