Keynote Speakers
Ms. Dana Hamzah, Assistant Undersecretary for Sustainable Development
Ministry of Sustainable Development in Bahrain
Dana Hamzah is the Assistant Undersecretary for Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Sustainable Development in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Prior to that she was the Advisor to the Executive Director for the Arab States and the Maldives at the International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC. She previously served in several positions in Bahrain including the Head of Economic Research and Superintendent of International Relations at the Central Bank of Bahrain. She started her career as a Risk Analyst at Khaleeji Commercial Bank, Bahrain. She holds an MSC in Finance and Economic Policy from SOAS, the University of London and a BA in Industrial Economics with Insurance from the University of Nottingham, UK.
Mr. Mohamed Khadem Alaali
Chief of Strategy and Sustainability, BBK Bank
Mohamed Khadem Alaali serves as Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at BBK. With 19 years of experience in strategic planning, sustainability integration, and organisational transformation, he has led major initiatives focused on ESG alignment and long-term value creation. He holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign and joined BBK in 2024 to drive the bank’s sustainability vision and strategic direction.
Mr. Eugen Negutu
Group SVP Information & Digital Technology, Bapco Energies
Eugen Negutu is Group Senior Vice President of Information and Digital Technology at Bapco Energies, where he leads digital innovation, IT and cybersecurity across the Group’s Upstream, Midstream, Downstream, Retail, and Joint Venture operations. With over 25 years of international leadership experience spanning Shell, MOL Group, and Bapco, he specialises in aligning digital transformation with strategic sustainability and operational resilience in the energy sector. He holds a Master’s degree in Business from the Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest and a Master’s in Industrial Robots and Automated Manufacturing Systems from the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Catenazzo
Research Fellow & Lecturer, Glion Institute of Higher Education
Giuseppe Catenazzo is a Research & Innovation Center member and a Visiting Lecturer at Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland. Previously, he served as the Head of Research, Dean of Academics, and Lecturer at Swiss business schools and as an Assistant Professor in Marketing at an FT-listed business school in France. Giuseppe is currently doing a PostDoc in Portugal, and studied earlier in Switzerland (PhD in Management), France (Masters’ in Management and Business Research), the United Kingdom (PgCert in Applied Environmental Economics) and Italy (Bachelor’s in Economics and Management). He is also a Certified Member of the Market Research Society (CMRS) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM) in the United Kingdom. An Italian and Swiss citizen, Dr Catenazzo is an editor of international research books. His research on quality perceptions, service recovery, and complaining behaviour has been published in Production Planning and Control, the International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, and the Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction & Complaining Behavior.