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ArgoGlobal strengthens underwriting team in Dubai

He has more than 12 years of industry experience and joins from Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company, where he worked as liability/financial/ property lines underwriter.

Deloitte hires 1,200 new staff in Mideast in FY2019

New Deloitte Digital Center in Riyadh

Senior Partner at Chrome Advisory joins Global Ventures as Venture Partner

The addition to the team strengthens Global Venture's presence as one of the leading regional venture capital funds investing in the Saudi market

Dubai's Mashreq announces appointment of new CEO and chairman

Former CEO Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair becomes chairman of Mashreq after 30 years in previous role

Hilton appoints Jochem-Jan Sleiffer as Area President, Middle East, Africa & Turkey

Furthermore, under his leadership, Hilton was crowned the #1 Best Place to Work for in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and #3 Best Workplace in the UAE.

Citi Names Christoph Geidner Consumer Business Head

Citi currently offers full scale corporate and investment banking services in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.

Reshuffle at the top for UniCredit

Barisaac joined UniCredit in 2015 and will maintain his current position as global co-head of trade and working capital solutions in his new role, which the bank hopes will improve interactions between the two teams.

Stanton Chase Appoints Leader of Financial Services for Middle East Region

The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing markets in the banking and capital markets; however, the constant industry changes are posing a real challenge for big players in the region to be competitive,” said Wassim Karkabi

Guggenheim’s Dubai venture hires Goldman Sachs' Abu Innab to head MENA coverage

Abu Innab was Goldman Sachs executive director responsible of coverage of sovereigns, corporates, private equity firms, and family offices, with a focus on Saudi Arabia.

KIB appoints new Deputy General Manager of the Retail Banking Department

Musab Al-Shalan as the Deputy Manager of the Retail Banking Department.

Jassim Alseddiqi named CEO of Shuaa Capital following ADFG merger

The combined entity will exit non-core businesses to focus on becoming the leading asset management and investment banking platform in the MENA region

Mackey to head levfin at UBS

She joined in 2015 as co-head of leveraged finance origination

JPMorgan Private Bank Hires Former New York Fed Trader Zief

This is a new position on the FX desk.

AXA Gulf appoints Paul Adamson as CEO

He will take over from Cédric Charpentier, Chief Executive Officer of AXA Gulf, recent Member of the INM Executive Committee and Strategic Development Officer for AXA Gulf, Saudi Arabia & Turkey, who has decided to leave the AXA Group after 22

New General Manager Fairmont Ajman

Fairmont Ajman announces the appointment of Kosta Kourotsidis, General Manager for the 252-key luxury beachfront resort.

UAE-based firms ready to hire more Emiratis

New regulations target to provide 20,000 job opportunities for Emiratis.

BlackRock overhauls EMEA business

Along with merging its mutual fund and ETF sales team, the firm is creating an EMEA wealth business led by Gruener.

Leading global law firm elects new chair

He has considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, real estate investment trusts, financial services regulation, corporate finance and corporate restructurings

Cushman & Wakefield Appoints Middle East Capital Markets Specialist

Farran’s considerable experience in advising Middle Eastern capital includes advising Rasmala Investment Bank Limited on its recent acquisition of the DuPont development in Leiden Bio Science Park, Netherlands.

Investcorp welcomes six new Board members

The meeting was chaired by Investcorp’s Chairman of the Board, Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem, and its Executive Chairman, Mohammed Alardhi.

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