Meet the people behind myZoi.

A senior financial industry leader with more than 27 years of experience in Fintech, corporate client coverage, cash management, and trade finance. Ali has extensive direct coverage of Asia and the Middle East, serving clients across industries and business segments with Standard Chartered Bank and Emirates NBD.

Ali is the CEO of myZoi, a Fintech startup incubated on the SC Ventures platform and backed by Standard Chartered. He has vast experience with regulatory and compliance frameworks impacting the financial industry and a profound understanding of the emerging digital technology landscape. Ali also has a track record of building and developing diverse, high-performance teams.

I am an England & Wales qualified solicitor (LLB Hons) with 16 years of experience in regulatory law, conduct, and compliance. My career spans international regulatory practice at Allen & Overy, and with the UK Financial Services Authority. At Standard Chartered, my career has been dedicated to regulatory compliance and digitalisation. I have expertise in regulatory affairs, policy development, compliance advisory, consumer protection, corporate governance, and contentious regulatory work, including investigations and litigation. As a people manager and certified executive coach, I am committed to values-based leadership, fostering collaboration, diversity, and continuous professional development.

Arsalan is the Chief Product Officer at myZoi and has been part of the team since its inception. With over 20 years of experience at Standard Chartered and Citibank, he is dedicated to developing products that drive meaningful outcomes for underbanked communities. His focus is on creating opportunities that empower individuals to enhance their daily lives.

COO with over 17 years of experience in Remittances, Cash Management, and Financial Markets across HSBC and Standard Chartered. He’s one of the co-founders building operational excellence across the organization to deliver seamless client experience.

15 years of experience in various legal, risk, and business teams across financial services. She has worked in various roles at Credit Suisse, Julius Baer, CitiBank, Al Tamimi & Company in various geographies in the Middle East, Africa & Turkey, as well as Ernst & Young in Mumbai. Shabnam brings a wealth of experience to myZoi and is a valuable asset to the company! A Corporate lawyer turned Tech Person, she brings a unique perspective to the table and is excited to be part of myZoi’s innovative mission!

A well-rounded senior banker with diversified banking experience of over two decades across retail and wholesale banking with a focus on transaction banking – trade finance, supply chain, payments, cash management & advisory. Currently working as a financial advisor with PWC for a Saudi Bank to transform their transaction banking business and enhance revenue. Worked as a trade finance digitization consultant for the Commercial Bank of Dubai. Previously worked with Qatar National Bank Group as Head of International Transaction Banking covering trade finance and cash management. Worked with Standard Chartered Bank for 15 years (11 years in UAE and 4 years in Pakistan), Citibank N.A (4 years) and ABN Amro Bank (1 year). Diversified transaction banking exposure of over 17 years covering working capital finance, supply chain, sales management, product management, implementation of complex banking solutions, treasury transformation, cash and liquidity management, platforms, ecosystem, escrow & account bank solutions.

Alumni of Columbia University NY by successfully completing the Global Banking Program in August 2019 covering Banking, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Transformation.

With over 13 years of experience across different industries, Lauren brings a commercial focus and a deep understanding of aligning people with the company’s purpose and social impact goals. Lauren has a diverse background in a range of industries and a history of working in multinational, matrixed environments, so she is uniquely equipped to handle the complexities of today’s business world.

Munir has over 17+ years of experience in setting and advancing the corporate strategy, maintaining and sustaining the risk environment within risk appetite, navigating an evolving regulatory framework, fostering innovation in risk and Middle office functions and value creation.

Namrata is a finance professional and a qualified chartered accountant (All India Rank holder) with an experience of more than 10 years across diverse roles in finance function in the Banking industry.

Global work experience with investment and retail banks such as Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Bank and Dubai Islamic Bank across geographies – USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE and India.