{"id":6489,"date":"2024-06-04T10:29:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T10:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandabankers.org\/abc-2024\/?p=6489"},"modified":"2024-06-04T10:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T10:31:26","slug":"shehryar-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugandabankers.org\/abc-2024\/speakers\/shehryar-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"Shehryar Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shehryar Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Country Manager for East Africa at Mastercard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shehryar Ali serves as the Country Manager for East Africa at Mastercard. Shehryar\u00a0is an experienced payments and digital financial solutions expert with over 19 years of experience working for well-reputed banks in Africa &amp; Asia. He started his career at Citibank Pakistan, followed by a decade at Barclays and Mashreq Bank in Egypt. 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