Roya Khajeh’s ten-year plan includes becoming the first female CEO of a bank in Qatar. The trajectory seems highly likely, as her nearly three-decade-long career continues to go from strength to strength. The Assistant General Manager and Head of Cards and Payments at Commercial Bank – Qatar’s leading digital bank – Khajeh keeps herself at the cutting edge of the fintech industry, a field she developed a passion and curiosity for from a very young age. Juggling a fast-moving industry with life as a mother, she makes the time to continuously work on her education; Khajeh recently completed her executive MBA from HEC Paris and is on the lookout for a PhD program, and to work on her passion of becoming a motivational speaker.

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