UAE bank hires former Merrill Lynch director Gary Dugan

Roger Jenkins, a renowned deal-maker and executive chairman of the Barclays Investment Banking business in the Middle East, will leave the bank to set up his own corporate finance advisory house.

Chatham House has announced that Suzan Sabancı Dinçer, chairman and executive board member of Akbank, is joining the Chatham House panel of senior advisers.

The chief economist of SABB, HSBC's Saudi affiliate, has left and will join Calyon's Saudi affiliate Banque Saudi Fransi.

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has appointed Matt Grinnell, managing director, as head of financial sponsors within its investment banking division, EMEA.

Calyon has announced the appointment of Jean-Francois Balay as head of global loan syndication group. He was appointed by Gilles de Dumast, deputy general manager, global head of coverage and investment banking and member of the executive committee.

Slawomir Krupa was appointed head of strategy and corporate development, and CEO of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Société Générale in July.

Irina Bauer will join the board of directors of AsiaUniversalBank in August, overseeing the international activities of the bank.    

Shearman & Sterling project finance counsel, Iain Elder, will transfer to the firm’s Abu Dhabi office at the end of August as part of Shearman & Sterling’s continued commitment to the region. 

Fairfax, the UK-headquartered investment bank, has announced the expansion of its operations in the Middle East, to capitalise both on its current activities there and what it sees as the long-term growth potential of the region.

Calyon has announced the appointment of Jean-Francois Balay as head of global loan syndication group.

Sheila Patel and Andrew Wilson were named co-heads of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.