Christopher Williams, Citigroup's global co-head of FIG, is leaving the bank to become vice-chairman of EMEA investment banking at Credit Suisse.
Banking
UBS has appointed Armen Papazian as head of Islamic finance based in the firm's DIFC branch in the UAE.
Europe Arab Bank has announced the appointment of a new head of credit.
Vakifbank's board of directors elected Yusuf Beyazit as chairman and Ragıp Dogu as vice-chairman.
Regina Ovesny-Straka, who has been the CEO of Slovenska sporitelna since 2001, is to become the new CEO of Salzburger Sparkasse, one of the largest savings banks in Austria.
The new management board of Parex Banka took office on 5 December 2008. It is chaired by Nils Melngailis, a former executive director of Lattelecom, a leading communications company in the Baltics.
Renaissance Capital has taken on Yury Gruzglin as a managing director and head of the debt product group.
On November 5, Swedbank appointed Michael Wolf to the position of CEO. Swedbank has subsidiaries in
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.
Alan Pullinger, who has been deputy CEO since April, will take over as CEO of Rand Merchant Bank. He replaces Michael Pfaff who will remain on the RMB divisional board until December.
Investec Investment Bank and Securities, the specialist investment bank, has announced two appointments as the bank continues to build on its position as a leading mid-market specialist. Gareth Taylor has joined as a director in the corporate finance division to lead Investec’s coverage of private equity clients and Matthew Wesley has joined the expanding debt advisory team as an associate director.
French bank splits role between former corporate finance head and deputy risk officer as Thierry Aulagnon retires.