Arab Financial Services

Arab Financial Services is a well-established company with a main focus in the MENA region to offer innovative payment and open banking solutions to banks, SMEs and large enterprises. My role is primarily to grow business and sign new long-term relationships with financial institutions in the region for issuing processing and open banking solutions.

Sales Lead | Payment Processing & Open Banking

Backbase

Joined as the first hire to take on the responsibility for growing business in the region and establishing long term sustainable business. 

Backbase is a category leader of Engagement Banking Platform and offers the best in class digital solutions to banks, challenger banks and other FSI organizations. Opened Saudi Arabia as a new market for Backbase and other GCC countries with new clients.

Commercial Lead | Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan

Network International

This was a sales leader role as a hunter covering Middle East. I worked with in the Issuing Processing line of business. Opened up business in KSA and UAE.

Regional Sales Manager | Payment Processing

Microsoft

My role was as an Account Executive to manage and grow business for Corporate accounts in UAE. Most of the focus was to grow cloud based offerings by Microsoft in the banking, manufacturing, media and services industry.

Senior Account Executive | UAE

Temenos

This was both a new business and account management role covering GCC and Pakistan. Signed a number of large complex sales deals for core banking (T24) and digital channel solutions. I developed strong relationships with c-level banking fraternity in this role.

Business Development Manager | GCC and Pakistan

TPS Worldwide

TPS is a leader in the space of payments and card management solutions. I thoroughly enjoyed signing a number of deals on the MENA region through direct and indirect sales.

Business Development Manager MENA

As my first professional job, I was very fortunate to join IBM as an account executive to up sell and cross sell software solutions in the banking space. Over achieved my targets by 150%.

Territory Sales Representative

Saqib has a passion for business development and building long term relationships.

He withholds a sound experience of more than fifteen years in consulting, business development, signing large complex deals and new market development in the Middle East and Africa region. 

He has a profound understanding in SaaS, banking solutions, payment solutions, digital transformation programs, cards and customer experience platforms. 

He believes building and honoring relationships lasts for long and there are no short cuts in life.

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