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Alvarez & Marsal promotes Cam Coles in Dubai

Coles focuses on designing and implementing rapid turnarounds, performance improvement plans and restructurings, specialising in complex stressed and distressed situations.

Sheikh Maktoum appoints Abdullah Sharafi to DFSA’s Board of Directors

He is an experienced businessman and banker with over 20 years of experience at Emirates Industrial Bank

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank appoints new Head of Private Banking

Amer Alameri as the bank’s new Head of Private Banking

Dentons Global Advisors-ASG welcomes Erik Brattberg and Ahmed Khalil

Erik Brattberg has joined as Senior Vice President with the Europe & Eurasia practice and Ahmed Khalil joins as Senior Advisor with the Middle East & North Africa practice

ADIB Reshuffles Top Leadership Days After New CEO Takes Charge

The appointments come amid a push by the banking regulator to hire UAE nationals to key posts.

Franklin Templeton appoints Global Head of Sustainability

Simpson Brings 35 Years of International Investment and Academic Expertise to Lead Franklin Templeton's

HSBC names new trade product and propositions head for Mena and Turkey

This is the second senior move into the region for HSBC so far this year.

Credit Suisse hires Berenberg analyst to lead EMEA healthcare investment banking -memo

He will be based in London

Global digital lending platform TSLC announces 2 key senior appointments

Ziad Sawalha as Group Chief Technology Officer and Shagorika Heryani as Chief Marketing Officer

HSBC hires new commercial banking head for Mena and Turkey

She has been with HSBC since 2004

Ex-Mondial COO joins Globaleye

Byron Murphy appointed Managing Director of Globaleye

Dimitrios Petropoulos joins KPMG's Cyber practice

Last year, both ALM and Forrester (two leading analyst firms that track capabilities and client satisfaction in the consulting scene) ranked KPMG among the top security consulting firms in the world.

Meet KPMG's new ESG leader for the Middle East: Fadi Al-Shihabi

Shortly after the global launch, KPMG’s leadership team started preparing the implementation of the regional roadmap, which has led to a series of initiatives and now the appointment of Fadi Al-Shihabi.

IBM appoints General Manager for IBM Egypt

Ms. Abbas will be responsible for managing IBM's overall business operations in Egypt, in addition to her role as the technology leader, driving business growth and expanding our clients' relationships

eBankX announces Chairman

Sulaiman Al Fahim is currently the executive chairman of the globally leading Al Fahim Holding Group, a business conglomerate in the UAE

Tamer Seif El-Din appointed as CEO and Managing Director of aiBANK

The appointment came after the completion of the acquisition of 76% of the capital of aiBANK by the alliance of the EFG Hermes Financial Group and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt

Norton Rose Fulbright appoints head of banking and finance, Europe, Middle East and Asia

Madhavi will succeed Chris Brown, who has held the leadership role since 2019.

Lazard Asset Management appoints Head of Third Party Distribution for MENA region

He has an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Wales.

First Abu Dhabi Bank appoints a group Chief Operating Officer

He joins from Emirates Islamic Bank, where he was COO for five years.

Kearney promotes four to partner in the Middle East

“As a new year always brings changes, we are excited to announce four newly elected partners in the Middle East,”

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