Morgan Stanley has further strengthened its Saudi Arabia team by appointing Habib Achkar, managing director, as chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia. Achkar will oversee the continued expansion of MSSA and will relocate to Riyadh.

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) authority has appointed Jon Morton as director for financial development. Morton has joined the QFC authority from Henley Business School in the UK, formerly Henley Management College, which merged with the University of Reading in August.

Barclays hires Freier as global head of ESG research

Tikehau hires Scolan for private debt team

Fox takes top role at Europe’s levfin association

Citi picks Antonios for newly created MENA role

Tannenbaum steps up to run BofA EMEA global capital markets

EIB and AfDB team up to streamline African development

Glossop gets Aberdeen Standard macro job

Andy Willmot appointed CTO of UK’s OneBanks

Amana Capital appoints Muhammad Rasoul as new CEO

Apex Group appoints three digital banking hires