Sarah Mikhail is a seasoned transaction banker with a career spanning over 10 years of experience across prestigious institutions such as Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Natixis. She holds a postgraduate certificate in Sustainable Finance from the London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF) and was honoured as one of Binance’s scholarship grant recipients, enabling her pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Blockchain & Crypto. Driven by her passion for merging Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles with cutting-edge technology, Sarah’s mission centres around the integration of these concepts into the realms of trade finance and transaction banking. She is also a committee member at the International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA) Middle East Regional Committee (MERC) and acts as ITFA’s Ambassador for Emerging Leaders in the region. Currently, she serves as the Global Business Development Director for Impel, an innovative fintech built on the public XDC Network Blockchain, driving peer-to-peer instant settlement for institutions globally.

Awards: Highest Honor Student "Summa Cum Laude", The American University in Cairo, Feb 2010

Expertise In: Accounts Receivable, UCP 600, Transaction Banking

Languages: Arabic, English, French