10/14/2012

BofA names MENA investment banking co-heads

"This is a very smart move. Integrating the corporate and investment bank will help BofA to leverage its balance sheet and grab more business opportunities in emerging markets," a banking source familiar with the matter said.

10/02/2012

Barclays announces new MENA and Africa head

‘This ties into the firm’s ambition to integrate its core efficiencies and harness all resources across the business for the benefit of our clients,’ a Barclays spokesperson said in an accompanying statement.

09/06/2012

Nomura hires Cottle as EMEA fixed income chief

Nomura has named Gary Cottle as its new head of fixed income for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Cottle will be based in London, and reports to Steve Ashley, global head of fixed income, and John Phizackerley, chief executive for EMEA.

08/15/2012

Nomura names Head of Fixed Income, EMEA

Most recently he was a board member at Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment bank, acting as Global Head of Sales for all corporate and government related clients.

08/09/2012

Allianz Egypt Announces New CFO

Over his nearly 8 year tenure at Allianz to date, Hegazy has worked in managerial positions across the region, including Finance Manager for Allianz Takaful in Bahrain and Chief Financial Officer for Allianz Saudi Fransi in Saudi Arabia.

07/16/2012

Barings expands EMEA equity team

He has over 14 years’ investment experience and joins Barings from AllianceBernstein where he has been an investment manager since 1998.

07/09/2012

StanChart names consumer bank head for Mideast, Africa

In 2009, he became the Global Head of Distribution for the bank where he was responsible for building and implementing the Distribution Channels strategy across Branches, Phone Banking, ATMs & online banking. He also led the development of Next Genera

05/14/2012

Barclays targets MENA for growth

The Middle East and Africa generated about £5bn ($8bn) of revenue for Barclays last year, about 15% of the total, the London-based bank’s annual report shows.