Mirna Sleiman is the founder and CEO of Fintech Galaxy. She establishes the company’s strategy, envisioning its mission, goals and objectives. Mirna also manages the company’s overall operations and resources, and interfaces with FTG’s Advisory Board.

 

Mirna has more than 15 years of experience in government relations, business strategy, digital communications and journalism. Driven by passion for innovation and positive impact, Mirna has a track record in leading digital transformation projects, marketing comms strategies and global partnerships with public and private entities, focusing on knowledge economy development, regulatory infrastructure and financial markets. Managed public sector business for Thomson Reuters across 22 MENA countries and partnered with international organizations to promote innovation and social change. Spent more than 10 years as a financial journalist with Reuters, Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal and Zawya.

 

Certified from MIT university in Fintech and ecommerce, and Digital Marketing and Communications from Columbia University.

 

Mirna has an Executive MBA from City University of London in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Riyadh AlZamil is the Founder and Chairman of Raz Holding Group, Member of the Board of Directors in the Riyadh Chamber, Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Committee of the Riyadh Chamber, Chairman of the National Committee for Entrepreneurship, and a member of Islamic investment board.

He established the symbiotic investment model, which supports entrepreneurs from different fields. Through this model he was able to support more than 120 young entrepreneurs from various sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition, he is one of the investors in the Shark Tank TV program.

During his career which spanned over 25 years, Riyadh provided support and investment through the Raz Holding Group for more than 95 entrepreneurial projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is a member in over 15 community institutions and joint stock companies. He strongly believes that real wealth lies in the passion and ambition of individuals and is what drives any success.

Fadi Sleiman is a Finance professional with background in leveraging CFA designations to analyze data and make financial decisions and recommendations. He served as a CFO at Al Rajhi United Investment , Abdulrahman AlRashid & Sons Co. Ltd where he managed and promoted financial investments in the GCC, UK and USA. He has also served as a Senior Financial Analyst at Abdulrahman Al-Rashid & Sons Co. Ltd and as a Finance Manager at Mawazin International Contracting.

He was also an active director of Durah Alkhaleej residential fund, a real estate fund managed by DERAYAH a financial services firm licensed by the CMA Independent board director. He was also a director at Amwal Financial Consultants and European Investment Park.

Fadi holds a Global executive MBA from INSEAD , has attended several graduate courses at McMaster University and has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Lebanese University.

He is a certified Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA institute, USA and a Certified Public Accountant from Delaware State, USA. In addition, he has a certificate in corporate governance, International Directors program, a selective program for Board directors’ development from INSEAD.

Rami AlKarmi is a proud geek, futurist, investor, and executive advisor. He is the senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Jordan Ahli Bank, also he is the CEO of Ahli FinTech the 1st Bank fully owned financial technologies company and fintech accelerator in the middle east.

Rami is a mentor at 500 Startups, as Unreasonable Future, and Startupbootcamp fintech, chairman at Arcoten, Octonius.com, member of the board at Al Raed Arabi School, and member of the advisory board of Fintech Galaxy, Think Barter Network, Roybi AI Robots, and WAKE International in San Francisco.

Rami founded his 1st startup at the age of 19. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Jordan, and completed the Venture Capital Executive Program at HAAS UC Berkeley, and “The Leading for the future”, and “The Leading, Organizing for Action” Executive Programs at Harvard Kennedy School, and the Senior Executive Education Program at UC San Diego. Rami is a passionate advocate of the Lean Startup movement and is a regular judge, mentor & keynote speaker at the region's important innovation, entrepreneurship & technology events. He designed and produced a number of events and interventions in this space including the THINKLEAN speaker series, LeanStartupProgram, BackToStartupBasics, and his popular innovation/futurist talks titled: The Future of ....

 

Abdulaziz Alfakhri is a multi-disciplinary executive, who has proven expertise spans in executive management, strategy, financial management, investments, mergers & acquisitions, financing, modeling & optimization, financial due diligence, negotiations, and industry analysis. Abdulaziz is currently the Executive Advisor to His Excellency the CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City where he oversees RCRC Finance and Riyadh City Finance.

Abdulaziz served in a number of executive positions in several key institutions: SSTPC as its Chief Financial Officer, and multiple roles throughout his tenure in SABIC with Executive Director for Global Investments, and Business Intelligence. He led various transformational mandates & investment strategies to drive value and growth. He played a major role in raising over USD 12.5 Bn, executing investment & divestment deals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad in excess of USD 5 Bn, and managed & maximized a cash portfolio of over USD 14 Bn.

Abdulaziz is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (“WBCSD”) Future Leaders’ Team, where his work is intended to bridge the financial and non-financial reporting worlds. He is a mechanical engineer and economist and holds a Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management from Colorado School of Mines and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.