Standard Chartered has appointed Venkatesh Rathnam as the global head of securities services operations.
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Global Investment House has appointed Khaled Abdel Rahman Khaled as senior vice-president to head the brokerage business in the gulf region.
Reinsurance group Aon has appointed Keith Ashworth as head of risk transfer for the UK and EMEA.
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.
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.
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.
South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has named former deputy governor Gill Marcus as the new governor of the country’s central bank. Marcus will take over from Tito Mboweni in November.
BNP Paribas has appointed Philippe Marchessaux to head its asset management businesses. He succeeds Gilles Glicenstein as head of BNP Paribas Investment Partners and CEO of BNP Paribas Asset Management.