Two long-term insiders step in to replace Tom King.

The Shuaa Capital board of directors has appointed Sameer Al Ansari as the new chief executive officer. Al Ansari replaces Iyad Duwaji who resigned as CEO in August.

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

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

James Fenner has been named as the new head of capital markets for GE Capital in EMEA. Based in London, he will be responsible for all strategic lease and loan syndication activities and will oversee securitisation and alternative funding strategies. 

Lloyds TSB Middle East, part of the Lloyds Banking Group, has appointed Richard Musty as the new head of its Middle East business.

Gulf Finance House (GFH), a leading Middle Eastern Islamic investment bank, has appointed Ahmed Fahour as its new CEO based in Bahrain. Fahour is the former executive director and CEO for the Australian operations at National Australia Bank.

HSBC Bank Middle East Qatar has appointed a new senior manager for its Qatar office. Jody Sanderson was appointed as director, global banking in Qatar.

Rashique Rahman has joined Morgan Stanley as a managing director and global head of emerging markets fixed income strategy.

Mark Bailey has been appointed head of EMEA for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's global equity financing and services platform.

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has appointed Jonathan Brown, managing director, head of emerging markets syndicate and head of European credit syndicate.

Japanese bank Nomura has hired Selim Toker from UBS as head of its global finance solutions team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to an internal memo.