Ahmed Ismail

Ahmed Ismail is a seasoned leader with a proven track record of success in traditional finance and fintech startups backed by over 18 years of experience at some of the world's largest financial institutions such as Bank of America, Credit Suisse, and Jefferies. Throughout his career, he has led the origination and execution of over US$70bn of capital markets and M&A transactions in emerging markets. As the youngest regional CEO and regulatory head at Jefferies, Ahmed oversaw the MEA business with over US$35m in annual revenues. He entered the crypto arena in 2017 and went on to co-found HAYVN, currently a global leading multi-billion dollar digital assets platform. Ahmed is currently the Co-founder, President, and CEO of FluidAI. FluidAI makes digital assets market access more efficient for institutions, trading platforms, and retail investors by using predictive AI-based models to solve inefficiencies in digital asset markets. Ahmed is also a Fellow at I-X, Imperial College London’s flagship AI initiative.