Speakers
The Digital Foreign Direct Investment (DFDI) Forum 2025, hosted in Islamabad on April 29-30, 2025, is an invite-only summit organized by the Government of Pakistan in collaboration with DCO.
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H.E Shehbaz Sharif
Prime Minister
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
H.E Ishaq Dar
Deputy Prime Minister
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
H.E Deemah AlYahya
Secretary General
Digital Cooperation Organization
H.E Shaza Fatima Khawaja
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication
Govt. Of Pakistan
H.E Muhammad Aurangzeb
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue
Govt. Of Pakistan
FDI ANNOUNCEMENT
Tariq Farid
Founder & Chairman
BroadPeak Technogies
FDI SUCCESS STORY
Fernando Morillo
Group Head of Retail Banking Mashreq
FDI MARKET EXPANSION
Dermot Corry
President & CEO
Milliman
PANELISTS
Davide Cichero
Chief of Staff
International Chambers Of Commerce
Michael Kende
Founder
Kende Consulting
Sefa Dogan
CEO and Founder
Exwalt
Bookie Ghauri
Head of Digital, Technology & Innovation
Etihad
Abu Bakar
CEO
PSEB
Fatima Asad Said
CEO
Abacus Consulting Technology Limited
Naeem Mirza
CEO
AI Doctrine
Shuja Keen
Founding Partner
NYA Labs
Rao Mehroz Khan
Cross-border Expansion Manager DCO
Yasser Bashir
CEO
Arbisoft (Pvt) Ltd
Matthew Stephenson
Misbah Naqvi
Co-Founder & General Partner
I2i Ventures
Zarrar Hasham
Secretary
Ministry Of IT & Telecom
Muhammad Hamayun Sajjad
Linda Kessem
Director
PwC
Carlo Maria Rossotto
Principal Investment Officer
IFC
Brendan Mckittrick
Manager
The Internet of Aviation
Samuel Rizk
Resident Representative
UNDP
Asif Alam
CEO
Compliance.ai
Ahmet Kayhan
Board Director
Dgpays
Raheel Iqbal
Vice Chairman
P@SHA
Saleem Zoughbi
Digital Policy Advisor
United Nations University (UNU)
Alina Timofeeva
Partner / Transformation Expert
HorizonX Consulting
Shahid Khan
Global Head & Partner
Arthur D. Little
Julian Gorman
Head of Asia Pacific
GSMA
Ahsan Jamil
Managing Partner
SAi Venture
Dr. James Zhan
Chair Executive Board of World Investment Conference
WAIPA
Dennis Hell
Principal
Kearney