Ahmad Yousef

Product leader · Amman, Jordan · Working across MENA

Building trading, investing and payments products for regulated markets across MENA.

Head of Product at Equiti Group. Ten years turning complex financial and commerce journeys into products people use, with results to show for it.

  1. 90%+faster client approvals after automating onboarding end to end
  2. 500+active partners on a global partner platform I led
  3. 21,000+stocks and ETFs in an investing launch across four markets
  4. 3regulated entities, one TradingView login
  5. 1st of 29teams in an AI hackathon, with a voice-trading prototype
01

Selected work

Four case studies

Four products, four hard calls. Each one started with a decision about what to build and what not to.

Case 02 / 04

Case study
Equiti Trader to SuperApp
Years
2022 to 2025
Role
Owned first launch; led product on the rebuild

From a trading app to a SuperApp.

Launched Equiti's first mobile app in 2022, then led the rebuild into one app for trading, gold, investing and wealth.

Outcome
One app for every business line, with MT5 accounts inside
Equiti SuperApp Discover screen with recently viewed instruments and trading signalsSuperApp trade ticket for Apple with buy and sell prices, lot size, value and margin

Case 03 / 04

Case study
TradingView
Year
2026
Role
Led product delivery and rollout

One login, three regulated entities.

Brought TradingView to clients across three entities, including clients registered with more than one.

Outcome
Live across all entities, Oct 2026
Step 01

Client enters their email address

Step 02

System identifies the client's entity relationship

One entity

Logged in automatically

More than one

Client chooses which to use

Case 04 / 04

Case study
Stocks & ETFs
Year
2026
Role
Defined the proposition and core journeys; a senior PM in my team led delivery

Stocks & ETFs, from CFDs to ownership.

Defined a new investing proposition with 21,000+ instruments across the US, UK, EU and UAE.

Outcome
21,000+ stocks and ETFs across US, UK, EU and UAE, live Aug 2026
Stocks watchlist screen listing US shares with prices and daily changeBuy order sheet for a US share with limit price, quantity and available cash
02

How I work

Five principles
  • Automate the whole job, not the visible step.

    Faster ID checks alone wouldn't have fixed onboarding. Screening and monitoring had to go too.

  • Design for the customer's real situation.

    Some clients sit in more than one entity, so the login had to work for them first.

  • Use words that match the product.

    Investors need buying power and settled cash, not margin and leverage.

  • Keep people in control of consequential AI.

    No trade happens without the client confirming it.

  • Grow people into owners.

    Some of the best product people I've worked with came from QA and business support.

03

Career at a glance

2014 – now
  1. 2022 – nowHead of Product, Equiti Group
  2. 2020 – 2022Product Manager, then Senior Product Manager, Equiti Group
  3. 2019 – 2020Product Owner, Kayali Group (Time Center, Läderach, Pandora, Segafredo Zanetti)
  4. 2016 – 2019Business Analyst, Royal Jordanian Airlines
  5. 2014 – 2016NOC Engineer, Aspire Services; Automation Testing Engineer (intern), Laetus GmbH, Germany
04

Recognition

Award and certification
  • First place out of 29 teams, Equiti AI Hackathon, May 2026

  • Equity Markets Certification (EMC), Wall Street Prep

05

Contact

Amman, Jordan

Want to talk product in regulated fintech, building teams or AI in financial services?

I'm always happy to compare notes.