2026 Programme

Kiyan Zandiyeh Chief Executive Officer, Sturgeon Capital

Ahmet Kayhan Group Chief Payments & Digital Assets Officer, VEON

Madhusudanan R Co-founder, M2P Fintech

Otabek Nasirov Chairman, Central Asian Fintech Association

Roman Tretyakov Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for IT & Digital Transformation, Octobank

Stefan Klestil General Partner, Speedinvest

Khusankhodja Abidov Director for Strategy, Transformation & Project Management, Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Abdulazal Toshkhujaev Managing Partner/Deputy CEO, UzVC

Melissa Frakman Chief Executive Officer & Founding Partner, EMVC

Michael Lints Founding Partner MENA, Golden Gate Ventures

Shota Lomtadze Partner, BR Capital

Fred Leadsom Chief Technology Officer, Klearium Group

Priscilla Vencat Technology Lead: Klearium Group , Klearium Group

Robert Vaganian Director of Growth & Monetization, AVO Bank

Ondrej Grich Chief Technology Officer, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, AVO Bank

Igor Kim Chief Product Officer, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, AVO Bank

Oleksandr Simeiko Chief Risk Officer, Board Member, AVO Bank

Dilbar Abduganieva Chief Financial Inclusion Officer, Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Dr. Kanokpan Lao-Araya Country Director, Asian Development Bank Resident Mission in Uzbekistan

Naima Mirzaeva Member of the Supervisory Board, Click

Rasulzhan Takhirovich Gulyamov Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Uzum Bank

Todd Schweitzer Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Brankas

Lucas Yang Head of Sales & Solutions, Cobo

Dr. Abdel Aziz Nossier Executive Director, Egyptian Banking Institute

Gulnoza Ismailova Executive Director of the “El-Yurt Umidi” Foundation for the Training of Prospective Personnel, El-Yurt Foundation

Leiming Chen Senior Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer, Ant International

Dr. Patrick Njoroge Former Governor, Central Bank of Kenya