Amnah Ajmal is the Executive Vice President of Market Development, Mastercard EEMEA. In this role, she leads the P&L across multiple business verticals including merchants, telcos, governments, fintechs, digital players across 80 markets. In addition, she also heads the strategy, pricing, analytics and M&A function for the region.

Prior to this role she led the North America product & innovation organization, based out of the US, creating sustainable, competitive differentiation for Mastercard and its customers by delivering digitally integrated consumer experiences across consumer and commercial products.

Prior to joining Mastercard she was the CEO for Standard Chartered Consumer Bank Malaysia. She was also responsible for retail banking strategy for Indonesia, Malaysia & Taiwan in a global role based out of Singapore. Prior to Standard Chartered, Amnah worked at Citigroup in UAE, Egypt, UK and Poland. She held several leadership positions at Citigroup including Asset Business Head for Poland responsible for full range of consumer asset products, innovation and distribution including credit cards, co brands, personal loans and mortgages.

She was honored to be listed in Forbes Middle East’s 100 most powerful businesswomen 2024; Arabian Business’ 50 Inspiring Women Leaders 2024; the top 100 women in fintech for 2021 by IBM & Fintech magazine; the top 25 women leaders in financial technology by the Financial Technology Report US for 2019 & 2020 and the top 100 women in Fintech, across the globe, for 2019 by Lattice80. She also holds the honor of being in America’s top 10 women in Fintech by the Fintech Magazine for 2020.

Amnah is passionate about social empowerment for women and gender equity. She holds a master’s degree from London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE).

Ola Doudin is the co-founder & CEO of BitOasis, the first and largest digital asset platform in the Middle East. She has an engineering background and has worked in tech consulting in a Big4 firm in London and engineering research prior to her move back to the region where she got involved in tech entrepreneurship and later started BitOasis in 2015. Most recently, Forbes Middle East featured Ola among the ‘Top 10 Women Behind Middle Eastern Tech Brands 2021’.
She has also been selected as a ‘Young Global Leader 2022’ – An initiative by the World Economic Forum.

Nezha Alaoui is a global advocate for women’s empowerment, social entrepreneur, author, speaker, and impact influencer.

CEO of Women CHOICE, a New York based organization working closely with Fortune 500 companies, institutions, and governments in advancing diversity. Women CHOICE counts a global network of 15k women founders, executives and influencers that collaborate with Nezha on the initiatives and campaigns she implements.

She hosts international conferences and events, bringing together policymakers, corporate leaders, and activists to build awareness and implement strategies to reach the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Nezha has been awarded internationally for her work as a global advocate for the economic empowerment of women and counts an active community of over 2.6 million on her social media. Her latest nomination owed her to be profiled on Mastercard’s Legacy book, among 25 most visionaries global women. As an author, she has written and published “Be a leader” at Post Hill publishing, a book on the 12 fundamental values of leadership.

It is imperative for Nezha, that the events, communities, organizations, and appearances she is involved with are aligned with her personal values of women’s empowerment, leadership, sustainability, and innovation. She is currently actively working on generating 1M women’s employment across the Arab world, through her social innovation incubator. Nezha is now available in the MENA region, to speak and moderate on Impact focused panels, ESG, Women across industries and entrepreneurship.

She joined the PZU Życie SA Management Board in 2016 and has been its president since February 2021. PZU Życie SA is the largest life insurance company in Poland. It holds over 30% market share, measured by the gross premium value, and serves more than 11 million customers. It has been a leader in group and individual protective insurance for years. PZU Życie SA is part of the PZU Capital Group.

Aleksandra Agatowska previously gained professional experience at various global corporations, such as members of the ING Group, HDI (now Warta), Sony Europe, and Philips S.A., where she oversaw the marketing and business intelligence team in 17 countries. She also worked with Jagiellonian University's Public Policy Evaluation and Analysis Center.

She received her degree from Jagiellonian University's Sociology Faculty. She also finished multiple management programs at prominent universities, such as Columbia University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School Online, and Jagiellonian University, in the fields of strategy, management, and finance. She graduated from Kozminski University in Warsaw with an executive MBA.

Omoke Adebanjo is Senior Vice President of the Merchants & Commerce segment across 80 markets in Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) and a member of the EEMEA Operating Committee. She is currently based in Dubai and is responsible for strengthening some of the organization’s most critical merchant relationships and oversees joint partnership goals.

In addition, Omoke leads the development and execution of business and sales strategies, product go-to-market and market transformation objectives.

Omoke joined Mastercard in 2011 and has held several leadership roles across different geographies and functions. Most recently, as regional franchise lead for EEMEA, she was responsible for managing stakeholders in the Mastercard network and payments platforms by supporting the creation and continued existence of a comprehensive series of value exchanges across the ecosystem.

She has also had the opportunity to create business and social impact via strategic partnerships with fintech companies, government regulators, technology companies, banks, and financial institutions. She was tasked with creating digital transformation projects, enabling cashless economy agendas, as well as to driving large-scale financial inclusion programs. As general manager of the anglophone West Africa cluster, Omoke also played a significant role in the commercialization of new products and services in many emerging markets, fostering new business lines through strategic multi-stakeholder partnerships and new-market entry. Before Mastercard, Omoke held senior positions across the healthcare, telco, and banking industries, giving her a broad understanding of comprehensive customer needs in developing markets. Omoke has received recognition for her impact and leadership as a senior female executive in the fintech sector. In 2021, she was named one of the top 100 Career Women in Nigeria. She was listed under the 50 Leading Ladies in Corporate Nigeria’s list and was honored as one of the ‘Top 30 Leading Women in Nigeria’s Fintech Industry’.

She holds an MBA from Lagos Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Ibadan.

As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the DIFC Authority (DIFCA), Alya is responsible for setting the strategic direction of DIFCA’s operations and client experience. She brings more than 20 years of experience in developing and delivering technology-driven business services and solutions, providing outstanding client service, and driving internal efficiency through policy, process and digital transformation. Prior to her appointment as the COO, Alya assumed multiple roles across different functions in DIFCA and has led the transformation of DIFC services since 2010.

Alya was appointed as Board Member of the World Alliance of International Financial Centers (WAIFC) in 2023, an association registered in Belgium representing 19 leading international financial centres across four continents.

She has also been serving as a board member of Hawkamah: The Institute for Corporate Governance for over three years and led the DIFC Academy since its inception until 2022.

In terms of her education, Alya was at the top of her class and earned both her BSc in Computer Science and MBA from the American University of Sharjah. She has an LLM in International Business Law from the University of Paris II Pantheon Assas (Magna Cum Laude). She is a graduate of the prestigious Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development, completing both the Young Leaders Programme and the Dubai Leaders Programme.

Mila Semeshkina is the CEO & Founder of Lectera.com, a pioneering global learning platform with more than 3 million users from 65 countries. A serial entrepreneur, author, and venture investor, Mila is deeply committed to democratizing education, making learning efficient and accessible.

Mila's efforts to uplift women professionally and personally led her to establish the Women’s Empowerment Council. She is also the organizer of the WE Convention, the world's largest forum for women leaders, which has further solidified her impact in empowering women globally.

Her innovations have earned her recognition on the British HolonIQ agency's top-100 women in EdTech list and as one of Arabian Business's "100 People You Must Know in Dubai" and “100 Most Inspiring Leaders.” With a vast speaking portfolio, including interviews with Maye Musk, Carla Bruni, and Maria Sharapova, and addresses at major global events such as the Women in Tech Global Summit in Paris, Mila's influence in the educational and entrepreneurial sectors is undeniable. She is also a member of the Forbes Business Council and boasts an impressive 7.6 million followers on Instagram.

CEO of Art of Networking, Member of the Steering Committee and Audit Committee of Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Plenipotentiary of the Management Board for ESG Issues of the Employers of Poland.

25 years of experience in management positions at Omnicom Group, Axel Springer Polska, WPP holding (Young & Rubicam Brands), CANAL+ Cyfrowy/ Vivendi, GBC (Rzeczpospolita, Parkiet, Bloomberg).

She managed complex business projects in the competitive TMTE (technology, media, telecommunications, entertainment), FMCG, industrial technology, publishing, automotive, banking and start-up markets. An expert in restructuring and change management, business transformation and digitization, developing and implementing business development strategies, M&A mergers and acquisitions, creating personal & corporate brands, managing the increase of their value, responsible leadership and building effective and lasting business partnerships & valuable networks.

Member of among others: Young Presidents Organization, Polish Olympic Committee (Commission for Science, Innovation and Environmental Protection), International Leaders Forum. Lecturer and co-author of postgraduate studies at Kozminski University; member of the Executive Advisory Board MBA. Certified Mentor of European Mentoring & Coaching Council.

ESG and women’s leadership expert.

Fadi Ghandour is the Executive Chairman of Wamda Group, a platform that invests, nurtures and builds entrepreneurship eco-systems across the Middle East and North Africa.

Fadi was also the co-founder of Aramex, one of the leading global logistics companies based in Dubai. Fadi spent the first 30 years of his work life as CEO of Aramex, building the company, to become one of the leading emerging market logistics companies, and making it the first company from the Arab world to be listed on Nasdaq.

Passionate about impact and social entrepreneurship, Fadi founded and chairs Ruwwad for Development, a private-sector led community engagement platform that helps marginalized communities, across several countries in the MENA region, overcome marginalization through activism, civic engagement, education and financial inclusion.