Abu Dhabi, UAE – The top global and regional financial leaders will participate in the first edition of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2022 set to run from November 14 to November 18.
Key speakers from global investment and financial companies include Nouriel Roubini, Chief Economist at Atlas Capital Team L.P., Hazem Ben-Gacem, Co-CEO of Investcorp, Dinesh Khara, Chairman of State Bank of India, Todd Leland, President of Goldman Sachs International, Peng Xiao, CEO at G42, Ittai Ben-Zeev, CEO at Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Dr. Samer Haj-Yehia, Chairman of Bank Leumi, David Chaum, CEO & Co-founder of Elixxir, Changpeng Zhao, Founder & CEO of Binance, Mike Novogratz, Founder & CEO of Galaxy, Jean Lemierre, Chairman of BNP Paribas, Mark Carney, Co-Chair at Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and Robert Mitchnik, Head of Digital Assets at Blackrock, Byju Revaandran, Co-founder of Ed-Tech giant Byju’s, Zack Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, Phillip Hammond, Former UK Chancellor and Shikar Dhawan, India Cricket Icon.
Top government officials from the UAE such as Mariam Bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, and Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, Chairman of ADGM, will be delivering keynote speeches during the event.
“We are nearing the day for the first edition of ADFW 2022 and are excited to see the valuable participation of global thought leaders and UAE government representatives. Abu Dhabi’s aim is to reach equilibrium in non-oil trade by 2028, calling for a focus on emerging sectors such as finance,” Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, Chairman at ADGM said. “Abu Dhabi Finance Week along with such industry experts essentially showcases the financial industry scene of the region, deepens ties with global investment networks, advances the capital emirate’s position as a finance hub and also highlights the growing interest of the global financial community to explore the underlying opportunities that it has to present.”
In addition to the strong line-up of official and supporting partners announced a few weeks back, the event now has Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), HSBC Bank, Mubadala and Standard Chartered as official partners, MidChains and OKX as supporting partners and The Business Year, Euromoney and Fast Company Middle East as media partners participating in the event to promote Abu Dhabi as the international financial hub.