Bio

An accomplished senior executive with 25 years of vast experience across enterprise change management and operational within major international financial services environments. Consistently initiates and delivers strategic and innovative solutions which significantly reduce and manae costs across all areas of the business, successfully bridging IT strategies with business alignment, simplification and efficiency programmes. First class ability in securing wholesale buy-in from the business for major transformation projects which minimize and manage cost. Excels in leading multi-disciplined, international, virtual resource teams across both the business and IT. Fluent in English, Arabic and French. MBA qualified. In recognition of this work she received the International Data Corporation (IDC) CIO Excellence Awards 2019 across MENA. She is HSBC's nominated member to the UAE Banks Federation (UBF) IT Committee. She is also HSBC's nominated Sponsor for Diversity & Inclusion for Technology globally and for the DIFC FINTECH Hive in Dubai. In addition, she is a member of the CIO Majlis Forum sponsored by SmartWorld Dubai which drives UAE Innovation Strategy. She is on the Technical Advisory Board of Nodes Agency, a leading digital product development enterprise and also an Advisory Board Member for the Money 20/20 Asia RiseUp Program, a global accelerator program focusing on gender diversity and supporting Women across Financial Services.