SimCorp Middle East & Africa Forum 2026

Date
November 10, 2026

Time
10:30 – 4:15 PM followed by networking reception

Location
Rosewood Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island

This event is for SimCorp customers and representatives from buy-side financial institutions only. SimCorp partners are not eligible to attend. SimCorp reserves the right to decline registrations. 

 Join us for the Middle East & Africa Forum 2026 

 The Middle East and Africa’s investment landscape is moving fast, and reshaping how the world thinks about scale, sophistication and opportunity. At the SimCorp Middle East & Africa Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi, we’re bringing together the region’s investment management leaders from for a day built around what is next: front-to-back transformation for growth and scale, a total portfolio approach across public and private assets, and the shift from AI experimentation to real, enterprise-scale adoption. 

 You will hear directly from SimCorp leaders and experts, as well as from regional buy-side firms on the opportunities and challenges shaping investment management across the Middle East & Africa. 

 Join us for a day of insight, dialogue and networking with peers and SimCorp experts. 

 Agenda 

 11 AM - 11:10 AM
 Welcome
 Mourad Essofi, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, SimCorp 

 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM
 CEO Address
 Peter Sanderson, CEO, SimCorp 

 11:20 AM - 12 PM
 Total portfolio approach: rethinking the boundaries between public & private markets
 Michail Steliaros, Global Head of Portfolio Implementation & Trading, ADIA
 Gareth Nicholson, CIO, FAB Asset Management
 Mourad Essofi, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, SimCorp 

 12 PM - 1 PM
 Lunch 

 1 PM - 1:35 PM
AI and the investment process: What actually works?
 Ian Lumb, Corporate VP, Analytics Product Management, SimCorp
 Raj Ethiraj, Associate VP, Product Management, SimCorp

 1:35 PM - 2:10 PM
 Investment leadership in a changing world
 Andrea Vigano, CEO, FAB Asset Management 

 2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
 Powering front-to-back transformation for growth, scale and transparency
Julien Bernard, COO, FAB Asset Management
Mourad Essofi, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, SimCorp
Zahi Bridi, Sales Principal, Middle East & Africa, SimCorp 

 2:40 PM - 2:55 PM
 Coffee Break 

 2:55 PM - 3:30 PM
 Making better decisions in volatile markets: risk, scenarios & multi-asset portfolio
Faycal Zerigue, Senior Investment Risk Manager, National Bonds Coporation
Ian Lumb, Corporate VP, Analytics Product Management, SimCorp

 3:30 PM - 4 PM
 CEO in conversation
Mohamed Rashid AlMheiri, Executive Director, Investment Services, ADIA
Peter Sanderson, CEO, SimCorp

4 PM - 4:10 PM
 Closing remarks
 Mourad Essofi, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, SimCorp 

 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM
 Networking reception 

Photography Notice: 

Please note that SimCorp will be taking photographs (no video recording) throughout the event for promotional and marketing purposes. If you prefer not to appear in any photographs, please contact Rosie Edgar (rosie.edgar@simcorp.com) prior to or during the event, and we will do our best to accommodate your request. 