Fintech Challenges and Opportunities in Qatar

Name: Fintech Challenges and Opportunities in Qatar
Start: 2021-02-16T16:00:00+03:00
End: 2021-02-16T18:00:00+03:00

Doha
Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:00 PM (GMT+3)

Get an exclusive insight about the fintech regulatory policies in Qatar, an investor’s perspective, and the startup journey through our upcoming Startup Grind event. We bring you a powerful panel of speakers who will talk about what to expect in the startup cycle, and share knowledge about the challenges and opportunities in the fintech industry in Qatar.

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About this event

Join the event on 16th February at 4 pm as the Cofounder of Purple Box Qatar and host, Howaida Nadim will be in conversation with representatives from QFC, QDB, 360nautica, Cwallet, and Fatora about how the Fintech industry has evolved over time and how to be best benefited through Qatar’s Fintech ecosystem. Our panel of speakers include:

Henk J. Hoogendoorn, Managing Director at QFC

Hilal Ali Al Kuwari- Senior Incubation Advisor at QDB

Dr.Tejinder Singh- CEO, and MD at 360nautica

Michael Javier- Founder at Cwallet

Saleh Al Mansouri- Founder of Fatora

Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn and ask any questions you may have!

Speakers

Henk Jan Hoogendoorn

Qatar Financial Centre

Managing Director of Financial Sector Office

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Hilal Ali Al Kuwari

Qatar Fintech Hub(QDB)

Senior Incubation Advisor
Tejinder Singh

360nautica

CEO and MD

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Michael Javier

Cwallet

CEO and Founder

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Saleh Al-Mansouri

Fatora

CEO and Founder

Henk Jan Hoogendoorn

Qatar Financial Centre

Henk Jan is responsible for delivering on QFC's mission of attracting financial and regulated businesses to Qatar through the QFC platform, in line with the Second Financial Strategy and Qatar National Vision 2030. He has extensive experience in international finance, management, and transforming and building businesses in the financial sector. Henk has held senior management roles at ABN AMRO Bank and Deutsche Bank in the Netherlands and the Middle East and has a solid track record of implementing businesses in the financial sector.Prior to joining QFC, Henk served as Mashreq Qatar's Country CEO and Managing Director of Deutsche Bank, Head Non-Bank Financial Institutions, where he was responsible for insurers, pension funds, fintech, and implementing strategic and business plans across Europe. He holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and has participated in executive education at the London Business School and INSEAD

Tejinder Singh

360nautica

Tejinder is an entrepreneur and is the founder of Qtickets, 360nautica, and BPO Plus. With over 25 years of experience in inception & turn around of many ventures in Back-office, voice, non-voice, E-BPO, Tech, ITES, B2C, E-Commerce, Ticketing & many other projects. He has been responsible to set up BPO+, Q-Tickets, Qatar Day, 360-WiFi, Dohastartups, Sportsmonks & 360 Nautica. He has been responsible to generate employment for more than 9000 people in GCC to date. Tejinder is also a Board Member of EO Qatar Chapter (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) & of IBPN Board (Indian Embassy Qatar Chapter). He was also listed by Forbes as a Business Leader in Middle East for three consecutive years between 2014 and 2016 and awarded Entrepreneur of the year 2016 award by ITP. He actively participates in mentoring, advising and investing in startups across India and Middle East.

Michael Javier

Cwallet

After finishing his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science at the University of Perpetual Help, he then took a Professional Education Course in De La Salle University, and a Master’s Degree Program in Information Technology at the University of Batangas, Philippines. While working in Qatar he took several design courses at Virginia Commonwealth University and CHN University for Modern Arabic Classes. Aside from other local and international seminars, he is well exposed to large-scale international exhibitions from Las Vegas to Shanghai. He is also a certified event professional by MPI+ Global and Qatar Assistive Technology has certified him for developing platforms for people with disabilities. Having a chance to work in the Academe like Ateneo De Manila University and De La Salle University for almost 5 years equipped him as an individual to manage to work abroad. He was able to work with one of Qatar’s biggest conglomerates Jaidah Group as a Marketing Executive and worked with major brands like General Motors, Chevrolet, Komatsu, Shell, PalFinger, Isuzu, Siemens, ACDelco, International, and Halliburton. He also held several managerial positions from Traffic Distribution Manager, Digital Manager, and Project Manager under Firefly Communications umbrella. He was the former Head of Operations of Atelier 101, a Qatari homegrown development house whom he owns the financial support for taking the Executive Masters in HEC Paris.

Moderator

Howaida Nadim

Purplebox Qatar

Co Founder

Brought to you by

Tejinder Singh

360 Nautica

Chapter Director
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Agata Braja

Qatar Foundation

SG Host and UX/UI Expert
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Abdul Waleed

Qtickets

Events and Photography
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Sujith Karuvathil

360 Nautica

Social Media and Marketing
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Avneet Kaur

360 Nautica

Startup Program Manager
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Fintech Challenges and Opportunities in Qatar

Doha
Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:00 PM (GMT+3)

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About this event

Speakers

Henk Jan Hoogendoorn

Hilal Ali Al Kuwari

Tejinder Singh

Michael Javier

Saleh Al-Mansouri

Moderator

Howaida Nadim

Brought to you by

Tejinder Singh

Agata Braja

Abdul Waleed

Sujith Karuvathil

Avneet Kaur

Local sponsors

Partners

Fintech Challenges and Opportunities in Qatar

Doha Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:00 PM (GMT+3)

Check out what happened

About this event

Speakers

Henk Jan Hoogendoorn

Hilal Ali Al Kuwari

Tejinder Singh

Michael Javier

Saleh Al-Mansouri

Henk Jan Hoogendoorn

Qatar Financial Centre

Tejinder Singh

360nautica

Michael Javier

Cwallet

Moderator

Howaida Nadim

Brought to you by

Tejinder Singh

Agata Braja

Abdul Waleed

Sujith Karuvathil

Avneet Kaur

Local sponsors

SBC Sports Tech

Jeeb

Mangusteen

Partners

Workinton

QIC - Digital Venture Partners

Jeeb

LaLiga

LaLiga Tech

Aspire Zone

Sport Accelerator

QST

Business Start Up Qatar

Solusta

The Torch

Mangusteen

Etoile Creative

Qatar Living

I Love Qatar

Karak Stop

Qatar Day

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Doha
Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:00 PM (GMT+3)