The Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026 Speakers
Data Innovation
Summit MEA Chairman
The Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026
Keynote Speaker
Giovanni Leoni
AI Governance Evangelist
Waqas Hashmi
Area Vice President – GCC & Pakistan
Teradata
The Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026
Stage Moderators
Gautam Verma
Head of Data Enablement
Department of Government Enablement
Faris Al Masri
Data Governance / Data Management and Data Platform Manager
Federal Tax Authority
Martin Mazur
Head of Government Corporate Reporting
Department of Government Enablement
Michael Malek
Director – Data Management
The Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026
Speakers
Guillaume Blaquiere
Group Data Architect
Carrefour
Bhargav Pandillapalli
Manager, Data Scientist
Mastercard
Altaf Patel
VP AI Reinvent & Engineering
Novo Nordisk
Shehla Tanveer
Head of Data and Analytics
Al Futtaim Real Estate
Sreeram Ramesh
Senior Manager – Data Science
Adidas
Jawad Saleemi
Director AI & Cloud
Telenor;
Assistant Professor
Oslo Metropolitan University
Brent Pienaar
Head of Digital Transformation & Automation | Finance Technology
Qiddiya Investment Company
Khulood Alawadhi
Director – Advanced Technology Services
Moro Hub
Kevin Neogy
Group Head of Digital Transformation, AI & Robotics
The Kanoo Group – UAE
Louis Karam
Head of Analytics and Business Intelligence
C1 Network
Mohamed Adil Elsayed Elmaki
Senior Manager, Data Analytics & AI
KPMG Lower Gulf
Sutharsan Chiranjeevi Partha Saarathy
Head of Product Management & AI
GEMS Education
Majd Khabour
Strategic Advisor to Chief AI Officer Office
Dubai Health Authority
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
Head of Data Governance
AW Rostamani
Saima Ali
Director of Data & Analytics
OSN
DMITRY Menshenin
Head of Insights and Analytics
Sanofi
Alaa Moussawi
Chief Data Scientist
NYC Council
Andre Lopes
Senior Software Engineer
Tesla
Dr. Fayid Kadambodan
Assistant Director – Enterprise Solutions – Digital
Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ)
Dr. Hamza Agli
Vice President – Innovation & AI
DP WORLD
Hichem Troudi
Vice President – Projects Transformation
DAMAC
Himanshu Manglunia
Senior Manager, Data Analytics
Tamara
Shaikh Mohd Sohel
Cluster Director Data Science
Accor Shared Services
Ilias Krikelis
Procurement Director
GWC
Prem Kumar Ramamoorhty
Data Science & Analytics Leader | Enterprise AI & Digital Transformation
KOUT FOOD GROUP
Dr. Hazem Ahmed
Data Scientist Team Lead
Emirates Group
Dr. Mubarak AbdulSalam
AI Strategist
Ducab
Vanessa Eriksson
AI & Cybersecurity Strategy Advisor
Vanessa Eriksson Ab.
Enrique Guzman
Global Head of Data Governance and MDM
AIR Global
Hajar El Hanafi
AI & Data Transformation Lead
Electrolux Group
Mustafa Merchant
AI Leader, Business Analyst & Special Projects PMO
instashop
Dr Alexey Sidorov
Chief Data Evangelist
Denodo
Shashank Sridharan
Head of Enterprise Analytics & Intelligence
Allianz Partners
Amr Metwally
Assistant Executive Director
Itqan – Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center
