Sam Everington, CEO of Engine, Starling Bank’s technology arm, discussed the advantages of the cloud-native and modular Software-as-a-Service banking platform,…
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Namir is a bilingual (English, Arabic) Senior Research Manager responsible for the research business function at The Asian Banker across retail banking, financial market analysis and consulting projects around digital transformation and benchmarking in the MEA and APAC regions. Prior to joining The Asian Banker, Namir served as a Risk Consultant in global consulting firm companies such as Deloitte and Protiviti where he specialized in Operational Risk, Governance, ERM, Compliance, CTF and AML. He holds a BS in Banking and Finance and holds several professional certificates such as GRCA, GRCP, and Lean Six Sigma.
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