JLL Hotels names new director MEAJones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Hotels, a leading real estate investment and hospitality advisory firm, has appointed Gabriel Matar as its new head of Hotels for the Middle East and Africa. Before accepting his new role Matar was leading Jones La More… |
Zurich names head of ME corporate insuranceZurich, one of the world’s leading insurance groups, has appointed Hayden Seach as head of segment for Middle Market & Corporate, Middle East. Reporting to Maroun Mourad, CEO of Zurich’s General Insurance business in the Middle East, H More… |
Barclays names head of Wealth in SaudiBarclays Wealth, a leading global wealth manager, has appointed Faisal Shaker as head of Wealth for Barclays Saudi Arabia (BSA). Shaker will report to Rory Gilbert, managing director, head of Mena for the international private bank. More… |
Coutts appoints UAE market headUK-based private banking house, Coutts, has announced the appointment of Amir Sadr as head of the UAE market and private office in the Middle East, effective immediately. In his new role, Sadr will be instrumental in developing Cout More… |
Top Iran bank heads roll amid scandalThe head of Iran's biggest bank resigned on Tuesday and chiefs of two privately-owned banks were set to be dismissed, the economy ministry website said, over a multi-billion dollar scam which has shaken the government. The head of stat More… |
Microsoft Gulf appoints new headMicrosoft Gulf has appointed Jawad Al Redha as head of Government Interface for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Small and Mid Market Solutions and Partners (SMS&P) Business Development. Al Redha, who previously held the positio More… |
SAP names head for EMEA emerging marketsSAP, the market leader in enterprise application software, has appointed Tim Noble to head of Emerging Markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), covering Africa, CEE, CIS, and Mena. He replaces Bernd Kraus and Peter David who have More… |
Credit Suisse names new M&A head of MenaCredit Suisse has named Mumtaz Kazmi as head of its mergers and acquisitions operations in the Mena region, a document showed. Kazmi has been with the bank since 2001 and advised on several deals including Qatar's purchase of a stake in Po More… |
MEGlobal and Equipolymers gets new headDubai-based MEGlobal and Equipolymers, a leader in the manufacture and marketing of merchant monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol,. has appointed Dow India chief Ramesh Ramachandran as it new head. MEGlobal and Equipolymers More… |
US trio wins medicine Nobel for ageing researchThree Americans were awarded the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for the discovery of a built-in protection device in chromosomes, a finding that sheds light on ageing and may help in the fight against cancer. Australian-born Elizabeth More… |








