Honouring powerful leaders driving technology forward
Presenting the DT50
50 Technology leaders to watch in 2026
Methodology
The Digital Transformation Summit has put together the list of tech leaders to watch in 2026 based on nominations, direct applications, information from our database, interviews, company websites, and other public sources.
They are united in their passion and unwavering commitment in making a difference.
These inspiring technology leaders are making waves in their respective fields, from digital transformation, artificial intelligence and augmented reality to blockchain and quantum computing.
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50 TECH LEADERS TO WATCH IN 2026
Sameera Bashraheel
Director of Information Systems
Ministry of Public Health
Ahmed Khalil Abdulla
Information Technology Director
Ministry of Social Development and Family
Tareq Alemadi
Information Technology Director
General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority (GRSIA) ·
Art Martinson
Vice President Business Technology
Hamad International Airport
Turkih Trad AL-Hothal
Head of Information Security & Risk Management
Kahramaa
Haider Hayat
VP - Digital Innovation & Partnerships
Qatar Airways
Quincy Hunte
Vice President of Digital Products
Qatar Airways
Dr. Hisham Alasad
Head of Innovation & AI Enablement
Qatar Airways
Manuel Rozario
Head - Infrastructure, Security, Governance and Operations
Qatar Free Zones Authority
Asma Al-Jefairi
Director of Digital Experience
Qatar Museums
Magdy Attia Abdelsalam
Director of Information Technology Department Acting
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS)
Vishnu Viswanathan
Head of Digital
Al Abdulghani Motors
Asmaeil Kattan
Information Technology Director
Al-Ahli Hospital
Rakesh Chouhan
Chief Technology Officer
Alfardan Exchange
Chirag Jaiswal
Director Of Information Technology
Alfardan Hospitality LLC. (Marsa Malaz Kempinski)
Khalid Kofahi
IT Head
Alfardan Group, Alfardan Properties
Govindas Aldoncar
Head IT
Ammico International
Adeeb Abou-Ghazaleh
Head of Information Technology
Ariane Real Estate
Soham Desai
Group IT Director
Assets Group
Muhammad Qais Ahmed
Section Head-Business Resilience, IT, Cyber,Third-party & Change Risk Management |Non-Financial Risk
Commercial Bank of Qatar
Jawad Raza
EVP - Head of Data Analytics, Big Data, AI
Confidential
Dr. Anjum Arshad Benkankonda
Head of IT and Cybersecurity
Confidential
Mohamed Khaier
Business Technology Director
Delta Corporation
Mohamed Ibrahim El Gayar
Infrastructure Head
Teyseer Holding
Christopher Almeida
Director - IT
DHL Express
Charanraj Natarajan
Head of IT/BPO
DHL Global Forwarding
Anoof Asker
Senior Vice President, Strategic PMO
Doha Bank
Jemar Importante
Head of IT
Elite Medical Center
Mohammad Younes
Group IT Director
Estithmar Holding
Ayman Qaddoura
Director of Technology
Fadaat Media
Ali Awkal
Country IT Director - Qatar
Hilton
Shadi Radaydeh
Group Information Technology Head
Hommer corporation
Irfan Faruki
CIO
Jaidah Group
Lyndon Cruz Carlos
Director of Information Technology
Leisure World
Bhushan Katariya
Senior VP of IT
Lesha Bank
Rahul Kumar
Cluster Director of Information and Technology
Marriott International-Katara Hospitality Properties
Manoj Kumar Singh
IT & Digital Delivery Head
McDermott International, Ltd
Toni Elias
Chief Information Officer
Midmac Contracting W.L.L
Moza Jasim M J AlSelaiti
VP Information Technology
Milaha
Dharmapal Wankhede
Senior Director, Smart City Technology
Msheireb Properties, Qatar
Ganesh Vaniyan
Group IT Operations Director
Power International Holding
Malik Shahzad Awan
Senior IT Infrastructure Manager (Assets Hotel and Resort)
Power International Holding
Haci Murat Yaman
Head of Technology Engineering
Qatar Development Bank (QDB)
Nizar Radad
Head of IT Department
Qatar Engineering & Construction Company W.L.L
Mudassar Nazar Pathan
Head of IT Infrastructure Operations
Qatar Fertiliser Company
Alibek Tnaliyev
Group Chief Digital & AI Officer
Qatar Insurance Company
Hassan Shabrawy
Head of IT Operation & Applications And Service Delivery
Qatar International Islamic Bank, QIIB
Ferdinand C Guarin
Head of Information Technology
Qatar Plastic and Wooden Products Co. W.L.L
Nivas Haneefa
Head of Data Analytics
Energy Sector
Jeejith Sreedharan
Dy. Director - ICT
Qatari Investors Group QPSC
Dr. Khaled Sadeddin
Director of Enterprise Transformation
QD-SBG Construction
John Mankarios
VP - Deputy Head of IT
QInvest LLC
Konstantin Kirko
Senior Vice President Data Science
QNB Group
Archana Shetty
Vice President - IT Projects
QNB Group
Ugur Sanal Inal
IT Director
QTerminals
Muhammad Nazeer Uddin Qureshi
Head of IT Operations & Security
QTerminals
Brahim Bouine
Chief Technology Officer
Rafeeq
Bilal Rao
Head of IT & OT Cybersecurity
Confidential
Zeeshan Afzal
Group Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Sharaka Holdings
Muhammed Muhthas
Head of IT and Information Security
Suhail Industrial Holding Group
Pradeep Kotkar
Director of IT
The Diplomatic Club
Muhammad Omer Faheem
Chief Technology officer
The Next Generation Schools
Feroz Khan
Head of IT Security, Compliance and Projects
Total Energies
Azeem Aziz
Head of Digital Solutions
Confidential
Max Renault
Director Innovations - AI Center for Precision Health
Weill Cornell Medicine