SPEAKERS 2023
Muath Saud Alhomoud
CISO Fintech, Confidential

Muath Saud Alhomoud
CISO Fintech, Confidential
Awarded "CISO of the Year" and "CISO Powerlist" that hold Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Ethical Hacker / Security Executive passionate about facilitating rapid technology change at-pace to secure significant business value. 14+ years’ success leading operations, technology and change in heavily regulated environments to optimize protection of business-critical information and assets in line with budgets of up to 50M Saudi Riyals. Recognized for experience in project management while defining, re-defining and delivering operational processes in alignment with Agile methodologies and Digital Transformation initiatives to bring Internet of Things (IoT) and Robotics.
Auoob Aldakael
Director of Risk Management, Government

Auoob Aldakael
Director of Risk Management, Government
Mr. Ayoub Abdulrahman Al-Dakael Holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. Director of Risk Management at Government Sector, with over 15 years of experience in various sectors. He previously worked in various sectors (Government & Private), and also worked in the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia in several departments, starting with Anti Money laundering,Anti Fraud, Risk, Compliance and others.
Al-Dakael contributed in establishing departments in the Central Bank that include risk and compliance management. Also, he established Risk and Business Continuity departments semi-government sector. He holds many specialized certificates in several different fields, specially in risk, compliance and business continuity. Al-Dakael participated in a number of international seminars on Risk and business continuity management. Al-Dakael has also trained other government sectors on risk management. The Council of Ministers in Saudi Arabia noted that Al-Dakael had made a significant contribution to Saudi Central Bank winning the Best Risk Manager award for central banks in 2019. He specializes in developing risk frameworks and operating models.
Adnan Ahmed
Lead Specialist - Business Continuity & Risk, Maaden - Saudi Arabian Mining Company

Moayad Al Ghanmi
Director of Information & Cyber Security, King Abdullah Economic City

Moayad Al Ghanmi
Director of Information & Cyber Security, King Abdullah Economic City
Moayad Al Ghanmi has a master's degree in Cybersecurity and a Bachelor of Computer Science Along with multiple international certifications in information and cyber security including CISMâ„¢, CDPSEâ„¢ and other IT Certifications.
Moayad has more than ten years of work experience in cybersecurity and IT where he has been able to develop his career and grow professionally in cybersecurity with smartcities,real estate,retail, banking, and insurance institutions as a Cyber Security and technology leader.
Abdullah S. Marghalany
CISO, Ministry of Health

Abdullah S. Marghalany
CISO, Ministry of Health
Currently, I am the leader of the 2030 vision transformation for Cybersecurity in Medina Health
Cluster. My goal is to ensure the highest level of protection across different platforms and elements in health organizations including spreading awareness of cyber. For the past 2 years, I’ve been cybersecurity chief officers, being Security+, PMP, CEH and MCITP certified & having a master's degree in cybersecurity helped me implement Strategies, GRC & set policies in useful ways. My ability to do anything to achieve my aim helped me be the project manager of many projects across different areas such as implementing HIS in Medina region, setting up network for 50+ health sites, implementing tele-medicines, and many other successful projects’. I have a long professional history in network administration with 10+ years of technical experience.
Bader Ramadan Ismail Shaath
Senior Solutions Engineer, Enterprise, Cloudflare

Vikram Verma
Head of IT Governance, Security & Project Delivery, Roshn

Vikram Verma
Head of IT Governance, Security & Project Delivery, Roshn
I am Vikram Verma, a seasoned technology leader who has held various roles such as Head of IT Project Delivery, Governance & Security, Application Solution Architect, and Head of Program Management Office to name a few. My current position is Head of IT Project Delivery and Governance at ROSHN Real Estate (PIF Company). Over the past 15 years, I have gained extensive experience in leading technology and digital transformation across various industries in global markets, specifically in KSA, USA, and Singapore. Presently, my responsibilities encompass overseeing the development and execution of the company's IT and Security programs, ensuring the protection of its valuable assets and data.
My expertise spans from Project Portfolio Management, IT Strategy, IT Cyber Security, Risk and Governance, Business Process Analysis, Project Change Management, IT Service Management, and Process Improvement. I completed my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science from India's Top Universities, the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, and have additionally obtained various certifications in Program Management, Execution, and Information Security.
As a speaker, I have shared my innovative project implementation methodology for engineering and construction global business units with regards to the capital projects, facilities management application in the Middle East during the Oracle Open Day events.
Mohammad Hassan Abdullah
Business Continuity, IT Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Technology Risk and IT Governance, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare

Mohammad Hassan Abdullah
Business Continuity, IT Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Technology Risk and IT Governance, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
Hatem Fallatah
Senior Risk Management Specialist, Center for National Health Insurance.

Niraj Mathur
Managing Director, Protiviti Middle East Member Firm

Niraj Mathur
Managing Director, Protiviti Middle East Member Firm
Niraj Mathur, an accomplished professional with over 18 years of experience in Data Security and Privacy Consulting, leads the Cyber Security services at Protiviti Middle East as the Managing Director. He has effectively managed several large and intricate regional projects with his expertise in Security Strategy, Security Operations, and Security Architecture.
Niraj has a proven track record of assisting prominent clients with compliance, risk management, security operations, and overall security roadmaps, both locally and globally.
Charbel Ghostine
Regional Cloud Alliance Manager - Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Barracuda

Zidan Attia
Associate Manager Operational Risk & Risk Management, Islamic Development Bank

Riyaz Feroze
Riyaz Feroze, Security Strategy & Leadership, Program Delivery & IT Governance, BCM/ DR Delivery, IT services

Riyaz Feroze
Riyaz Feroze, Security Strategy & Leadership, Program Delivery & IT Governance, BCM/ DR Delivery, IT services
Saghir Ahmad Khan
Technical Program Manager, Saudi Business Machines

Mohammad Ahmad Alomari
Director, Cyber Security & Privacy Management, Solutions by stc

Arsalan Yousuf
Director – Resilience & Crisis Management, Deloitte Middle East

Eng. Mohammed Mahnashi
Information Technology Advisor, Government

Abdelmajed Ahmed Saeed
Acting CISO, Medgulf The Mediterranean & Gulf Cooperative Insurance & Reinsurance Co. (S.J.S.C.) KSA

Abdelmajed Ahmed Saeed
Acting CISO, Medgulf The Mediterranean & Gulf Cooperative Insurance & Reinsurance Co. (S.J.S.C.) KSA
Acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in one of HealthCare Group then Moved As Acting CISO in Insurance sector Obtained number of certifications: C|NDA, L|PT, C|EH,E|CSA, CCIA, MCITP, Certified BlockChain Engineer ,ITIL Expert, PMP, Prince II, More than 21 years experiences in IT including 16 years in Information & Cyber Security
Mustafa Farag
Presales Engineer - EMEA, Paessler AG

SPEAKERS 2022
Hesham Saad Aly
Sr. Regional Cybersecurity Specialist, Microsoft

Hesham Saad Aly
Sr. Regional Cybersecurity Specialist, Microsoft
Hesham Saad is a Sr. Regional Cybersecurity Specialist in Microsoft part of the global Cyber Defence team unit and focusing on SOC Operations, Threat Management and Hunting, DFIR, Advanced Analytics & SIEM management with more than 15 years of IT & Cyber experience and a multi-national Cyber speaker.
Hanadi Al Yafei
Director of Child Safety Department, Child Safety Department – Sharjah

Hanadi Al Yafei
Director of Child Safety Department, Child Safety Department – Sharjah
Hanadi Saleh Al Yafei graduated with a BA in Mass Communications with honours from the Higher College of Technology in Dubai. She started her professional career at Dubai Ladies Club and moved to Sharjah Ladies Club where she worked in Marketing and Sponsorship for six years.
In 2013, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), appointed Al Yafei as Department Director at SCFA and Director of the Child Safety Campaign. In 2018, Her Highness announced the establishment of the Child Safety Department, with Al Yafei appointed as its Director.
She is a member of the Child Protection Higher Committee at the Ministry of Interior and the Steering Committee of the Sharjah Child Friendly City Project, a d the National Bullying Prevention Committee.
In 2017, she obtained a Professional Diploma in Child Protection with honours from the University of Sharjah. She is currently studying to obtain an Executive MBA at the University of Sharjah.
Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni
Director of Information Services Department, Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC), UAE

Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni
Director of Information Services Department, Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC), UAE
Dr. Marwan Al-Zarooni has extensive experience in the areas of information security management, network security and computer forensics. He has written several academic papers and presented them in such conferences as the Australian Information Warfare & Security Conference, the Australian Computer, Network & Information Forensics Conference, and the Australian Information Security Management Conference. He holds a master’s degree in Information Security and Intelligence from Edith Cowan University and a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Computer Science from the prestigious Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He also holds the highly regarded professional certification as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Brigadier Barakat Alkindi
Digital Transformation and Information Security Specialist

Ian Mckay
Vice President of Global Security Transformation, People 2.0

Ian Mckay
Vice President of Global Security Transformation, People 2.0
I have over 15 years experience in technical governance, risk and compliance (GRC) working in both advisory and leadership capacities around the world to design and implement solutions to keep businesses running safely in line with global best practice. My main areas of professional practice are: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Information Security & ISMS Crisis / Incident Management Risk Management I have a high working knowledge of ISO22301, ISO27001, ISO31000, Cyber Essentials, FCA RAISP, NIST 800, PCI-DSS, CPNI’s DDD, FAIR, ATT&CK, SOX, ITIL and TOGAF frameworks.
Shaytel Patel
VP Technology Audit, DP World

Shaytel Patel
VP Technology Audit, DP World
Shaytel is the VP, Technology Audit at DP World. She brings a wealth of experience and has delivered Internal Audit, Assurance and Advisory services globally within the DP World Group globally. She is passionate about good governance and controls in technology and cyber security, and how these can help businesses drive smart processes and effective outcomes. Shaytel has extensive experience in technology risk management, IT controls assurance, internal audits, emerging technologies, regulatory compliance and related areas. She has led and managed several large tech risk, internal audit and assurance engagements for a global portfolio of entities.
Prior to joining DP World, Shaytel has worked at PWC Canada, Technology Assurance and Consulting practice.
Robert John Lourenco
Senior Sales Engineer, Cybereason

Amit Roy
General Manager & Head of Cybersecurity, Middle East Turkey and Africa, Atos

Amit Roy
General Manager & Head of Cybersecurity, Middle East Turkey and Africa, Atos
Amit Roy heads Atos’s Cybersecurity Practice for Middle-East, Turkey and Africa (META) regions. Amit is responsible for driving the Cybersecurity business strategy, growth and revenue for the region and is committed to provide value delivery towards customer’s unique cybersecurity challenges. Amit is engaged with several Information Security forums in the region, providing latest insights in Cyber Security and related topics. In his 20 years of leadership roles in Senior Management, Cyber Sales and business operations, Amit has gained strong competencies in business strategy, sales & marketing, business alliances and building strong customer led teams that achieve business goals and meeting customer requirements.
Rahul Sasi
Executive Chairman and Founder, CloudSEK

Rahul Sasi
Executive Chairman and Founder, CloudSEK
Rahul Sasi is the Executive Chairman and Founder of contextual AI company CloudSEK which builds products to predict cyber threats even before they occur. Rahul is well-known for his significant open-source contributions to the cybersecurity landscape and has spoken at events and conferences in over 22 countries. He is also part of the working committees of The Reserve Bank of India, where he is the youngest member of the digital lending committee, and MeitY.
Arun Tewary
Strategic Advisor & Director, Finesse

Arun Tewary
Strategic Advisor & Director, Finesse
Arun Tewary, an acclaimed IT veteran is a Strategic advisor & Director at Finesse. Arun Tewary’s association with Middle East has been for over 25 years and known in the IT industry as one of the leading CIOs. Arun has 4 decades of international professional experience in Information Technology and business transformation through automation and process reorganization across numerous industry verticals in various capacities. He has successfully transformed organizations through digital acceleration and agile processes. He has worked across Manufacturing sector, Retail, Trading, Real Estate, Food & Beverages, Aviation (aviation catering), and Information Technology. He worked mostly on Tier-1 ERPs – SAP, Oracle and JD Edwards in large organizations, including the largest SAP implementation in Gulf region.
Arun has demonstrated success in strategy planning and execution and advisory/consulting service with stellar record of serving as Board Member for multiple groups as well as councils. Proven background in establishing new business lines, facing digital transformation challenges, implementing new IT operating models, and deploying technology plans. Adept at developing global digital business platforms, ensuring organizational transformation, executing intelligent hybrid models, and deploying JD Edwards E1, SAP, as well as other ERP systems. Empowering business leader with demonstrated success. Managing teams of professionals internationally while ensuring professional growth. Instrumental in maintaining cordial relationships with key stakeholders to ensure continuous growth and success. Articulate communicator with excellent interpersonal and analytical skills. He has worked with Tata Steel, India, Essar Steel India, Al Futtaim Group, UAE, Emaar Properties, UAE and Emirates Flight Catering, UAE. Arun is an active member of CIO Majlis, UAE. He is a challenger and at the same time a leader in collaborative working.
Hafiz Sheikh Adnan Ahmed
Chief Information Security & Data Privacy Advisor, Premier Real Estate Group

Hafiz Sheikh Adnan Ahmed
Chief Information Security & Data Privacy Advisor, Premier Real Estate Group
Hafiz is a seasoned speaker and a Certified Data Protection Officer with over 16 years of full-time working experience in the field of Governance, Risk, Compliance, Information & Cyber Security, Data Privacy, Business Continuity, and Risk Management as a Lead Auditor and Lead Implementer. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, PECB Certified Trainer, and ISACA-APMG Certified Trainer. He serves on ISACA-UAE as a Board Member. He conducts regular training, workshops, and webinars on the latest trends and technologies in the field of Digital Transformation, Information & Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy.
Dr Fene Osakwe
Information Technology and Business Advisory professional

Dr Fene Osakwe
Information Technology and Business Advisory professional
Dr Fene Osakwe is an Information Technology and Business Advisory professional with over a decade of experience. He specializes in Cyber Security, IT Audit and Controls, IT strategy, Governance, IT Risk and Sarbanes- Oxley for companies quoted on the New York stock exchange.
He sits on the Board of several startup but rapidly growing companies in Africa and has consulted for over 30 multinational companies. He has worked in South Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Europe, middle east and Latin America and holds over 10 IT professional certifications including CISA,CISM, CCISO and several others. He was a Board member of ISACA for 4 years and won an award for service excellence. He has worked in Deloitte Nigeria, Ghana, Netherlands and South Africa
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the Swiss School of Business Geneva for being one of Africans leading voices in IT Risk and Governance and is also an alumnus of the Lagos Business School. He has spoken at over 43 international conferences in the last 2 years.
Shahab Uddin
Group IT Infrastructure & Security Manager, Ittihad International Investment LLC

Shahab Uddin
Group IT Infrastructure & Security Manager, Ittihad International Investment LLC
Shahab uddin is a Group Infrastructure & Security Manager of a UAE based conglomerate Ittihad International Investment LLC. The role provides this organization with strategic security thought leadership, while bringing them tangible working programs and tools for compliance, risk management, a governance framework as well as delivery of broader shared security services. Shahab brings rich experience of more than 15 years in cybersecurity, privacy, technology compliance and assurance.
He has strong academic background with MS IT, and he holds various leading certifications in Information Security and IT assurance which include CEH, CND, CISM and have attended numerous international and local training.
He has delivered lectures and trainings to many enterprise users on Information Security Management and IT Security Awareness.
Amit Bhatia
Head of Information Security-Middle East, Asia & Continental Europe, Maximus Gulf

Amit Bhatia
Head of Information Security-Middle East, Asia & Continental Europe, Maximus Gulf
Amit Bhatia has more than 20 years' experience as an information security governance professional and has strong expertise in risk management, information security, governance framework, technical security architecture, information security awareness program, and data security and privacy domain. He has demonstrated expertise in establishing and implementing large information security programs for the leading financial companies in the UAE and leading the execution of key governance initiatives, e.g., ISO 27001, NESA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and Cloud Data Security Framework, to safeguard the critical business information of the organization. He has successfully formulated information security strategies and worked in collaboration with C-Level executives, chief compliance, and risk and privacy officers for their seamless and successful execution. Previously, he worked with leading banks in the UAE, Emirates NBD, Mashreq, and Dunia Finance as part of the senior executive team.
Jeevan Badigari
Director of Information Security (CISO) DAMAC Properties

Jeevan Badigari
Director of Information Security (CISO) DAMAC Properties
Jeevan is a passionate cybersecurity professional currently heading information security at DAMAC Group. A technologist with big picture mindset and attention to detail, with over 16 years of overall experience, he has played various roles in IT Management, project management, and Infrastructure prior to moving into cybersecurity domain 7 years ago. Jeevan enjoys addressing complex problems with simple and basic solutions. Outside work, Jeevan likes to travel and, on a quest to complete visiting at least 100 countries.
Hariprasad Chede
Chief Information Security Officer | National Bank of Fujairah

Hussein Shafik Bahgat
Regional Information Security Risk Officer, Standard Chartered Bank

Srihari Upadhya
Assitant General Manager, IT Risk and Compliance, Aster DM Healthcare

Vijender Yadav
CEO, CTO & Co-Founder, Accops Systems Pvt Ltd

Rajeev Dutt
General Manager – EMEA & APAC Infinite Blue

Gregg Petersen
Regional Director Middle East & Africa, Cohesity

Shabir Bhat
Regional Sales Director, Middle East Checkmarx

Mark Phillips
Vice President, Solution Architecture, International Markets, HUMAN Security, Inc

Mark Phillips
Vice President, Solution Architecture, International Markets, HUMAN Security, Inc
Mark joined HUMAN Security in January 2021 to lead and build an international technical sales team across EMEA and APAC. He has held several global and EMEA responsible senior leadership roles at such vendors as Trend Micro, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes culminating in more than 20 years of experience in cyber security. His role at HUMAN Security focuses him on ensuring HUMAN’s product offerings add maximum value by mapping the technical solution to a business issue.
José Luis Berrocal
South Europe & MEA BigFix Sales Specialist

Yazan Salti
Regional Director, Commercial Group iMEA, BeyondTrust

Michael Byrnes
Director of Solutions Engineering iMEA, BeyondTrust

Kuldeep Bhatnagar
Former CISO, EAD, Abu Dhabi Government

Kuldeep Bhatnagar
Former CISO, EAD, Abu Dhabi Government
Kuldeep has over 40 years of business experience in IT and Information Security. A start up expert, he set up three Data Center businesses and held positions of Director Commercial with eHDF (Dubai Holding), Director Operations with ENRON and General Manager (IT) with Reliance. Also set up an award-winning green DC at EAD, Abu Dhabi.
He has been Consultant with Equinix, Dubai World, JFZA, du, IDC, Saudi Inteltec and many others.
In his earlier inning as Colonel, he participated in military operations, managed Mission Control Centers and commanded a Signal Regiment. He has been Dean of the Faculty of Computer Technology and worked with Department of Electronics as EMI/EMC specialist
He is BE (Electronics), MBA and MTech (Cranfield UK). Kuldeep has recently retired as CISO and IT Advisor with Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi Government.