More than 800 policy makers, regulators and C-level financiers and business leaders from 23 different countries are registered to attend the sixth annual GCC Financial Forum, which opens in Bahrain tomorrow (Feb 27).

The event is co-hosted by Euromoney Conferences and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) will begin tomorrow in Manama, Bahrain.

Eminent speakers from the regional and international financial communities will convene for two days of high-level discussions.

The forum will focus on the outlook for GCC economies, the development of the region's financial sector and innovative solutions to today's financing challenges.
 
Apart from Bahrain, the delegates are from Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, as well as a significant proportion from the UK and some from as far as China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.

VIP keynote speakers include: Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance, Bahrain; Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor, Central Bank of Bahrain; Zayed Al Zayani, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Bahrain; Khalid Al Rumaihi, chief executive, Bahrain Economic Development Board; Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji, CEO, Mumtalakat; Adel A El Labban, CEO, Ahli United Bank; Francis Fukuyama, political commentator, futurist and author; Bassel Gamal, group CEO, QIB; Jean Lemierre, group chairman, BNP Paribas; Rita Liu, head of EMEA, Alipay; Chris Skinner, Fintech commentator and author; and Lord Adair Turner, chairman, Institute for New Economic Thinking. - TradeArabia News Service