Global Voices Shaping Finance & Technology

Abdallah Mukalled

RIPPLE

Senior Policy Manager, Middle East and Africa

Ahmet Buğday

Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

Executive Director

Andy Fitze

SwissCognitive - AI Venture and Advisory

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Andy Simpson

Sigma AI

Founder and CEO

Anja Rijavec Uršej

Banka Slovenije

Deputy Director in Payment and Settlement Systems

Burcak Inel

Senior Policy Professional

Cem Yıldız

Interbank Card Center (BKM)

Deputy General Manager Product & Technology Management

Cengiz Değirmenci

Interbank Card Center(BKM)

Executive Vice President of Marketing & Sales at TROY

Chitro Majumdar

RsRL (R-square RiskLab)

Founding Managing Director

Demet Zübeyiroğlu

Istanbul Fintech Week

Chairperson

Elias Kokaly

TRM Labs

Head of Strategic Accounts

Emirhan Gökalp

Halleder

CEO

Furkan Karayaka

Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

Vice President

Günay Faruk Özer

Chainalysis

Country Manager - Turkey and Central Asia

Günsel Topbaş

Manifest Executive Consultancy

Co-Founder

Hugo Araújo

SIBS

Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships Board Member & Chairman, European Card Payment Association

Hüseyin R. Demirhisar

bunq

Head of Global Operations

Dr Ian Gauci

GTG

Managing Partner

Javid Mirzayev

Bir ecosystem and Kapital Bank

CEO of Fintech / First Deputy CEO of Kapital Bank

Kerem Bener

Amazon Turkey

Head of Legal

Ludwig Mallia

Bank of Valletta p.l.c

Head of Innovation

Mehmet Haklıdır

TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Artificial Intelligence Institute

Director

Mustafa Baltacı

Koop Ventures

Co-Founder

Mustafa Kemal Akıllıoğlu

Rudiq

Co-Founder & CEO

Okan Yıldız

Interbank Card Center (BKM)

Strategy Development & Data Management Director

Onur Güven

Garanti BBVA Kripto

CEO

Özden Tüfekçi

Blue Python Teknoloji A.Ş.

CEO

Pınar Emirdağ

7RIDGE

Industry Partner

Reece Merrick

Ripple

Managing Director, Middle East & Africa

Sadık Baş

Garanti BBVA Payment Systems

EVP, Marketing Portfolio Management & Digital Products

Dr Saeeda Jaffar

Circle

MD, International

Seçil Yıldız

Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye

Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Impact Leader

Serhat Dolaz

TÖDEB - The Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Association of Türkiye

Chairman

Sinem Cantürk

KPMG

Fintech & Digital Finance & Blockchain Leader

Şebnem Dağ Güven

Akbank

Executive Vice President, Digital Solutions and Strategy

Varlam Ebanoidze

National Bank of Georgia

Head of Fintech Development / Innovation Office

Prof. Dr. Vedat Akgiray

Center for Applied Research in Finance (CARF)

Professor of Finance, Boğaziçi University & Chairman of the Board of CARF

Willem Van de Wiele

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

National Partner

Yiğit Akkoyunlu

BTguru

Managing Partner