Intro to fourth topic: Good jobs and economic growth panel

Speakers

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  Oday Kamal Innovation Consultant World Food Programme
  

  Oday Kamal

  Innovation Consultant World Food Programme

  Oday is an Innovation Consultant and Head of Innovation at the World Food Programme. He has over 9 years of experience in startups and consultancy Oday has advised public engagements with social institutions in emerging markets. Clients include the Ministry of Environment, Oxfam, and United Nations. Oday is a digital transformation expert with a passion for the handicrafts sector and upper Egypt development.

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  Janina Conboye Writer & Editor, Work and Careers
  

  Janina Conboye

  Writer & Editor, Work and Careers

  Janina Conboye is a writer and editor on the FT’s Work and Careers team. An experienced journalist working across desktop, mobile and print, she has been at the FT for 11 years with experience across news, features and FT Weekend magazine.

  Day to day she writes, commissions and edits features for the Work and Careers desk, but also writes for other sections, such as Special reports. She has also produced or co-produced other content projects, such as the ‘How to Kick Start Your Career’ video series.

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  Noor Hafez Business Development Coordinator, Financial Times
  

  Noor Hafez

  Business Development Coordinator, Financial Times

  Noor is a Business Development Coordinator working in the FT Talent team at the Financial Times. She is passionate about FT Talent’s mission to connect and provide new opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds. She works on expanding FT Talent, finding new partnership opportunities and delivering the hackathon experience. Before joining the FT she worked as a conference producer, conducting research, putting together content and recruiting speakers for a wide range of events for marketing and communications professionals.

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  Malak El Baba Country Director, VISA Egypt
  

  Malak El Baba

  Country Director, VISA Egypt

  As a seasoned professional with more than 19 years of banking and financial experience, Malak El Baba is known for driving brand growth, maximizing operational excellence and delivering financial performance. With her experience in the financial and banking industry across MENA and Africa, Malak bridges the payments industry with the marketing.
  She joined Visa International in 2011 and led on various regional roles in North & West Africa, and the Middle East. She most recently served as the Head of Marketing for North Africa, Levant and Pakistan at Visa, where she led branding and marketing and contributed to the company’s growth pipeline. She was responsible for the strategic direction, vision, growth and performance of Visa’s flagship brand in the region. Throughout her 9 year tenure with Visa, Malak has built a reputation for developing marketing and business strategies, incubating new business models, and building strategic partnerships.
  In May 2020, Malak was appointed as the Egypt Country Manager for Visa. In her new role, Malak works on deepening Visa’s partnerships with key clients and engage with local internal and external stakeholders – government, banking partners, merchants, telcos and Fintechs- with the aim of accelerating our growth.
  Prior to joining Visa, Malak worked for several regional trade companies and banks operating in Levant, Western Europe and Africa handling commercial and marketing departments. She also worked as a certified trainer in the American University Training Center of Beirut giving training courses in sales, marketing and driving change across different multinational clients in Levant and GCC regions.

  Malak is driven by high passion to work, pushing the boundaries, challenging ideas, and spurring innovation by continuously creating new ways of doing things. Her greatest strengths are her creativity, drive and leadership. She thrives on challenges, particularly those that expand the company’s reach. A true believer in collaboration with attention to small details, Malak wakes up in the morning with a mission to include as many players in the quest of increasing reliance on electronic payments.

  Embracing the core Visa’s leadership values of integrity, innovation, and growth, Malak won several internal awards of creativity, leadership and team members who inspire. She also leads Visa’s Women Leadership Network for MENA. Externally Malak is winner of several market leadership awards including 4 MENA Effies’ Award and 2 Media Efficiency Awards.

  Malak holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs with emphasis on Economic Development, which she attained with High Distinction from the Lebanese American University.