Basma Assal is the Senior Customer Success Manager for Risk and Compliance Solutions at LSEG with 10+ years of experience in fostering customer relationships and ensuring customer satisfaction.

She helped more than 200 largest banks and financial institutions, corporates, regulatory enforcement bodies, and government and intelligence agencies in 12 countries across EMEA by using modern technologies which simplifies day-to-day customer onboarding and monitoring decisions to fulfill the due diligence obligations, the requirements under KYC, the anti-money laundering (AML), the counterterrorist financing legislation, and the anti-bribery and corruption.

Basma ensures that customers effectively utilize the risk and compliance products to mitigate risks, maintain regulatory compliance, and understand their unique risk management and compliance challenges to achieve their objectives. Keeping them informed about changes in regulatory requirements and providing guidance on how to maintain compliance using AML solutions.

Her experience includes active participation in various workshops and panels across the region, where she has shared her knowledge and perspectives.

Multilingual (Arabic, French, English), multicultural professional, travelled to 16 countries, Basma holds 2 master’s degrees (1& 2) from IAE (Institut d'Administration des Entreprise) de Poitiers – France.

25+ years of rich experience in Financial Industry by leading resources in Software & Application Development, Consulting Services, Service Management, Project Management, and Engineering Services to deliver digital transformation solutions for financial institutions. Leading & coaching Technology Professionals to achieve company's objectives in gaining new business, market share and customer satisfaction.  Specific areas of expertise are in Enterprise-Wide Data Distribution Solutions, Electronic Trading, Post Trade Solutions, Digital Content Solutions & Risk Solutions.

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Vikas drives growth for LSEG (formerly Refinitiv, and the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters) by partnering with leading banks, financial institutions, and sovereign funds in the MEA region. He leads a diverse team across Middle East, Africa and Mediterranean that manages the biggest and strategic clients for LSEG.

Along with advancing LSEG’s business interests, Vikas also works closely with Central banks, trade associations and regulators throughout the region on market education, compliance, and financial technology. He has been active speaker in many workshops, conferences, and seminars, on topics ranging from compliance to innovation.

Vikas moved to the Middle East in 2013 from the LSEG’s New York office, where he was Head of Business Development for many years. In this role, Vikas successfully led more than 10 acquisition negotiations for the firm across Americas, Europe and Asia. Prior to joining LSEG, Vikas acquired a wealth of experience from various sales, marketing, operations and strategy roles in leading multi-nationals such as IBM and SAP.

Vikas was recently certified by ACAMS. He has Masters in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering from MNIT, Jaipur, India.

Vanessa Chamoun is the Senior Regional Risk & Compliance Specialist for Middle East and Africa at LSEG, and she holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from Notre Dame University, Lebanon, and an ACAMS certificate, a global gold standard in AML certifications.

Vanessa has 10 years plus of experience with clients, and her areas of expertise include Risk Intelligence Data, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Sanctions, Financial Crime Technology, Beneficial Ownership, Fraud and Digital On-boarding. Her role includes consulting various public and private organizations on sound deployment for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist-Financing programs to solve business challenges and fulfill anti-financial crime requirements and finding the right solutions for CCOs & AMLOs needs & requirements.

Vanessa’s experience with the different Central Banks and Regulators in the region has added to her proficiency on the business of Compliance in diverse industries and sectors, including Banking and other types of Financial Institutions such as Insurance, FinTech, Exchanges, Payments, etc. 

Dr. Hesham Mohamed Samy Mohamed Ibrahim, is the General Manager who is responsible for supervising examination and investigation department at Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit (EMLCU), he has been participated in establishing the unit and has been working in it for more than twenty years. His main duties are to supervise the work of the examination and investigation department of the unit, with regard to examining and reviewing for the suspicious transaction reports (STRs) and information dispatched to the unit on transactions that might be involving money laundering, or terrorist finance, take necessary actions procedures concerning it, also exchange of information and coordination with the counterpart Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and with relevant entities worldwide, Mr. Hesham has  participated in all Egypt's evaluation process, and  also he works as a Lead Reviewer with the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Mr. Hesham had been worked as an inspector for nine years within Off-site Banking supervision Department at the Central Bank of Egypt where his main tasks were reviewing financial statement of Investment & foreign banks branches, also reviewing compliance report received from mentioned banks, analyze banks union recommendation in order to authenticate it from the board of the central bank of Egypt. 

 

Mr. Hesham Mohamed Samy had Participated as a financial assessor in Sudan Money Laundering & terrorism Financing mutual evaluation by MENAFATF on the first round of assessment.

Rami El Dokany has more than twenty years of professional experience in the field of capital markets private equity, investments, corporate finance, strategic planning and business development, accompanied by a strong educational background, from prominent local and international institutions. El Dokany was appointed as the Executive Chairman of The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on the 25th of August 2022 till 24th of August 2023.

Prior to this, in 2019, Rami was appointed as Secretary General of the Arab Federation of Capital Markets, to formulate a common vision for the Arab Capital markets. Arab Federation of Capital Markets is the home for more than 24 Arab exchanges and clearing houses, as well as many prominent brokerage firms throughout the Arab World. During his post as the Secretary General of the AFCM, he managed, to tailor a strategic restructuring program of the federation, allowing more inclusion among its members, abiding to governance practices and providing a sustainable path for the federation, taking its revenues from US$ 177k in 2019 to over US$ 1 million by the end of 2024.

Rami co-founded Pride Capital in 2017 to utilize his long experience in financial services and investments and passion to technology, and recently launched a fintech accelerator with Start-up boot camp in Cairo – the program is supported by Alex Bank, Visa, IFC, GIZ, Pharos Holding, Ayady & Exprot Development Bank of Egypt, and has invested in more than 11 startups in 1 year.

Rami was a Board member of BM Lease– subsidiary to Banque Misr, and an Investment committee member of the VC program of the Social Development Fund (in cooperation with the World Bank), where he approved several investments in debt and equity with multiple start-ups and accelerators like Cairo based Flat6Labs, as well a former Investment Committee member of the Insurance Holding Co.

His last post was VP at Al-Ahly Capital Holding – the investment arm of the National Bank of Egypt. During his post, he joined the Board of Directors of one of the leading oil refineries in Alexandria – Alexandria Mineral Oils Co. and handled the strategic restructuring of the company’s investors relations and approach to the Capital Markets. Before that, Rami worked in HC investment banking, Etisalat Misr, LINKdotNET, and MIBank.

Rami Holds an M.Sc. From Wales University & B.Sc. in economics from Cairo University. As well as several executive certificates including Oxford University Fintech program, Cambridge University’s strategy for CXOs program, London Business School Private Equity program, and Amsterdam Institute of Finance Valuation program.

Mourad Ghali has worked in banking and capital markets since 2012, with experience in retail and wealth management, trading and treasury, regulatory compliance, controls, and market risk. He joined the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in 2022 and currently serves as Customer Success Manager for Investment and Advisory in the Middle East and Africa.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the American University in Cairo, an MBA and Master’s degree from Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris Dauphine, completed the Presidential Leadership Program at Egypt’s National Training Academy, and holds a License in French Law from Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Ali ElAttar is a Senior Account Technology Strategist at Microsoft, specializing in AI transformation within the Banking and Financial Services sector. Ali empowers banking customers to leverage artificial intelligence to revolutionize their operations, products, and customer experiences. By developing comprehensive strategies and transformation roadmaps, Ali guides clients through their AI journey to ensure effective adoption of AI technologies.

With over 13 years of experience in the IT industry, Ali has extensive expertise in IT consulting, architecture, and innovation with leading enterprises across Egypt and the region. His focus is on driving digital transformation initiatives that enable businesses to harness technology for a competitive advantage. Ali is passionate about delivering innovative solutions that address the challenges and opportunities of the digital economy.

Mr. Hossam Heiba is an experienced investment banker and direct investment professional with more than 32 years of experience of which 25 years management experience in setting up, managing, negotiating and enhancing direct investments in more than 15 different sectors and industries with international practice standards that involved undertaking different tasks that varied between managing investment companies and assuming operating roles, restructuring activities and companies, developing and executing workable business plans, initiating and developing start up projects and companies in the various sectors and countries.

By joining e-finance in 2019, Hany Moussa bridges the gap between the technical and commercial worlds through his solid experience in both domains. After years leading Business Solutions, he is now focusing on e-finance Group Business Development to expand the footprint and grow the revenues and profitability of the Group. Moussa is an internationally experienced leader with an outstanding wealth of experiences acquired through his 30 years of various leadership roles in several organizations including Raya Holding, Link Development, and e-finance. Moussa has held different technical, commercial, and general management roles doing business in 25 countries in several sectors including Public Sector, Banking, Healthcare, Telecom, Tourism, Oil & Gas, and Sports. Moussa holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from The American University in Cairo and several certifications including Digital Transformation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and PMP from Project Management Institute (PMI). Moussa is an active member in the Advising Boards of Computer Science Departments in The American University in Cairo and Nile University. Moussa enjoys mentoring Startups and FinTech companies through his membership in AUC Venture Lab.

CEO – Markets Division, Beltone Holding Khalil El Bawab joined Beltone Holding in October 2023 as CEO for Local and Regional Markets, where he is responsible for leading asset management, brokerage, and wealth management. El Bawab brings over 25 years of experience in investment banking, treasury, asset management, brokerage, and direct investments. His track record includes managing more than EGP 38 bn in Assets Under Management, DCM advisory on issues over EGP 50 bn for several issuers, as well as few direct investment deals. Prior to joining Beltone, El Bawab was the CEO and Managing Director of Misr Capital, Banque Misr’s Investment Banking Arm, for five years. He was also the Chairman of Misr Capital Fixed Income Brokerage, a board member of the Egyptian Investment Management Association, and a non-executive board member in BM Lease, Misr Digital Transformation, and Misr Takaful Insurance. Before that, he spent more than 11 years at EFG Hermes Asset Management, where he served as Head of Fixed Income Division, Managing Director of Hermes Fund Management, and a key member of the Investment Committee overseeing the Fixed Income Investment Team. In this capacity, he successfully managed a wide variety of money market, fixed income, capital protected funds and discretionary portfolios for some of the region’s premiere banks, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. During his time there, the AUMs of the fixed income mandates grew more than seven folds, reaching EGP 18 bn. His previous experience also includes serving as the Assistant Chief Dealer at Arab Bank plc's Treasury and Capital Markets Department. El Bawab holds a master's degree with distinction in banking and finance from the Maastricht School of Management and a bachelor’s degree with high honors in finance from the American University in Cairo.

Tarek Shahin is Managing Director – Chief Investment Officer at CI Capital Asset Management

Tarek Shahin is Managing Director – Chief Investment Officer at CI Capital Asset Management and has been with the group since 2020. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of investment management, previously a managing director of emerging market equities at Manulife Investment Management – Europe, based in London, and prior to that a portfolio manager at Ninety One (formerly Investec Asset Management), also in London, focused on global and frontier emerging markets.

Dr. Sameh El Torgoman is the founder and CEO of Evolve Investment Holding. Established in 2018, EIH operates within the logistical, trading and consumer areas of the Egyptian gold market and is committed to innovating new uses for gold as an investment tool. Dr. El Torgoman has over 40 years of experience in the financial sector; he is the former chairman of the Chairman of Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange and the former chairman of Beltone Financial Holding in Cairo. He holds a Doctorate from Stanford Law School, Stanford University, 1997, LLM from Harvard Law School, Harvard University, 1990.