Other leaders that feature include , Ntyatyi Petros , Head of Group Stakeholder Relations at Absa Group , who discusses the fundamentals of stakeholder engagement and how the process is evolving as a result of technology innovation . While Fuad Chapra , Head of Family Business , KPMG ( Saudi Arabia ) provides his expert insight on investment management benefits and trends . “ Similar to other industries , technology has become increasingly important to enhance customer experience [...] Blockchain could save investment managers approximately US $ 2.7bn through the use of distributed market infrastructure ,” says Chapra .

Elsewhere , we discover what it means to be a digital brand in today ’ s world , as well as the ways in which companies can drive the most value out of their digital brand strategy in our roundtable discussions with McKinsey , Toluna and Ebiquity . While Vikas Butaney , Vice President and General Manager of Cisco IoT , explains how companies can get the most out of IoT ; and Ray Joyce and Steve Gill HR Services at EY discuss the rise of human and AI collaboration in HR operations . “ One major trend that is being shown at the present time is to provide HR and , in turn , organ isations with greater insight to their data ,” notes Joyce .

Finally to end the year , our December Top 10 ranks - by year - its top mergers and acquisitions made by companies in the EMEA region over the last two decades .

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