The 8th Annual Middle East Retail Banking Forum to kick off on April 2013

For seven consecutive years, Fleming Gulf has brought together industry leaders, decision makers and leading solution providers from across the Middle Eastern region to learn, network and do business. And this year is no exception!
The three day forum will include talks, workshops and panel discussions by some of the most prominent Retail Banking leaders and solution providers from across the globe.

Sanjay Malhotra, Head of Consumer Banking: Middle East & North Africa from National Bank of Kuwait, will give a talk on Middle East Retail Banking Outlook - The Big Picture.

Harshdeep Singh Munjal, General Manager - Retail, Private & Overseas Banking Group from National Bank of Oman, will throw some light on Capitalizing on the Masses & Micro Segments to Boost Retail Experience. Harsh has been instrumental in setting up and pioneering the building blocks for many multinational banking giants and has played an instrumental role in getting them to their current position in the market.

Retail banking is at a crossroad where the business is struggling to sustain continuous profitable growth and maintain customer service quality. To address this issue a conference workshop on Effective Retail Distribution & Sales via Alternate Channel Networks will be conducted to Analyse the Customer Trends in Retail Banking and discuss New Retail Banking Multi-Channel Models & Sales Strategies.

Exploring New Avenues for Retail Business Growth and Building the right Infrastructure to support Mobile Financial Services would be some of the intriguing subjects for the panel discussions to be conducted.

Ajay Makhija, SAMBA Financial Group - Group Head - Global Consumer Bank, Suresh Bajpai Head of Retail Banking from Doha Bank, Dr. Imad I. Itani, Bank Audi SAL - Audi Saradar Group, Board Member & General Manager - Group Retail & Islamic Banking, Axel Hofmann, Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait
Head of Retail Banking, D Anand, General Manager, Personal Banking from Qatar Islamic Bank are some of the prominent delegates who will share their thoughts and ideas at the Middle East Retail Banking Forum.

Wipro is gold sponsor and Union National Bank (UNB), a public joint stock company is the strategic sponsor for the forum. VERiPARK will be premium silver sponsor, FICO - the silver sponsor and Sab will be the associate sponsor for the forum.