Mirna Sleiman is the Chief Executive Officer of Fintech Galaxy, an open innovation platform that enables open banking and finance by offering a cloud-based innovation platform, an open API sandbox, and a global fintech marketplace.

Mirna leads a regional Open Finance platform, with a vision to redesign financial services with an open API infrastructure that  boosts financial inclusion, revolutionizes financial services and provides a standard integration between Fintechs and institutions.

Mirna has more than 15 years of experience in government relations, business strategy, digital communications and journalism. She managed public sector business for Thomson Reuters across 22 MENA countries and partnered with international organizations to promote innovation and social change. She spent more than 10 years as a financial journalist with Reuters, Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal and Zawya. 

Mirna has an Executive MBA from City University of London in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
She is certified from MIT University in Fintech and ecommerce, and in Digital Marketing and Communications from Columbia University. Mirna is also certified in Digital Transformation Strategies from Cambridge University. 

 

Email: mirna@fintech-galaxy.com

Linkedin: Mirna Sleiman

Santiago Duro is the Chief Product Officer at Fintech Galaxy, where he guides the development of the FINX platform and the designs of new products to drive business performance, client engagement and operational excellence.

 

Santiago is an experienced leader with 25 years of experience in the Financial Services and Technology areas, managing established operations as well as launching new businesses, across America, Europe, Africa and Asia where he hired & managed teams of hundreds of employees and multi-million dollars’ budgets.

 

Santiago previously was the Group Chief Technology and Operations Officer for Y9 Bank where he led the Technology, Product and Operations organizations and launched a Digital Bank in Tanzania. He also led a Digital Wallet in Myanmar, growing to over 8 million customers and 300,000 merchants and agents in 2 years. Previously, he deployed and managed global digital platforms at ING from concept to launch of new products and services using Open Banking as well as he led EU product localization for Amazon.

 

He holds a MBA from Anderson School of Management (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA, a MSEE from Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain and a Master in Business Innovation from Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Sara Al Zeera is the Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO at Fintech Galaxy and leads Fintech Galaxy on the compliance front with regulators across the MENA region for Financial Services compliance and Security compliance AML/CFT and data protection compliance. She spearheads the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) and the implementation and maintenance of the company’s policies and procedures.

Sara is a Central Bank of Bahrain approved Compliance Manager and MLRO with 6 years of experience in compliance and 10 + years of work experience in Banking, Insurance, payments, and open banking industries.

Prior to joining Fintech Galaxy, she served as Head of Compliance and MLRO Officer at Mada Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage, Tarabut Gateway, and Arabia Insurance in Bahrain. She also worked at Bahrain National Insurance Company and CITI Bank Bahrain.

Sara holds a bachelor's in Accounting from the New York Institute of Technology. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Institute Supervisory (CIS), and holds a Certification in Compliance from the International Compliance Association (ICA).

E-mail: sara.alzeera@fintech-galaxy.com
LinkedIn: Sara Al Zeera 

Radu Popa is the Technology Consultant of Fintech Galaxy where he works behind the scenes with the technical team to guide and support the implementation of our technology strategy. With his field expertise combined with his exceptional technical acumen, he acts as a compass to the Management team, directing the plans and executions of technical strategies that ensure the functional and successful development of the platform.

Radu brings in 22+ years of experience in product development and operations, heading multidiscipline distributed teams in corporate and startup environments.

Along with consulting for Fintech Galaxy, Radu is the Staff Architect for WeTransfer in the Netherlands. Prior to this he was CTO of LUXHUB, a major Open Banking player in European Union. During his career, he assumed several executive and technical roles, such as Chief Technology Officer, Principal Architect, and Director of Engineering, with startups and well-established companies in fields such as telecommunications, financial services, and technology, playing a key role in growing and scaling businesses in the European and North American regions.

Radu holds a Master’s Degree in Physics from the University of Bucharest, and a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania.

LinkedIn:  Radu Popa
E-mail: radu.popa@fintech-galaxy.com

Amer Almomen, CBO & KSA Country Manager at Fintech Galaxy, leads company representation and operations in KSA, driving business growth and market strategies across the Middle East.

With 20+ years of diverse sector experience, including FMCG, Retail, Healthcare, and Government, he excels in E-commerce, Digital Marketing, Technology Management, Data & AI. Formerly VP of Digital Business at Jarir Bookstore and Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Medical Group, he also led technology initiatives for Saudi's Ministry of Communication & Information Technology.

Amer is a council member of the Ecommerce Council in Saudi and sits as board member for Center of Emerging Technologies by Microsoft & KPMG, RAZ Holding Group, SuperTech Experience Co., and Retail & E-Commerce Society (Tejartech) which he co-founded.

LinkedIn: Amer Almomen
E-mail: amer.almomen@fintech-galaxy.com