A computer scientist by training, he's passionate about building tech solutions that empower businesses. His expertise has fueled the design of hundreds of digital projects.

Wassel Berrayana (photo) is a Tunisian entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Proxym Group, which provides digital services across various sectors in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Established in 2006, Proxym Group is a digital services company focusing on connectivity and information systems in the financial (banks, microfinance, and insurance) and governmental sectors. Its primary mission is to assist financial and governmental institutions in their digital transition.

Proxym Group is also recognized as a digital solutions integrator. Through its subsidiary, Bankerise, it offers ready-to-use applications designed to help banks increase their conversion rates, retain customers, and reduce financial expenditures. The goal of this digital banking engagement platform is to ease the transition of retail and corporate banks into the digital era.

To date, Proxym Group operates in over 20 countries, employing more than 250 digital consultants across five centers of excellence worldwide. The company claims to have completed more than 400 digital projects.

Wassel Berrayana graduated from Grenoble INP – Ensimag in 1996 with a master's degree in computer science. He also holds a master's degree in management and international business. He began his professional career in 1996 at TELNET as a computer engineer and joined Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 1998 as a telecom engineer.

From 1999 to 2003, he worked at Sun Microsystems, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, where he held positions as a telecom and network engineer, as well as a Java software developer. From 2003 to 2006, he worked as a pre-sales engineer and sales support at the French technology company specializing in customer relations, Eloquant.

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