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Iyad Kamal has extenisve experience in digital transformation, delivery tech, last mile, customer experience, e-commerce and retail.

He is best-known for his 29-year career at Aramex, a global provider of transportation, logistics, e-commerce, data analytics and sustainability solutions, where he successfully served as Chief Operating Officer for more than a decade. Kamal was a key member of the executive team that built and transformed the logistics giant into a global brand - Formerly listed on the NASDAQ and now the Dubai Financial Market, and recognised by Forbes as one of the ‘Top 100 Companies in the Middle East.’

At Aramex he led a 5,200‐person-strong operations organisation spanning 70 countries and 600+ locations that executed 100+ million shipments per year. He collabrated with the executive team and board to develop and execute strategy that consistently delivered 2.5x 10% compound annual revenue growth. Kamal was also instrumental in growing the company’s logistics/supply chain product from start-up to $97 mn in annual revenue, and played a key role in M&A and investment activities.

Currently, Kamal is a Senior Advisor to the DPD Group, the largest parcel delivery network in Europe; a position he has held since 2020. Currently sits on the baord of Tradeling.com, the leading business-to-business digital marketplace in the Middle East. He also sat on the board of British mapping service, What3words, an innovative location-based technology company that uses a grid of 57 trillion squares, each with a unique three-word name to help pinpoint addresses. (Series C funding; Aramex investment).

Kamal is a great believer in developing the next generation of talent, and is a board member of Philadelphia Private University and the Chairman of The International Academy School – Amman.

He holds a Masters of Arts in Economics from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Jordan.

Having joined Emirates Post in March 2015 in the role of Operations Director, Steve had an initial remit to consolidate group courier and postal operations. Steve was promoted to Senior Executive Director in 2017 with an expanded operational scope and subsequently appointed as Chief Business Officer – Parcels & Express in November 2019.

With over 19 years’ experience in logistics, his efforts have always been focused on delivering consistent improvements in service performance and enhanced levels of customer experience across a consolidated domestic postal and courier service portfolio.

Driving the organization’s strategy in transforming last-mile capabilities, Steve has led Emirates Post entry in to the e-commerce market, introduced hyper-local network solutions and cash-on-delivery options, along with leading the rapid expansion of EP’s sustainable operating capacity across the pan UAE network.

In his current role, Steve leads the Parcels & Express business unit holding full P&L accountability with a focus on the delivery of market leading solutions and a best in class last mile operation.

Apoorva joined Jumia in 2013, and he is in charge of All Supply Chain Operations and Cross Border Business across the Group.

His journey started in Nigeria, and since then he has managed a spectrum of roles in the company, such as setting a supply chain across the Jumia countries and acting CEO of Jumia Egypt from 2017 to 2019.

Before joining Jumia, Apoorva gained experience in retail and e-commerce with Flipkart, Titan, Tata Steel, and Tata Chemicals in India.

Apoorva holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and an Electronics Engineering Degree from VTU in India.

Bhavik is a Senior Director & Head of SCM (Outbound) Products at Myntra.

Bhavik is a serial technoprenure and an “emerging market” observer. He strongly believes in the power of teaming, innovation and crowd sourcing.

Founder of Ambab Infotech, India-based leading consumer Internet and mobility technology company. As a business builder, Ambab partners with the best entrepreneurs, enterprise and global companies to build digital footprints from scratch, extending omnichanel technology, go to market operations and deep analytics expertise at every step.

Bhavik has successfully founded and built some of the leading ventures in e-commerce, consumer internet and digital media space across India and global Markets.

Some of his recent developments at Ambab includes Shoppers Stop’s eCommerce initiatives, NDTV’s Indianroots.com, Getit Infomedia Group’s Askme.com, Smile Group’s Dealsandyou.com and Nexus/Lightspeed backed Craftsvilla.com.

Bhavik loves startups and is commited to build strong startup ecosystem in country.

He has been appointed a Chief Mentor at Venture Nursery an India based top Accelerator program. Recently have partnered in a US based c2c reverse commerce venture in jewellery space called truefacet.com. Bhavik’s Favourite Quote: Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up - Thomas A. Edison

Sourabh is CXO leading the Fulfillment & Experience team at Meesho. He’s an e-commerce veteran with deep expertise in supply chain management. Sourabh recently joined Meesho after a 5.5 year stint with Myntra. He has worked in multiple geographies across Asia in leadership roles. Sourabh is an avid F1 enthusiast & aims to watch a race in person at a new track every year.

10+ years of rich & diverse exposure across Industries [FMCG, E-commerce] and functions [Supply chain, Plant Operations, Logistics, Procurement & IT] with brands like Zepto, Flipkart, Pepperfry, Supermax Personal care, TCS.

Actively involved in scaling up operations for exponential growth y-o-y with superior customer experience. Worked at leadership roles and gained rich expertise in field of Warehousing, Long haul, Last mile, Procurement, Plant operations, and Supply planning roles. Strong operations professional with a post-graduate (PGDIM) from NITIE.

Abhishek Chakraborty is the Executive Director of DTDC Express Limited, one of India’s leading Express Parcel player, and heads the company’s business, operations and strategy.

He joined DTDC in 2009, leading the Retail Business and developing the Day-Definite Premium Express Services. In 2011 he strengthened DTDC’s International Aggregator offering and, in 2013, began laying the foundation for B2C services. From 2014 to 2017, he led a company-wide Transformation Program, which brought key operational and technological advancements to DTDC. Since then, he has continued to spearhead several digitally-driven initiatives with a strong B2B/B2C focus that have re-defined DTDC’s positioning in the industry as a Solution Provider of choice.

Leveraging DTDC’s market position in Express Parcels, Abhishek’s current focus is to reshape the company’s operational footprint, re-engineer its infrastructure and scale up its digital capabilities to drive growth across the business verticals of International, E-commerce and LTL-Ground Express; with an aim to establish DTDC as India’s reference player in the Express Industry.

Before joining DTDC, Abhishek was a management consultant with Accenture’s Global Talent and Innovation Network, where he worked on projects in the Global Banking and Financial Services sector. Preceding this, he had a stint as an Associate with one of the world’s leading Investment Banking Firms.

Soham spearheads Shipsy's growth. His leadership and obsession with customers is driving rapid adoption of our platform across geographies and industries. A firm believer in flat hierarchy, he nurtures talent to create tomorrow's leaders. He is an out-of-the-box first-principles thinker and takes great pride in being partners to our customers.

Before establishing Shipsy, he worked with Deutsche Bank and founded another company called Mappr. Soham's uniqueness also lies in being a fitness enthusiast and foodie at the same time. He was a state-level lawn tennis player during childhood and follows this passion even today.