emeafinance News - People Moves May 2009
Standard Chartered makes senior capital markets appointment
Standard Chartered has appointed Tee Choon Hong as managing director, regional head of capital markets for North East Asia. Tee is based in Hong Kong and will report directly to Christian Wait, global head of capital markets.
BNYM expands treasury services in EMEA
The Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) has further strengthened its treasury services operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with new appointments in Brussels, Frankfurt, Cairo and London.
Citigroup FIG head joins Credit Suisse as EMEA VC
Christopher Williams, Citigroup's global co-head of FIG, is leaving the bank to become vice-chairman of EMEA investment banking at Credit Suisse.
Emaar to hire 1,600 new staff in three months
Emaar Properties is creating over 1,600 new jobs in its shopping malls & retail and hospitality & leisure businesses. With the new addition, Emaar will have nearly 4,000 employees on its rolls in Dubai.
Europe Arab Bank appoints new head of credit
Europe Arab Bank has announced the appointment of a new head of credit.
UBS chooses Papazian for Islamic finance
UBS has appointed Armen Papazian as head of Islamic finance based in the firm's DIFC branch in the UAE.
New chairmen for Turkey's Vakifbank
Vakifbank's board of directors elected Yusuf Beyazit as chairman and Ragıp Dogu as vice-chairman.





