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Speaker Biographies


THRIVE
Three days of market insight, investment discussion, founder-led exchange and hospitality experiences across Dubai.

Bashar is an economist with the Mastercard Economics Institute, covering the Middle East and Africa region. Before joining Mastercard, he advised governments on managing and restructuring public debt and was previously an analyst at the IMF.

Bashar Hlayhel

Economist, Mastercard Economics Institute

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