Public Speaking
Hosting networking at an event in the Middle East
Hire me
Are you looking for a speaker, host or MC for your upcoming event or conference? Or a chair for your roundtable discussion? I'd love to discuss how I might help you reach your objectives.
Popular Topics for a General Audience:
Here are some of the topics I tend to talk about regularly:
Delivering Successful Transformations
Top lessons delivering Digital Transformation
Changing customer demands and their impact on your company
Delivering sustainable innovation in your organisation
The power of exponential change and how to get on board today
AI is going to change everything: Five steps to act today
Banking & FinTech Specific:
Delivering sustainable digital transformation in Banking
Hard lessons in Digital Transformation
Banking & Innovation: Why Hackathons are a terrible idea
Banking & Innovation: How to think differently and win the market
FinTech & Partnership: How to work together and get results
Here is your FinTech Strategy for the next 5 years
How to exploit FinTech partnerships and deliver great value
Leveraging Corporate Venture Capital as an innovation tool
Specific Requests:
Please reach out to me if you've got a specific request. I carefully tailor all of my presentations for each audience and event.
Send me a note at hello@ewan.net and let's discuss.
Here is a sample of some recent events:
Banking Roundtable for leading technology firm in Riyadh, May 2024
Conversational AI Roundtable in London, June 2024
SAXO Bank Client Event, Singapore, October 2023
Seamless North Africa: "Making Elephants Dance: Key aspects for FinTechs to build partnerships with banks," for the London Institute of Banking & Finance
Cairo, 17th-18th July 2023
Nordic FinTech Week
Copenhagen, 28th-29th September 2023MENA Banking & Finance Leaders Conclave: Panel host, "Best practices in adopting cloud"
Dubai, 17th May 2023
APIDays Dubai: "A Practical Look at the Opportunities of Open Banking"
Dubai, 22nd-23rd February 2023Nordic FinTech Week: "The opportunities for FinTech in the Middle East", fireside chat
Copenhagen, 29th September 2023
PRIVATE EVENTS
Chair, Industry Roundtable for Cloud4C & Oracle
Chairperson of a roundtable for 15x Chief Digital & Chief Technology Officers from across the Middle East on the topic of cloud adoptionMiddle East Digital Banking Trends
How to work with Banks in the Middle East
Why your innovation strategy sucks: 5 ways to fix it
Introduction to AI for Senior Leaders (industry agnostic)
Introduction to AI for Senior Leaders in Financial Services
Open Banking - Opportunities & Threats
Cyber Security Workshop for Senior Executives
"Our FinTech Journey" Keynote in Amsterdam
Money2020 Europe Keynote
Here are some more video and photos of me on stage at a various conferences and events:
OER Live, Muscat
I gave a keynote on the practical uses of Open Banking at the OER Live event at the Ritz Carlton Al Bustan, Muscat, Oman. Here's a video of the whole presentation which also includes the slides I used too.
Fin42, Reykjavík
I presented a keynote at the Fin42 conference in Reykjavík, Iceland, on behalf of Nordea Bank, talking about the changing consumer habits that are impacting banks. Here's a video of the keynote.
Exclusive Interview
Here's an interview I gave to The Arabian Stories media publication in Muscat, Oman, on the topic of Digital Transformation in banking. This is an example of me talking on camera to an interviewer - in this case, representing one of the banks I was working with.
Money2020 Europe
I gave a keynote at the prestigious Money2020 Europe event on behalf of Nordea Bank, talking about the importance of building partnerships with FinTechs.
Panel moderator
I regularly participate in panels as the moderator and often as a participant. I work hard with each event organiser to make sure that when I'm the moderator, the panel is exciting, interesting and informative.
Roundtable Chair
I regularly host roundtable conversations, bringing together executives from specific industries to debate a particular topic. The photo on the left shows a roundtable I hosted for both Cloud4C and Oracle, together with 15 chief digital and chief technology officers from around the Middle East.
Speaking at Money2020 Europe
Let's discuss your event
Send me a note (hello@ewan.net) or send me a direct message via LinkedIn (here's my profile) and let's discuss your event or conference objectives and how I might help.