04/23/2015
Nigeria: Race for the AfDB Presidency
He has international development and in-country experience spread across 14 other Anglophone and Francophone countries in West, East and Southern Africa.
Executive Moves
04/23/2015
Barclays announces new EMEA Chairman
Seeking to enhance the Banking Platform in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
04/22/2015
Friends Provident International appoints Regional Technical Manager for MEA
Hood joins from Barclays Wealth in the UK
04/21/2015
New appointment for Standard Bank
Gavin McIntosh has been appointed Head of Distribution, International Personal Banking, Rest of Africa for Standard Bank
04/16/2015
Wonga appoints former Lewis director as CEO
Wonga came under fire with British and South African regulators last year.
04/15/2015
Asia’s global investment bank appointments EMEA Chief
He has held various senior positions within the company including Co-Deputy Chief Financial Officer
04/15/2015
The Abraaj Group appoints Huda Al Lawati as Partner
The Abraaj Group today announced the appointment of Huda Al Lawati as a Partner and Chief Investment Officer for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
04/15/2015
Investec Investment Bank names head of debt advisory
He previously held senior positions at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and National Australia Bank.
04/13/2015
HSBC's global head of EMEA loan syndicate to leave
Oliver Duff, European head of capital finance, will step into his job in London in the interim.
04/09/2015
Deutsche Bank appoints Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and Africa
He replaces Philippe Vollot who was COO MEA from 2010 to 2015 and has now been appointed Global Head of Regulatory Relationship and Coordination for Government & Regulatory Affairs, based in Frankfurt.
04/08/2015
Bank of America Names New Heads of Global Investment Banking
Karim Assef was previously global head of investment banking coverage
04/07/2015
Financial firms need to recruit externally for CEOs
In some circles there is the view that transformation at major financial services companies is regressing
04/02/2015
Former Consul General of Egypt Joins Cedrus Investments
Cedrus is a global boutique investment firm that offers private wealth management, asset management and financial advisory services to a clientele of leading institutional investors, corporations, family offices and high net worth individuals around the w
04/01/2015
Standard Chartered Bank's CEO for Middle East, Africa & The Americas, quits
He spent 19 years at Bank of America Corp before he joined Standard Chartered in 2001
03/31/2015
Citi Names MEA Financial Institutions Head
He has been with Citigroup for more than 12 years
03/31/2015
EEMEA debt chief leaves BofA Merrill
The managing director and head of financing origination for the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is leaving the firm
03/31/2015
Zimbabwe: Imara Holdings Gets New Chief Executive
Prior to founding Ambrian plc in 2001, Mr Gaffney was a director in the corporate finance department of Robert Fleming & Co/JP Morgan.
03/31/2015
Nedbank Capital appoints energy, metals unit head
She would report to Nedbank Capital global commodity finance head Sekete Mokgehle.
03/31/2015
UBS Global Asset Management taps head of EMEA
London-based Mr. Bilal, who will start May 4, replaces interim region head Andreas Schlatter. Mr. Schlatter took on the interim role in October, in addition to his current role as head of distribution, global asset management.
03/30/2015
Guasco elected Silicon Cape chair
He is also an angel investor, and recently took part in the 88mph DealWeek programme.