ISSUE # 310 CNME November 2017 HSBC MENAT CIO Ghinwa Baradhi converts global strategy into local technology The bigger picture Since moving to the UAE at the turn of the Millennium, Ghinwa Baradhi has fortified her position as a regional thought leader in technology and equal opportunity. HSBC’s CIO for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey is now championing the bank’s digital transformation for the region, and is committed to seeing more women succeed in IT. New build China Construction Bank hina Construction Bank is determined to expand its global customer base of 693 million through its MENA Dubai hub. CIO Jin Panshi has technologically transformed the bank over the last seven years, decreasing the reliance on costly mainframe computing, and moving CCB into a cloud-led, ultra-broadband-driven era of AI and innovation. Voice assistants: are they all talk? Do voice-based assistants have the power to influence the enterprise? What’s Inside
