PUBLICIS SAPIENT APPOINTS OLIVER REPPEL AND ROHIT MATHEW AS CO-HEADS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR MENA

Publicis Sapient, a digital business transformation company, today announced the appointment of Oliver Reppel and Rohit Mathew as Co-Heads of Financial Services for MENA, based in Dubai.

Oliver and Rohit will work closely with clients across the Middle East to identify their business challenges and opportunities. By leveraging Publicis Sapient’s SPEED - Strategy, Product, Experience, Engineering and Data and AI - capabilities, deep portfolio of AI tools and platforms, and regional and industry expertise, they will help clients develop and deliver transformative strategies and navigate their digital business transformation journeys in the financial services and international banking sector.

Publicis Sapient works with financial services clients in the Middle East on AI-powered digital business transformation, leading pivotal initiatives to help modernise corporate, commercial and Islamic banking institutions. With a proven and repeatable approach, Publicis Sapient is helping institutions across the Middle East and North Africa, discover new areas of business growth and innovate new customer experiences, incorporating leading-edge technologies, like generative AI.

Oliver joins from Accenture, where he led the financial services business in the Middle East. He brings over 24 years of experience in financial services, specifically within the domains of retail, corporate and investment banking along with central banks and payments.

Rohit also joins from Accenture as Middle East Banking Lead, where he led a large portfolio of financial services clients. Prior to that, he worked at KPMG within the management consulting team focused on financial services in the Middle East. Rohit brings over 19 years of experience in financial services across both the public and private sectors in the Middle East.