Faycal Belyazid

Faycal Belyazid is Managing Director of Marketplace Technology, Middle East and Africa within Nasdaq’s Financial Technology business. It serves as one of the world’s leading providers of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services.

Based in Dubai since early 2014, Mr. Belyazid oversees the regional sales and account management activities for Nasdaq’s core technology offerings to exchanges, clearinghouses, depositories and emerging marketplaces. Mr. Belyazid is responsible for managing Nasdaq relationship with the regional capital markets players and influential financial entities.

Prior to Nasdaq, Mr. Belyazid has been involved in a wide spectrum of sectors including international trade, telecommunications, financial markets, technology international sales; exchange trading, clearing and settlement. Mr. Belyazid holds a BSc. Degree in Internal Business and Finance from AUI University in Morocco; and M.Sc. Degree in International Business from Gothenburg University in Sweden. He is fluent in Arabic, French, English and Swedish.