With over 25 years of experience driving enterprise IT sales. He excels in achieving sales quotas, reducing underperformance, and building partner ecosystems in emerging technologies. Raju's expertise lies in communicating the business outcomes of complex projects and energizing diverse teams to secure wins across 30+ countries. He leads and develops sales strategies across geographies, playing a crucial role in Crayon Data's revenue growth. With a proven track record and cross-cultural adaptability, Raju is a valuable asset in driving sales success for companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500 firms.
RAJU
BHUPATIRAJU
Chief Revenue Officer
CRAYON DATA
Ali is a C-Level Executive with extensive experience in Strategy, Marketing, New Media, Business Development, Start-ups and turnaround situations.
ALI HUSSEIN
KASSIM
Chairman
ASSOCIATION OF FINTECHS IN KENYA (AFIK)
CLIVE
WERE
Information Security Officer
METROPOL CORPORATION
With over 18 years of experience in IT and project management. He is the Head of Digital Business at I&M Bank.
MICHAEL
MWANGI
Head of Digital Business
I&M BANK LIMITED
ISFANDYAR
ZAMAN KHAN
Lead Financial Sector Specialist
WORLD BANK
With over 19 years of experience working for well reputed banks in Africa & Asia. Shehryar is an experienced payments and digital financial solutions expert.
SHEHRYAR
ALI
Country Manager for East Africa
MASTERCARD
With a career spanning over 20 years in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Airline, Medical and Travel Security Risk Management, she is a renowned expert in enhancing Customer Experience across Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions.
PAULINE
MACHARIA
Director Customer Experience
SBM BANK KENYA
DENNIS
VOLEMI
Chief Information and Digital Officer
DIAMOND TRUST BANK
PRAMOD
VETURI
CEO - International Business
PERFIOS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
A highly versatile professional, he is adept at many things including but not limited to Product Management, Customer Relationship Management, Business Development and Creative thinking. With myriad responsibilities under his name, at the National Bank of Kenya he is also responsible for the right delivery of customized solutions for enhanced customer experience.
CHARLES
KINYANJUI
Head New Ventures and
Fintech Development
NATIONAL BANK OF KENYA
A versatile professional, she is inclined towards driving digital to build mobile-first plan for disintermediation of finance and deliver ecosystems & networks that can future proof financial institutions.
ANGELA
MWIRIGI
Director, Digital Financial Services
KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK
DR. JAMES
WANJAGI
Acting CEO
THE KENYA INSTITUTE OF BANKERS
With over 16 years of experience in Banking and Consulting, he is currently working as partner of ITSCREDIT in the delivery of several projects and on the upgrade of their scoring solution. Worked for more than 8 years for Deloitte Portugal as a Manager of the Financial services area, more than 4 years as Risk director in two Top banks in Portugal and 2 years as a regulatory expert for the Portuguese Banking Association.
VASCO
GIL
Risk Expert
ITSCREDIT
With over 20 years of experience in Client Experience, Process Re-engineering & Improvement and Project Management. She has a passion for amazing experiences, an uncompromising advocate for clients, and an astute customer service professional with the ability to work across complex, dynamic and multi-cultural environments. She also has dynamic leadership, strategic and operational skills with a solid track record of high performance.
DIANE
KORIR
Director – Customer Experience, Brand & Marketing
BRITAM HOLDINGS PLC
RAHUL
CHATURVEDI
Regional Business Head
PERFIOS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
A transformational leader with over two decades of experience in market-leading organisations in the Consulting, Technology, and Financial Services sectors. She's passionate about leading teams with a disruptive mindset and a hunger to experiment and win. She also has an extensive leadership experience working with technology and FinTech partners to shape and transform the payments and trade finance landscape. Currently the Co-Lead of the Global Transaction Banking Diversity & Inclusion Committee, which focuses on gender diversity.
MAKABELO
MALUMANE
MD, Head of Transaction Banking, East Africa
Standard Chartered Bank
With extensive experience across Data, AI and Digital fields in the East Africa region, he excels in the Banking and Financial Services sector where he has been able to master the development and execution of key data strategies for large banks and financial institutions.
HARTNELL
NDUNGI
Chief Data Officer
ABSA BANK KENYA PLC
With a proven track record in managing banking operations that involves re-engineering processes at all levels, he has a strong focus towards bringing innovations for digital banking ventures as well as the mentoring of local Fintech startups.
AMRIT
GAYAN
Chief Operating Officer
SBM BANK KENYA
Exceling in Customer Experience Management, he is passionate about driving continuous sustainable service improvement culture, management and business strategies to create delightful customer experiences in the banking and insurance industries.
SHEILA
BUNDI
Group Head of Customer Experience
APA INSURANCE APOLLO GROUP
Victor Wairimu has been instrumental in developing and executing transformative solutions in the payments sector over the last decade. He has achieved significant milestones during his tenure at Equity Group, including developing a regional payment switch across 6 countries, implementing SADC-RTGS and PAPSs in East and Central Africa, and securing exclusive rights for PayPal business account withdrawals in Kenya. At UBA, he has secured remittance partnerships with Cellulant, TerraPay, Nala, In Touch, Flex Money, World Remit, Sendwave, Mfs Africa, and Taptap send.
VICTOR
WAIRIMU
Regional Head - Digital, Transactional
Banking and Remittances
UBA BANK GROUP
DOROTHY
JUMBA
Head of Customer Experience
HF Group
With over 15 years of experience in leading ICT functions and driving digital transformation for different banks as CIO/Head of IT in multiple geographies. Vision and solution-oriented leader with proven expertise in developing and executing IT and Digital Governance and Strategy, managing IT operation and end-to-end Service Delivery, devising IT budget, building high-performing team, and managing large scale IT projects, IT risk and Regulatory compliance. Spearheaded multiple large-scale Technology projects including M&A, Digital Projects, Cyber Security & Network and System Infrastructures Projects, Cloud Related, DevOps.
SAHIL
ARYA
CIO, Head of Banking Technology & Digital Transformation
GULF AFRICAN BANK
Janet Dali has been working in the financial services industry for over 17 years. Within this time she has worked in various roles that have shaped her skill sets extensively within the financial technology services and digital solutions. She is a passionate solutions provider with a knack for innovation and partnership building.
JANET
DALI
Head Partnerships, Ecosystems and Fintech Strategy (Digital and Innovation)
Diamond Trust Bank
TOM
JUMA
Group Head of IT and Operations
BRITAM HOLDINGS PLC
KELVIN
NJOKA
Head of Digital Products and Strategy
DIAMOND TRUST BANK
He is a experienced Senior Business Leader in payments with a demonstrated history of working in the Banking Industry as well as with a Global Payment network.
VICTOR
NDLOVU
Director - Business Development Lead East Africa
MASTERCARD
Ian is the Co-Founder and CTO of Fingo Africa, a game-changing fintech company committed to revolutionizing digital banking for Africa's youth.
IAN
NJUGUNA
Co-Founder & CTO
FINGO AFRICA
With over 14-years of experience in diverse industries including banking, insurance, telephony and transportation (aviation). Skilled in situational analysis, supply chain management, change and release management, cross-functional leadership, risk and stakeholder management, as well as creative problem solving.
IRENE
IRUNGU
Head of Program Delivery, Innovation
STANBIC BANK KENYA
With over 15 years of experience, from Operations to Corporate Banking. She has helped drive the strategic growth of my current and previous employers, in the balance sheet and P&L. She also has a strong interpersonal skill and have been able to achieve excellent levels of client retention, brand loyalty and driven teamwork across the distribution network. She has also demonstrated excellent stakeholder management skills in various roles.
JULIANNA
DAUDI
Head, Digital & Transaction Banking
SIDIAN BANK
He is the CEO of the Polish Payment Standard, which manages the popular BLIK payment system. He was previously Vice-President of the BLIK Management Board from 2015-2017 and CEO of SkyCash Poland SA from 2010-2014. He previously worked in e-commerce and media as President of the Management Board of Bauer-Weltbild Media Sp. z o.o. and Vice-President of the Management Board of Interia.pl SA in Krakow. He started his professional career in the Michelin Group (2002-2006) in France as a financial auditor.
DARIUSZ
MAZURKIEWICZ
CEO
BLIK POLISH PAYMENT STANDARD
Experienced Head of Data Analytics with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services and information technology industries. CFA charterholder with experience in investment management, venture capital, startups and innovation hubs. Skilled in R, SAS, Matlab, SQL, Oracle Database, Management, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Business Intelligence, and Algorithm Analysis. Strong quantitative analytics professional with experience mentoring and growing data science teams.
MARTIN
KARIITHI
Head of Data & Analytics
ICEA LION
DEVAN
MANMOANDAS
Chief Financial Officer
MOZA BANCO
A seasoned enterprise solutions implementer, he brings vast experience in enterprise architecture, ERP system, BI and Analytics, Customer scoring, Master Data Management and CRM Implementations. His experience even encapsulates complex successful implementations involving the public and private sectors.
PHILIP
GALEGO
Head of Business Intelligence
Data and Analytics
EQUITY BANK
He is experienced in Financial Services Innovation focusing on digitization and industry co-creation opportunities to resolve financial and client journey use cases.
FELIX
MUNYOKI
Head of Cash Management Products
NCBA BANK
A fintech expert with over 15 years of experience in the IT space in Africa, 11 of which have been in the Digital payments space, operating across 11 markets in Africa and engaging over 16 markets.
MUNYI
NTHIGAH
Secretary
ASSOCIATION OF FINTECHS IN KENYA (AFIK)
Passionate about customer experience, he brings to the fore almost two decades of extensive experience at KCB Bank Group and has held various positions including Corporate Credit Analyst, Credit Risk Manager and Senior Credit Risk Analyst. He currently heads Credit Administration and Policy at KCB.
ANDREW
NJERU
Head of Credit Administration,
Credit Policy & Governance
KCB BANK PLC
A highly versatile professional, he has over a decade of extensive experience and has held numerous influential roles including but not limited to Chief Operational Officer, Chief Risk Officer, IT Development Manager & Chief IT Architect. He is currently the Board and Executive Committee member at Millennium BIM.
DR. JORGE
OCTÁVIO
Board and Executive Committee member
MILLENNIUM BIM
With more than 10 years of experience in leading and executing strategies in numerous domains like technology innovation, IT operations, product development, digital transformation and many more, he is responsible for the execution and delivery of Citi's domestic payment network strategy across EMEA payment markets.
OLUWASUEN
OWOEYE
SVP, EMEA Domestic Payment Network
Strategy and Resilience Lead
CITI BANK
With over 25 years banking experience spanning Technology and Operations, Business Analysis, Product Development, Product Management, Sales, Cash Management, Trade Finance, Investor and Intermediaries Management. Have developed and commercialized innovative solutions that have been scaled across our client value chains mostly through electronic and digital channels while working for various banks in several countries including Standard Chartered, Citibank NA and currently at Stanbic Bank.
CHARLES
KIARIE
Country Head, Cash Management, Corporate and Investment Banking
STANBIC BANK KENYA
With over 20 years of international financial services experience, he has worked across geographies including Europe, North America, Asia, Middle East & Africa. Recognized as a leader in both Banking and Fintech, he has a proven track record of delivering high growth, transformation and financial inclusion.
GUL
KHAN
Chief Executive Officer
I&M BANK LIMITED
A seasoned Information Systems & Telecommunications Expert with over 20 years of pan-African experience in Telecommunications, Telco Value Added Services, Mobile Money, Fintech and most recently Banking and its associated Operations.
MOSES
OKUNDI
Chief Technology Officer
ABSA BANK KENYA