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Pankaj Savara leaves after 25 years of building bridges between UAE, Gulf and Australia

Savara was one of the longest serving commissioners for Government of Western Australia

Nandan Mer to be new Group CEO at payments company Network International

Simon Haslam will step down as Group CEO on January 31

Ian Robinson joins Currie & Brown as COO for Middle East

The London-headquartered firm has been active in the region for over 35 years, currently serving the market through offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat and Riyadh.

Abdulrahman Shehab retires from Al Baraka Banking Group after over 14 years of service

Mr. Shehab has served in his current role as Head of Operations & Administration at the Group head office since May 2006, where he oversaw the Group's most critical operations and management processes

Finablr names new CEO ahead of takeover by Israeli-UAE consortium

He will replace Trivedi

Accuindex Appoints Adel Jibrin as Director to Lead Middle East Operations

The broker is planning to boost its business development and sales activities through Jibrin’s extensive experience.

Credit Suisse's senior MENA banker leaves

The departure came as Credit Suisse has been ramping up its presence in the region

PIF reshuffles top team ahead of big Saudi market moves

Financial experts said that the new team would likely focus on PIF’s mission to stimulate investment inside the Kingdom as a key part of its remit to enhance economic diversification under the Vision 2030 strategy.

Accuindex appoints Ahmad Al-Alem as Regional sales director

Al-Alem brings with him over a decade of extensive experience within the financial markets sector specializing in online FX/CFDs trading, management, and business operations

Arab Financial Services appoints Samer Soliman as the new CEO

The AFS Board has announced the appointment of Mr. Samer Soliman as the new CEO from 2 January 2021

Newly appointed Chief Growth Officer at CG Digital and new COO appointed at DMS

Traditionally, brand building has served as the main driver of our industry. But today, performance has become equally important

Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF makes key leadership changes

PIF last week surpassed the 1,000-employee mark, expanding from an initial 40 employees in 2016

Saudi sovereign wealth fund hires new corporate finance head, makes other changes

PIF, which manages US$360 billion in assets, also named Rania Nashar, the former chief executive of Samba Financial Group , as senior advisor to Rumayyan.

Majid Al Ibrahim appointed MBC GROUP Board Representative and Sam Barnett new CEO

Succeeding Marc Antoine d'Halluin, now Advisor to the Board

Mezzan Holding KSC appoints Nabil Ben Ayed as Group CFO

Ben Ayed joined Mezzan in 2019 where he most recently served as Group Finance Director

British Arab Commercial Bank appoints two independent non-executive directors to board

Former senior executives at Standard Chartered and HSBC join the board of directors

Duncan Sawyer joins Ince Consulting's Middle East team

Before that, Sawyer spent a number of years at Big Four firm PwC in its Debt and Capital Advisory practice.

Like Digital & Partners announces Sales Director - MENA

Smith joins from Terrapinn where he was the Project Director managing the e-commerce and retail brands for the past six years

Executive search firm ZRG launches in the Middle East

Additionally, institutional and family office investors are increasingly looking at the region for investment opportunities.

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