Salim Hasham is currently a Director and Global Head of Business TransformationPartnerships at Google. A key part of his role at Google is to help couple the thinkingof the world's best strategy firms with Google's engineering talent to transformvisionary concepts into finished products and applications.

Prior to Google, he had nearly 20 years of experience involved in a wide range offinancial services projects, including nine years as a Partner at McKinsey & Company andPricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a leader in strategy, organizational design, operationsand risk management, as well as a recognized authority on innovative disruption andaccelerated growth. He has particular expertise in driving growth while managing cybersecurity/financial crime and crisis management. As a recognized industry expert, he isfrequently asked to provide perspective to organizations such as the UN, OECD, andindustry/regulatory bodies, keynotes to client executives and white papers forgovernmental agencies. His published commentary can be read on the McKinsey GlobalInstitute, McKinsey on Technology, McKinsey on Risk and other industry/media outlets.