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Global Data Protection Officer, Al Jazeera Media Network

Imran Chowdhury is the Global Data Protection Officer for Al Jazeera Media Network. He strives to balance between entrepreneurial spirit with enterprise capabilities for success. He is an innovative technology leader with proven ability to initiate, develop, and implement programs across a broad spectrum of industries including telecommunications, financial services, media, consultancy, education, and technology solutions. Imran is a student of Juris Doctor (JD Law) and capable leader with demonstrated ability to enable global businesses to build performance-driven and quality-focused services for world-class organizations. His specialties include of Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, Information Architecture, Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance, Privacy, AI, Cloud and Data Governance.

Project Manager, Q Company, Qatar
Abdul Sathar is a veteran in Information Technology, ERP and BPM Systems, Petrochemical Plant Systems and Information Security Operations with a career span of 27 years in various domains of I.T. He is currently working as Program Manager at Qatar Primary Materials Company for QATAR and OMAN projects. He is a Professional Engineer (IEI) & Fellow Member of the IEI and IETE as well. He joined IEI Qatar Chapter in 1996 and he has proved his capabilities through various activities of IEI Qatar Chapter as Hon. Secretary, Join Secretary, Executive Committee Member, Ex-Officio Member and led many Engineering workshops for young Engineers and School students. He has also worked as Chief Coordinator of Engineers Day celebrations since year 2000 in Qatar. He is also the Vice President- Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC) – Qatar. During his tenure, he had conducted various national, international programs/seminars/workshops such as World Engineering Day, International Engineering Congress, International Telecommunication Day, International Women Engineers Day conferences etc. He had taken initiative for the growth of IEI Qatar Chapter with various international bodies such as, the partnership with Project Management Association (India), OUC-Liverpool University-UK, Lean Construction Institute-Qatar & Engineers Australia-Qatar Chapter.

Head of Information Security, Snoonu

Hoda is a 12+ year Information Technology professional who has dedicated her career to enhancing information security and bringing value to organizations. As a key member of the Snoonu team, she has implemented policies and procedures that have significantly reduced the risk of data breaches.

Beyond work, Hoda enjoys reading and music. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and insights with others and is honored to contribute to the conversation on enhancing information security.

Vice President – Information Technology, QInvest

John Mankarios is working at QInvest, Investment bank, since 2014. Mankarios focus is on Cloud and Digital transformation strategy and technology innovation.
Prior joining QInvest, John worked on designing and implementing cloud solutions, as Senior System engineer for Link Datacenter for 7 years.
John Mankarios has more than 16 years of experience in the technology field. He graduated from the faculty of computer engineering from Cairo University in 2006. John completed his master’s degree in business management from Swiss Business School in 2019.

IT Governance & ERM Specialist, Gulf Drilling International

Faizal Babu is currently the IT Governance & ERM Specialist at Gulf Drilling International with over 18 years of experience across the Financial Services, and Oil & Gas industries. He holds expertise in designing IT Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance Frameworks and Developing Execution Strategies. He has led strategic projects in Information Security, Data Protection, Privacy, Security Operations and Enterprise Risk Management.
His areas of expertise are Information Security Strategy, Planning and Advisory, Enterprise Risk Management, IT Governance, Information Security Management, COSO Framework & ISO 31000 standards, Risk Identification, Assessments and Mitigation, Security Standards and Governance Frameworks (ISO 27001, COBIT, NIST, ITIL etc), COBIT Implementation and Assessments, Incident Management and Response, Security Information and Event management (SIEM) – ArcSight ESM, QRadar Security Intelligence and much more.

Senior Manager, National Cybersecurity Research Lab, Qatar Computing Research Institute

Aref Al-Tamimi is a Senior Manager of the National cybersecurity research lab at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI). Before being a manager, he was a senior software engineer, in the field of Cyber Security. His work involves collaborations with stakeholders and governments, providing research solutions to their challenges, and training programs to their IT’s and to the community. His technical work includes research and developments of prototypes in Applied research, specifically in anomaly and malicious activity detection in networks. Before Joining QCRI, He was an entrepreneur in Network and IT solutions in Montreal, Canada. Mr. AlTamimi holds a Master of Engineering ( M.E.) degree from École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique (ESIEE Paris) in 2014. He received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada in 1999. Mr. Al-Tamimi is also a PhD candidate at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar. His research work is in the interdisciplinary field of cyber security and electronics. Specifically in low weight hardware/software security of IoT devices. He also completed the prestigious executive leadership program at Qatar leadership Center(QLC).

Anfal Shaikh is currently the CISO at Qatar Islamic Insurance. Anfal holds over 8 years of experience in the field. He also holds GCISO, CCISO, CISSP, CIPM, CIPPE, FIP, ISMS certifactions.

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Assistant Executive Director, ITQAN Clinical Simulation & Innovation Center, Hamad Medical Corporation

Amr Metwally is Strategic & Operational Leader for Business Change, Growth and Performance Improvement with 20 years’ experience in program portfolio management, Healthcare planning & Design, Strategy, Operation, and business transformation initiatives.

Amr M. joined Hamad Medical Corporation back to 2010, and ever since he have held several Executive Managerial positions, began with “Program Portfolio Manager” where he led and delivered multi-size projects with a total value exceeds 2.4 Billion USD, He also supported the start-up of several clinical Business units as Home Care, Nursing Homes, Dementia Unit, Medical Education, Robotic Surgery and Communicable Diseases Center. Amr now designated as Assistant Executive Director in “ITQAN Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center” One of the world’s largest simulation centers.