02/21/2019
Lebanon nominates Ziad Hayek for World Bank boss
Though as qualified as America’s nominee, David Malpass, Mr Hayek stands little chance
On the Move
02/21/2019
Clifford Chance appoints new Regional Managing Partner for the Middle East
Mo Al-Shukairy as Regional Managing Partner for the Middle East, commencing a four year term on 1 May 2019.
02/20/2019
Balaji Vaidyanathan is Franklin Templeton’s Marketing Director for Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Balaji will be based in Dubai and report to Sandeep Singh.
02/20/2019
Northern Trust Expands Sustainable Investing Team in EMEA
The appointment reaffirms the firm’s ongoing commitment to providing investors with sustainable investing solutions that seek to deliver competitive risk-adjusted returns.
02/19/2019
Neuberger Berman hires head of portfolio solutions
McDonnell will be responsible for designing and overseeing multi-asset mandates and engaging with strategic partners.
02/17/2019
BDB CE joins Ebdaa Bank’s director board
“This is especially to transfer Ebdaa Bank’s clients who expand their projects, and require loans that are higher than the bank loans’ ceiling of BD5000, to BDB,” she stated.
02/12/2019
City lobby group names HSBC’s Tucker as chairman
Former AIA chief executive brings Asian experience to new role at TheCityUK
02/12/2019
Goldman names Stefan Bollinger co-head of EMEA private wealth management
Bollinger will join Chris French
02/11/2019
Guggenheim KBBO Partners appoints new head of Asset Management
Virginie Afota as head of its Asset Management division.
02/07/2019
HSBC Qatar appoints Omar al-Ansari as head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management
Al-Ansari started his career as a graduate trainee and has built experience in a number of different spheres.
02/06/2019
MUFG Corporate Banking in Riyadh gets new manager
MUFG obtained a full commercial license from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) in January 2017 and commenced operations in October 2018.
02/06/2019
Bob Diamond steps down as chair of African banking group Atlas
Investment vehicle founded by former Barclays chief undertakes strategic review
02/05/2019
Artemis Resources appoints Dubai royalty to chairman position
The company is advancing its West Australian gold, base and battery metal assets.
02/05/2019
HSBC Qatar appoints Omar Al Ansari as Head of RBWM
With his intrinsic knowledge of the local banking market, and international banking experience with HSBC, he is a very valuable member of the senior management team in the country.”
01/30/2019
Union National Bank CEO Mohammad Nasr Abdeen to retire
Ajay Bhuptani, deputy chief executive officer will officiate as the acting CEO
01/29/2019
New head of compliance for BDB
Ms Mariam is a holder of a Bachelor degree in Business Management from the University of Bahrain
01/29/2019
Amundi expands executive committee
He was appointed CEO for EMEA in 2011 and became a member of Russell Investment's Global Executive Committee.
01/22/2019
Citi Private Bank adds three to EMEA investments teams
He started his career at Société Générale Private Banking in Luxembourg.
01/18/2019
Julius Baer Announces Middle East, Africa Team Leads
Bank Julius Baer has announced the creation of two dedicated sub-regions for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, and the appointment of the new leadership for them.
01/18/2019
Citigroup names new chief executive in EMEA
David Livingstone is a seasoned investment banker who has previously worked at Credit Suisse, HSBC and Goldman Sachs