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Mark Cliffe
Mark is a senior engineering leader with over 25 years of experience delivering scalable, high-performance software in regulated, data-sensitive industries. As Chief Engineer at Fintua, he leads the modernisation of enterprise platforms to enable international growth and seamless client onboarding. Mark has a proven track record in building systems that support high-volume transactions with near-limitless scalability. He combines deep technical expertise with a strategic mindset, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver secure, reliable, and future-ready solutions. Known for developing high-performing global teams, Mark ensures strong governance, continuous innovation, and alignment between technology and business success.

Richie Jones
Richie is Principal Enterprise Technologist at Amazon Web Services. He is part of a global team that supports customers to define technology strategies, share experiences and approaches to increase speed and agility, drive innovation, and create new operating models using the cloud to enable growth and a greater focus on their customers.
Richie has over 20 years of industry experience in the Financial Services and Consultancy space. Prior to AWS, Richie was a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Dun & Bradstreet. While at Dun & Bradstreet, Richie was responsible for their enterprise Data Lake, API and File Delivery platforms, as well as the company’s legacy product portfolio. He launched Dun & Bradstreet’s first hosted cloud product on AWS, and was responsible for the modernization and transformation of Dun & Bradstreet’s application stack. Prior to that, Richie worked for Accenture and Royal & Sun Alliance.


Luai Almatari
Luai Almatari is a tax manager with the tax operations and E-Invoicing group at Uber.
