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Michael Caselberg
Chief Transformation Officer
Central Bank of the UAE

With over 30 years of experience driving innovation and transformation across fintech, finance, technology, marketing, e-commerce, and regulatory domains, Michael Caselberg is a seasoned leader. His career showcases a track record of achieving transformative business growth, operational excellence, and effective governance, all while safeguarding stakeholders' long-term interests. As the Chief Transformation Officer at the Central Bank of the UAE, Caselberg played a pivotal role in spearheading comprehensive transformation initiatives. Caselberg's focus encompassed business analysis, enterprise architecture, strategy management, change leadership, and quality excellence. His passionate commitment lies in the Central Bank Transformation (CBT), ensuring CBUAE's adaptability in a dynamic financial landscape. He oversees the transformation of Supervisory Technology (SupTech) and Enterprise Data Management (EDM), emphasizing process reengineering, automation, and the integration of AI across operations to enhance customer experiences. Collaboratively, through the FIT program, which includes ERP, CBDC, Innovation Hub, Open Finance, eKC, SME Funding, Card Domestic Scheme, and operational excellence, he is steadfast in shaping CBUAE's future as a global central bank and a pioneer in financial innovation and excellence.

Before joining the Central Bank of the UAE, Caselberg worked across various global regions, including Europe, MENA, Americas, and APAC. Caselberg held key positions in organizations such as Mastercard, Visa, and NHS.

Kumardev Chatterjee
Technology Thought-Leader; Member of INTERPOL, Expert Group on Web3 and AI, Entrepreneurship

Kumardev Chatterjee is a globally recognised thought-leader and expert on AI and Web3, serial tech innovator, investor, keynote speaker on AI, Web3 and Investments at high-profile international summits, forums and conferences, and author whose work has been published by leading press and media. Chatterjee has over 25+ years of deep expertise in advanced technologies, executive leadership and corporate strategy, and international experience in these domains across the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia. He advises and works closely with the EU, UK, Finland, Saudi, Malaysia and other major governments, official institutions, Fortune 100 companies and Startups, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Family Offices and UHNWs, and mainstream media. Chatterjee is an INTEL and EU awarded Young Innovation Luminary, and a co-author alongside other leading global thinkers, of the EU’s ‘Digital Minds for a New Europe'. He is the Founder and was CEO of AI scale-up Unmanned Life, which was publicly launched by Prime Minister Theresa May at Downing Street during London Tech Week. He has been invited to give a keynote speech at the United Nations on AI and its impact on the UN SDGs, has been honoured as one of the most innovative global AI executives by Analytics Insight magazine, and has been inducted into the prestigious Progress 1000 list of London's most influential leaders in technology, for his achievements in the field of AI. He is a British Chevening Science Scholar and noted Computer Scientist from University College London.

Sridhar Iyer
Group Chief Digital Officer and Deputy Group Head of Consumer Banking, Gulf International Bank

Sridhar Iyer is a senior banker with over 30 years of experience in building Digital Businesses, Innovation and managing large P&Ls . Sridhar possesses a track record of achievements having worked for some of the largest international banks in the world - Citibank, Lloyds Banking Group and Mashreq Bank in EMEA, Asia Pacific and MENA respectively. He has strong leadership presence and team management capabilities.