Our Culture

Mirko is a business leader passionate about building and supporting digital businesses that combine technology and human creativity for a better world. Mirko spent over 20 years leading large-scale P&Ls and digital divisions at Salesforce, Vodafone and Barclays in the financial services and telecom industries. In 2021, he co-founded Loop Money, a UK-based fintech startup, which was later acquired by Tandem Bank, backed by top-tier PE funds (Pollen Street Capital and Qatar Investment Authority). He began his career at McKinsey & Company and holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland.

Ankit Tharwani has over 15 years of experience across technology, product, and financial services, leading digital transformation in banking, fintech, and high-growth startups. He has held senior leadership roles at Barclays UK, where he led global Big Data and machine learning platforms, and at Amazon (AWS), driving cloud-native data and platform architecture at scale.
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He was the co-founder of Loop Money, a UK-based P2P payments startup acquired by Tandem Bank, where he later served as a Director overseeing Digital Platforms, Data, and Savings & Green Banking products. In addition to Loop, Ankit has been involved in multiple startup and scale-up environments, spanning early-stage product build-out through regulated growth and acquisition. He holds an academic background from the University of California, Berkeley.

A senior HR and Organization Development leader with 25+ years of experience across telecommunications, banking, and multinational organizations. Currently Senior Director – Organization Development & Adjacencies at Ooredoo Group, leading group-wide HR transformation and supporting new business adjacencies including Fintech, Data Centers, and Infrastructure.

A trusted strategic partner with deep expertise in HR strategy, organizational design, operating models, talent and performance management, and change leadership. Proven in building and scaling HR functions, driving large-scale transformations, and delivering people and capability agendas across diverse, multi-cultural environments.
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Holds executive education from Harvard University, CIPD Level 7 in Organization Design and Development, and multiple global HR and leadership certifications.

Kamran Ullah is a dynamic leader at Ooredoo Financial Services, with a passion for shaping the future of digital financial services. Kamran’s journey is marked by a commitment to innovation, customer-centricity, and the relentless pursuit of excellence for more than 15 years.

With a rich background of more than a decade in the fintech industry, Kamran was one of the early believers in mobile financial services. He played a pivotal role in the growth of Easypaisa, a leading fintech brand under Telenor, making substantial contributions to its success.
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In his current role as Head of Products for Mobile Financial Services, Kamran has been a driving force behind the transformation of Ooredoo’s fintech business. His leadership has led to remarkable achievements in areas like cross border transfers, payments, and wallets. Kamran’s vision and strategic approach have significantly enhanced user experiences, making Ooredoo Money apps chart-toppers in Qatar.

Meeran Nagi is the Chief Legal and Governance Officer at Ooredoo Fintech, where she leads the organization’s legal strategy, governance frameworks, and regulatory affairs. A New York Bar–qualified lawyer, she is notably the second Qatari to earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School an achievement that reflects her academic distinction and commitment to excellence.
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With over a decade of diverse legal experience, Meeran has built a strong track record across private practice and in-house roles in Qatar, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her expertise spans corporate governance, regulatory compliance, commercial advisory, and cross-border transactions. Before joining OFTI, she held key legal roles across the energy, media, and non-profit sectors in Qatar. During her time in New York, she worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of one of the world’s leading international law firms, advising on complex global transactions.
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Meeran’s international experience, deep sector knowledge, and strategic legal acumen position her as a trusted advisor and a driving force behind OFTI’s governance and legal excellence.

Petr Klimeš, specializes in the design and development of fintech ventures. Previously Petr held key roles at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), including Head of Digital Business and Global Head of Marketing, where he spearheaded several successful digital projects, contributing to the bank's innovative endeavors. Petr also worked at Citigroup in Europe, focusing on marketing and digital banking, and Samba Financial Group. Petr brings over two decades of experience in marketing, branding and digital proposition design within the financial sector. He holds a graduate degree from Prague School of Economics.

Sean is a member of the Group Exco, and heads up finance, operations and pmo for the group.  Prior to joining Ooredoo Fintech he was the Chief Digital and Automation Officer and CTO for the Apex Group.   Sean has held a range of senior leadership roles at BlackRock, Barclays, AXA and LEAR Corporation throughout his 25 year career, across finance, operational excellence, transformation, and digital.  In his free time Sean enjoys playing golf, padel, tennis and watching his 3 sons play sport.

With over 20 years of experience in the field of telecommunications Shehryar has been constantly delivering results that in one way or the other shape up current processses or reform outdated practice. My current role enables me to review operations and businesses from a strategic and financial point of view thus enabling me to gauge if decision making is profitable or not.

Shehryar is involved with managing monthly financials along with business planning and forecasting where he lends an analytical and business voice to the decision makers.

But this is just the beginning. my past experiences have enabled to contribute in areas of risk mapping & assessment, investment appraisals, project management, development of accounting manuals in line with IFRS, team building, internal audit & accounting systems.

Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills with confidence to challenge existing practices.

Entrepreneurial, driven, motivated, straight talking professional who loves a challenge!

With over 20 years experience within sales and marketing leadership roles at global telco Vodafone, Simon is passionate about customer experience and brings a wealth of knowledge from working with Vodafone’s partner networks across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia & South America to drive commercial performance as well as experience in bringing innovative technology propositions to market. Simon holds a Business Studies degree and post graduate qualifications in business and marketing from Henley Management College and the Chartered Institute of Marketing respectively.