As the push to recruit top fintech talent becomes increasingly competitive, the Middle East has emerged as a contender to snatch the best and brightest from the Western world and parts of Asia.
When I first arrived in the Middle East around 10 years ago, its financial industry was heavily reliant on the likes of Emirates NBD, the ‘bulge bracket’ banks and large sovereign wealth funds.
At that time, the venture capital (VC) scene in the region remained very small. There were only a handful of VCs investing in the fintech and tech industries. Compare that to the UK, which saw technology businesses raise a record-breaking $3.6billion in VC funding…
