Speakers - Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026

The Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026 Speakers

Armin Kech

Director, Lead Data & Records Governance CoE
Swiss Re

Data Innovation
Summit MEA Chairman

Armin is a result driven executive with 18+ years corporate experience in leading and operationalizing Data Management and Data Governance programs in Financial Services (Insurance), Information Technology and Media industries across Europe and the Middle East. He has a strong interest in value creation, operational excellence, and innovation. Armin holds a master’s degree in business informatics from Reutlingen University in Germany.

Armin Kech

Director, Lead Data & Records Governance CoE
Swiss Re

The Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026
Keynote Speakers

Kevin Shin

Head of Information Security
Samsung Semiconductor Inc.

Andy Cotgreave

Data Entrepreneur
How To Speak Data

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 Data Analytics & AI
PepsiCo

Shehla Tanveer

Head of Data and Analytics
Al Futtaim Real Estate

Sreeram Ramesh

Senior Manager – Data Science
Adidas

Selena Baset

Senior Information Architect
Hoffmann-La Roche

Ahmed Alaa

Head of AI Engineering
Easygenerator

Brent Pienaar

Head of Digital Transformation & Automation | Finance Technology
Qiddiya Investment Company

Louis Karam

Head of Analytics and Business Intelligence
C1 Network

Jawad Saleemi

Director AI & Cloud
Telenor;
Assistant Professor
Oslo Metropolitan University

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