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This list showcases the top United Arab Emirates based CFO’ operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Amit Singhania
Chief Financial Officer of ISON Technologies
Amit Singhania is the CFO of ISON Technologies. Amit brings in 10 years of prior experience of working with GTS, now acquired by ISON Technologies, in the capacity of Finance and Planning Manager. As an enabling partner to the business, he leads key initiatives in finance that supports overall strategic goals; ensuring funding and execution of strategy. With his deep financial, business understanding and analytical skills he proactively plays an influential role in implementing the corporate strategy thus ensuring that the business decisions are grounded in sound financial criteria. A senior level finance and commercial executive, Amit has 20 years of strong track record, with extensive hands on experience in corporate finance, strategic business planning, projects funding, treasury & financial management, financial & internal control, Budgeting and Costing, process improvement, statutory and management reporting, Compliance, Control and Corporate Governance. During his stint in Middle East and Asia he has teamed with senior expatriates of different nationalities and shown ability to lead and train indigenous teams to get desired results. Prior joining to ISON he served Hurix Systems and Hindustan Lever in Mumbai, India. During his previous stints in his career, Amit was actively involved in managing the HR, PMO, IT & Legal responsibilities alongside carrying out the financial oversight for the respective companies that he served. He is currently pursuing final level of Certified Treasury Manager from The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India and final level of Company Secretary from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
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About ISON Technologies: ISON Technologies is a pan- African system integrator, managed service provider.
Tariq Sanad
Chief Financial Officer of Fetchr
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About Fetchr: Fetchr is an international express, mail delivery and logistics services company.
Alexis Chiotis
CFO & Founding Partner of OnPro
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About OnPro: Innovators in HR automation offered as SaaS, currently with >10,000 people served and growing!
George Anargyros
Chief Financial Officer of Validata Group
George joined the Group in 2011 and within the Management Board he is in charge of Human Resources, Administration, Accounting and Resource Development. He focuses on driving forward company growth and improving the operational efficiency of the Group. Prior to joining Validata Group, during the period 1993 – 2011 he held various positions in multinational companies including Chief Financial officer at NetOne Telecom SA, Head of Finance of Multichoise – Netmed Hellas SA, Head of Finance in The Nielsen Company, and has been a member of the Management Board of an international Software House. He holds a Diploma in Economics and a Master Degree in Financial & Business Economics from the Essex University in UK.
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About Validata Group: Validata Group is the leader in the Enterprise Software market for DevOps and Continuous Testing for Temenos Core Banking.
Ajayya Kumar
CFO of Emircom
Ajayya Kumar or Ajay as he is called is the CFO of Emircom. As a CFO, Ajay has guided the company towards a strong & firm financial foundation of internal controls and discipline. Ajay has had a long association of over a decade with the group and he has used this long experience to advice and guide the senior management in strategic areas. Ajay has been with Emircom since 2004 and with the Emirates Holding Group for over a decade. His long stint with the group and Emircom has made him an invaluable asset to the management team and under his stewardship, the finance function of Emircom has delivered much more than managing finance. He has worked assiduously to build assets, bring down bad debts and build a fortress of prudent finance policies to protect Emircom’s interests. Ajay is a strong team player, an astute tactician and one who can roll up his sleeves and get hands-on into a job. This has made him a key player in Emircom’s corporate affairs. Ajay is a qualified Cost Accountant from the prestigious Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI). He has also been conferred a Fellowship (Fellow Member) from the same Institute (FICWAI). He is a CMA (Certified Management Accountant) from ICMA, USA and is holding a membership of this institute since 1999. In Addition to this, he has done a ‘Master Financial Professional’ (MFP) from the American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM). His credentials are essentially a harmonic blend of academics and the experience. With 15 plus years of experience in various MNCs, his exposure apart from Emircom was with corporate giants like ABB SAE SADELMI, IPCA LAB LTD., India as Internal Auditor and Federal Foods L.L.C as Financial Controller.
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About Emircom: A leading partner to many heavyweights in the ICT segment, most notably Cisco, contributing to a major portion of Cisco’s business