SHARJAH: The UAE’s upcoming Euromoney Conference, organised and co-hosted by the Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah), has named its key speakers and attendees, which include 35 of the leading finance and investment experts from across the region and beyond, with more than 350 confirmed CEOs and high-level executives participating at the conference from across the world.

The two-day Euromoney Emirates Conference being held on 8-9 May, 2017, at the Sheraton Sharjah Hotel, will be held under the theme ‘Finance and Investment for an Innovative Economy’. It will highlight the shifts in economic policy necessary to sustain investment growth, encourage innovation across industries, and enable financial institutions and SMEs to prepare for the future by adopting the most secure technology.

Invest in Sharjah, the entity responsible for intensifying Sharjah Government’s efforts to promote the emirate’s business and investment opportunities in key international markets, will welcome representatives from leading fiancial institutions to discuss the next phases of development in the UAE, in particular Sharjah, in its efforts to become among the region’s top economies.

Held under the patronage of  Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, the conference will feature a number of welcome addresses presented by:  Younis Haji Alkhoori, Undersecretary, Ministry of Finance, United Arab Emirates, Marwan Bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) and Richard Banks, Consulting Editor for the Euromoney Conference. The conference will also feature a number of expert speakers, including: Dr Obaid Saif Al Zaabi, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Commodities Authority, Hussain Mohammed Al Mahmoudi, CEO of the American University of Sharjah Enterprises; Tarek Fadlallah, CEO of Nomura Asset Management; Dr Magda Kandil, Chief Economist and Head of Research, Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates; Alia Moubayed, Director of the Geo-economics and Strategy Programme; and Krysta Fox and Executive Director, DMCC.

Other experts include: Tom Nauwelaerts, Managing Director, Momentum Logistics; Eman Al Mahmoud, Programs Manager, Sheraa; Walid Hanna, Founder, and Managing Partner, Middle East Venture Partners; Noor Shawwa, Managing Director, Endeavor UAE; Omar Soudodi, Managing Director, Payfort; Wael Aburida, Managing Partner, Halo Investment Management; Fadi Al Said, Director, Portfolio Manager, Lazard Asset Management; Charbel Azzi, Senior Director, Head of S&P Dow Jones Indices for Middle East, Africa, Turkey, Russia and CIS, S&P Global; and Pankaj Gupta, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer UAE, Gulf Islamic Investments.