The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), one of the world's leading and fastest growing onshore business and financial centres, concluded the financial services edition of its regular Fast, Forward events. Fast, Forward offers a series of quarterly business networking events that bring together the QFC's valued clients with other members of Qatar's thriving business and financial communities to network and share best practices.

The event focused on the importance of the financial services sector, with discussions revolving around the current economic state of Qatar and the role of financial services such as Fintech and Asset Management, as well as Renminbi Internationalisation.

Key participants included Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, Chief Executive Officer, QFC Authority and Raed Al-Emadi, Chief Commercial Officer, QFC Authority, and included panel discussions and presentations by Sheikh Hamad Al-Thani, Senior Vice President, Treasury and Investment, Qatar Insurance Company; Wim de Waele, CEO, B-Hive Europe; Song Weiwei, Deputy GM of Corporate Finance Department, Bank of China Qatar; Akbar Khan, Alrayan Investment; Fahad Syed Haque, Private Equity Funds Investment Department, Qatar Investment Authority; Manuel Leanza, Head of Investment, Advisory and Wealth - MENA, Refinitiv; Henk Hoogendoorn, Managing Director, Financial Sector Office, QFC Authority; and Giovanni Bandi, Head, Investment Management Supervision, QFC Regulatory Authority.