Executive Voice
The leaders reshaping digital trade, in their own words.
Long-form conversations with the heads of transaction banking, trade finance and payments building the future of cross-border commerce, and what the industry is saying back on LinkedIn.
Zaman Jayman
Senior Vice President, Transaction Banking, Emirates Development Bank
“The biggest barrier is often not the availability of capital, but the ability to access it quickly”
13 October 2026
Steven Croker
IB & Markets Operations Leader
“The change I most want to see is the end of reconciliation as an industry”
9 October 2026
Hussam AlKokhon
Vice President, Trade Finance Operations, Doha Bank
“Modern trade operations functions are no longer simply processing centers”
8 October 2026
Muhammad Jawad Shami
Executive Vice President, Head Transaction Banking, HABIBMETRO
“Smart technology acts as the engine”
1 October 2026
Vivek Batra
Executive Vice President, Global Head, Global Transaction Banking, Mashreq
“Our approach is to use AI to augment human expertise rather than replace judgement”
September 2026
Jiten Mehta
Global Business Execution Head, Cross-Border & Instant Payments Modernization, Citi
“The challenge is no longer just moving money across borders”
August 2026
Tarek Nehad
Head of Payables and Cash Management, Global Transaction Banking
“It’s not about offering more payment options. It’s about making payments simpler”
July 2026
Sachin Jain
Head, Family Office and Corporate Treasury, TriGen Wealth
“Most treasury teams do not have people who understand investments”
July 2026
Asmaa Eissa
Head of Financial Institutions & Correspondent Banking, Attijariwafa Bank Egypt
“The era of transactional, volume-based relationships is over”
July 2026
Ehsaan Ahmed
Executive Vice President, Head of Transaction Banking, RAKBANK
“Transaction banking is no longer a business line. It is becoming infrastructure”
June 2026
Sarah Salah
Head of Global Transaction Banking
“Clients want partners, not just service providers”
May 2026
Enno-Burghard Weitzel
Chief Solution Officer, Surecomp
“Trade finance digitisation is accelerating across Africa”
May 2026
Ramanan S V
CEO, India and South Asia, Intellect Design Arena
“Transaction banking is at a decisive inflexion point”
May 2026
LinkedIn figures combine the executive’s own post and the DTO post, as of 10 October 2026.