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Yasser Alsaadi is the Head of Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Services, MENA (excl. KSA), at HSBC, with more than 10 years’ experience across the HSBC Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Services franchise. His background spans regional business leadership, product management and business development, and he most recently served as Regional Head of Private Assets Product for APAC and MENA, leading strategy, commercialization, P&L management and client engagement across the regions.

Prior to that, he held business development and product roles focused on complex institutional clients, including asset owners, asset managers and financial sponsors.

Charlie Badran, Head of AXA Financing within the Trading, Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Financing and derivatives department (TSF-D) has been for more than 18 years at BNPP Asset Management (ex AXA-IM). Charlie is in charge of the Repo and financing activity globally.

Prior to joining AXA IM, Charlie worked in London at Bloomberg as a trading system sales covering both France and the Middle East. Before that, he worked in a French investment bank as a Repo and Bond trader in Paris and Luxembourg.

Furthermore, Charlie Badran seats on the governing board of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).

Charlie Badran holds a MSc in Mathematics from University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and a MSc in Science and management from NEOMA Business School.

Rowan Crichton is Head of Treasury & Abu Dhabi SEO at Brummer and Partners, a $18bn Swedish MultiStrategy hedgefund. Prior to this Rowan spent 12 years at HSBC in a range of treasury, sales and trading roles. Crichton eventually ended up running Europe for all of the cash financing distribution products (Head of Treasury).

Outside of work, Crichton is an ex international athlete who has moved on to coach a range of elite athletes including a double Olympic gold medalist.

With extensive experience in financial services, Asma oversees the strategic direction and development of the collateral management product line including collateral optimisation.

She has a valuable experience in Finance and in Asset Management, as she contributed previously to various projects and initiatives in financial institutions and cultivated a deep understanding of financial markets and product management.

Equipped with a solid foundation as an engineer from École Centrale Paris, Asma further fortified her knowledge with a Ph.D. in applied mathematics. Most recently, she complemented her skill set with an Executive MBA.

Sanaa Clausse BenAbdelhadi previously served as Senior Director and Head of Business Development for Membership and Events Sponsorship at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), where she was responsible for driving membership growth, engagement and retention, alongside securing sponsorships across ICMA’s event portfolio.

Her role included spearheading strategic initiatives and engagement across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, leading commercial activity and developing collaborations with regulators, policy-makers and regional trade associations to support local capital market development.

Sanaa is a regular speaker on panels addressing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and is a strong advocate for social mobility within the financial industry. She has also been an active member of the ICMA Women’s Network since its inception.

Darren is Head of Broadridge’s Global Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Finance and Collateral Management solutions business unit a senior member of the Capital Markets Leadership team within Broadridge.

His entrepreneurial attitude to seeking innovative solutions for market problems has Darren continually spearheading new approaches to streamline the Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Finance industry. Darren has over 25 years’ experience in the Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Finance domain and has been with Broadridge since the acquisition of 4sight in 2016.

From 4sights beginning in 2003 Darren has served in a number of operational, delivery and leadership roles, including Vice President of Solution Delivery.

He is a business champion for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion facilitating various initiatives across Broadridge.

Mohamed Dagher has been covering the Middle East and Africa for Euroclear Bank since joining the organisation in Brussels in 2008.

In 2011, he relocated to the United Arab Emirates to lead the Account Management team for Euroclear Bank’s DIFC Representative Office.

In 2016, he assumed his current role as Director of Relationship Management.Over the course of his career,

Mohamed has gained extensive experience across the client journey, spanning operational delivery, business development, and the implementation of infrastructure solutions. In his current position, he is responsible for managing relationships and business development activities across the UAE market.

Mohamed has a particular interest in the development of financial market infrastructure, with a focus on cross-border capital flows across a wide range of asset classes and on collateral management solutions.Mohamed holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kings College London – the University of London, and worked in a commodities trading business before joining Euroclear Bank.

Amin El Haddani is an experienced financial markets professional covering the MENA region with Euroclear. He has an extensive expertise in custody, settlement, collateral management, and securities lending. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with central banks, CSDs, sovereign institutions, and major commercial banks across North Africa and the Middle East. His focus is on helping clients improve operational efficiency, navigate regulatory developments, and maximize the value of their investment portfolios.

With over two years as Head of Institutional Brokerage at Derayah Financial, I specialize in MENA equity capital markets sales and trading, offering expertise in both equity and fixed income. My role includes leading initiatives such as establishing a Tadawul-focused Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Borrowing and Lending Program, fostering colocation and low-latency trading solutions, and developing a sell-side research platform to align with Saudi Vision 2030.

My work is centered around building robust relationships with global institutional investors, high-frequency traders, and market makers. Leveraging my background in equity and fixed income sales and trading, algorithmic trading, and team leadership, I contribute to the growth of our market presence and support the transformation of the Saudi financial market.

Fawaz Mohanna is Head of Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Services at SNB Capital, bringing 20 years of experience across front- and back-office roles within capital market institutions.

Throughout his career, Fawaz has held positions spanning brokerage, custody, fund operations, securities lending and investment banking operations, giving him broad experience across the securities services and wider capital markets landscape.

Fawaz rejoined SNB Capital in May 2026, following five years as Head of Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Services at Deutsche Bank Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he held a number of roles at SNB Capital, where he worked through to 2020.

His extensive experience across both operational and client-facing functions provides a broad perspective on the development of securities services and the evolving requirements of capital market participants.

Dual-qualified senior lawyer (Solicitor (England & Wales) and Attorney (New York State) with broad UAE and Saudi Arabian financial regulatory, FinTech, payments and commercial contract experience.

Andrew is responsible for the distribution of our Agency Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Finance and Collateral management solutions in the Middle East, based in Dubai, UAE.

Andrew is focused on building out our client base across MENA. He is concentrating not only on the traditional securities lending product but also on the range of Alternative solutions that are growing in prevalence amongst the buy-side. More recently he has been leading the charge in trying to uncover a more diverse pool of supply, focussing on new client segments such as Retail Aggregators.

He utilises his knowledge and technical understanding of the product and solutions available to support the funding, financing and optimisation needs of our client base which includes pension funds, asset managers, insurance companies and banks.

Andrew joined J.P. Morgan in 2018 based in London covering the UK and various EMEA markets.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Andrew worked for Deutsche Bank, in London for 8 years. He holds a B.A. (Honours) in Industrial Economics from The University of Nottingham.

Roy Zimmerhansl is a recognised expert in securities finance and collateral management with a strong custody and clearing background. Roy has a track record of success, leading businesses at agent banks, in prime brokerage, collateral trading and fintech, both in start-up mode and revitalising stale enterprises