Takaud, a specialist savings and pensions provider for the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, has appointed Luc Métivier as its new chief executive officer.  

Métivier takes over from acting CEO Eric Van Biesen, who will resume his original role of chief financial officer, said a statement.

As the new CEO, he will lead the company’s growth across both corporate and retail lines of business, while managing the business launch and expansion into new Mena markets over the coming years.  

Central to his strategy will be to drive Takaud to become a customer-centric provider of innovative and affordable personal and group savings and pensions solutions underpinned by cutting-edge online servicing and investment management, it said.

Métivier is an international business executive with 26 years of regional and international experience in the financial services industry, it said.

He has a proven track record of growing businesses in Europe, South East Asia and the Middle East supported by an in-depth knowledge of risk management from a financial, operational, and insurance /reinsurance perspectives.

Samer Khanachet, Takaud’s chairman and Kipco’s group chief operating officer, said: “I am very pleased with the appointment of Luc Metivier as our new CEO. I am confident his track record and experience with world class companies will make him an excellent leader of Takaud.

“We are now looking forward to accelerating the development of company as the leading provider of private savings and pensions across the Mena region” - TradeArabia News Service