Natasha Abdulelah Saleh Bio

Natasha Abdulelah Saleh Project ManagerAbu Dhabi Fund for DevelopmentAbu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX) Natasha has close to 3 decades experience in the financial sector, 25 years of which has been in Banks and DFI. During her banking career she covered both Large Corporates and SME sector accounts and held various positions in both Wholesale Banking (corporate…

Marta Lajmi Bio

Marta Lajmi Managing DirectorAccenture’s Google Business Group (AGBG)Accenture Middle East Marta is a Managing Director based in Accenture’s United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi headquarters, leading the Middle East Accenture Google Business Group (AGBG). Marta has spent the past 18+ years in North America and now the Middle East, architecting and delivering complex enterprise transformations for global…

HE Dr. Hamed Bin Mohamed Khalifa Al Suwaidi Bio

Dr. Hamed Bin Mohamed Khalifa Al Suwaidi FounderAl Suwaidi Cultural FoundationAl Suwaidi Private Group The founder of the Al Suwaidi Private Group Limited LLC, a commercial trading organization in Abu Dhabi which spans consulting, real estate management, ecommerce, research, arts and culture, and more, Dr. Hamed Bin Mohamed Khalifa Al Suwaidi is a dynamic leader…

Sara Al Shoroqui Bio

Sara Al Shoroqui FounderConclusive ConsultancyOwnerRFLCT Creative Arts After 20+ years of leading Communications and Marketing teams as an Executive Director in multinational firms like Mubadala and Etisalat, Sara shifted gears last year to focus on running the businesses she created in 2017. Today, Sara runs four companies in the field of Interior Design, Creative Arts,…

Adrianus Schoorl LL.M. Bio

Adrianus Schoorl LL.M. Legal DirectorLeading the Financial Services Regulatory (MENA) PracticeDLA Piper Adrianus Schoorl (joined April 2024) is a Legal 500 and Chambers recognized legal practitioner (firstly included in 2017) focusing on financial services and payments (including licensing strategies, product terms and specifications, marketing strategies, capital markets compliance, the creation of payments and AML regulatory…

Lawrence Paramasivam Bio

Lawrence Paramasivam Senior Executive Director, Policy & Legal, FSRAAbu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Lawrence Paramasivam is the Senior Executive Director of the Policy & Legal Division at the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). He is responsible for overseeing the FSRA’s Policy and Legal teams. Lawrence took up this role…

Abdus Samad Bio

Abdus Samad PartnerAfridi & Angell Abdus Samad is a corporate lawyer who specialises in M&A and corporate transactions. He has extensive knowledge and experience in cross-border matters, including complex acquisitions and divestures for a broad range of public and private sector clients. Abdus has led on a wide range of M&A transactions. These include:

FinTech Regulations

Join AmCham Abu Dhabi’s Banking & Finance Sector Committee for an exclusive event designed to foster collaboration among finance sector institutions, the government, and academia, supporting the UAE’s vibrant sustainable finance and technology hub. The event will foster relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders, collaborate with AmCham Abu Dhabi Members to deliver high-level FinTech discussions,…

Andrew Mackenzie Bio

Andrew Mackenzie Vice Chair, Legal Affairs CommitteeAmCham Abu Dhabi PartnerRegional Head of Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations, Middle EastDLA Piper Andrew leads the Tier 1 ranked dispute resolution practice for DLA Piper across the Middle East, consisting of 8 Partners and 52 disputes associates. He is ranked in Chambers Global, Legal 500 and is listed in…