10/09/2017
Nomura Appoints Mark Yassin as Executive Chairman, Middle East & North Africa
He will be based in Dubai and will report to Yasuo Kashiwagi, Executive Chairman, EMEA, and Charles Pitts-Tucker, Head of Investment Banking, EMEA.
Executive Moves
10/09/2017
New Executive Team Amid Gupta Scandal
Gary Pickering will lead the audit practice.
10/06/2017
Kigali's banks seek a wider role in East Africa
Between late 2012 and early 2016, she was one of president Paul Kagame’s closest advisers.
10/05/2017
Kaberuka to chair IMF’s high level panel
Who has served as President of the African Development Bank.
10/04/2017
Boucher on board at Diamond's Africa bank
Boucher is close to Fairfax, an important Bank of Ireland investor in the wake of the crash
10/03/2017
Barclays taps Reid Marsh to run banking outside of the Americas
The move comes as Barclays chief executive Jes Staley has brought in a number of key lieutenants to reinvigorate the business.
10/03/2017
Ashish Thakkar to Leave African Banking Group He Co-Founded
Mr. Thakkar was a budding entrepreneur and enthusiast for Africa's promise when he met Mr. Diamond at a development conference in 2013.
10/03/2017
Sasfin Wealth appoints new CEO
Erol Zeki appointed CEO of Sasfin Wealth
10/03/2017
Carlyle taps Mohammed as MD for CSSAF team
He began his private equity career at Goldman Sachs in New York where he was a member of the Special Situations Group
10/02/2017
JPMorgan appoints Vis Raghavan as EMEA CEO
Who has held a number of roles at JPMorgan since joining the bank in 2000 from Lehman Brothers.
09/27/2017
UBS Group AG Taps BofA Merrill Bruce MacKenzie to Head EMEA LCM
MacKenzie will report to David Slade, global co-head of leveraged finance.
09/27/2017
BAML hires Wood to head SA corporate banking
Dale Wood will join BAML next month from Rand Merchant Bank, where he was head of debt capital markets.
09/27/2017
Chubb appoints Louisa Lombardo as Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Europe, Eurasia and Africa
She is a steering committee member of Chubb's Gender Equality Network and founded Chubb's first UKI D&I Council.
09/26/2017
VAM Global appoints Managing Director of Mauritius Administration and Trust Company
Salehmohamed will be travelling across the various regions in which MATCO and VAM’s other entities operate with the aim of developing existing and prospective client relationships.
09/25/2017
BMO Global Asset Management appoints head of Middle East and North Africa
Who was the managing director for institutional clients in the Middle East at Amundi.
09/25/2017
Network International recruits top industry talent for corporate growth
Where he led the bank’s strategy and change management function for their card business.
09/20/2017
Standard Chartered appoints private banking head for Africa and Europe
It continues to enhance its private banking and wealth management offering.
09/20/2017
GHL Bank appoints new board chairman
Mr. Essien is a seasoned banker who served as the Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank
09/20/2017
French lender hires StanChart manager to head Kenya office
He previously held executive roles at American advisory firms Merrill Lynch
09/19/2017
StanChart appoints two executives to private bank
Standard Chartered has hired more than 50 bankers and relationship managers to its private banking business over the past year and on Friday announced nine executive hires in Asia.