Northern Trust has appointed Kholoud Al Dosari as country head for Northern Trust in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Based in Riyadh, Al Dosari oversees the strategic development, business growth and operations of Northern Trust’s asset servicing business in the country. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Al Dosari served as...
Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the promotion of equity partners across its global network, five of whom are in the Middle East and Africa region. Carolena Gordon, Clyde & Co’s senior partner, comments: “We are a firm that has always valued growth, for the benefit of...
Sompo International Holdings Ltd has announced a strategic reorganisation of its insurance business to best prepare the business for expansion and sustainable growth as a market leading insurance and reinsurance organisation. Julian James will oversee the newly named EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Region in addition to Commercial P&C oversight...
Zurich International Life (Zurich) has announced the appointment of Mufazzal Kajiji (Mufi) as chief executive officer for its life insurance business in the Middle East, effective 1 June 2022. Mufi joins Zurich from Mashreq Bank where he was the head of Wealth Management and Mashreq Gold. A senior financial services...
RIMS, the risk management society, has announced Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE as the Society’s new chief executive officer. LaBranche will succeed longstanding RIMS CEO Mary Roth who announced her retirement in late-2021 after 37 years of service with RIMS. LaBranche will assume his new role on June 1, 2022. Since...
Legal and professional services firm, Ince, has appointed partners Mohamed El Hawawy and Alastair Holland as new joint managing partners of Ince’s Dubai office. El Hawawy and Holland’s broad and extensive sector expertise, as well as their combined experience and networks in the UAE, strongly position them to lead Ince’s...
Lockton MENA Ltd has appointed its new regional chief executive officer, Faris Khatib. Lockton confirmed that it will continue its focus on expanding its footprint in the region and Khatib will be at the helm of its planned expansion strategy. Khatib brings deep rooted experience to the role. His most...
The Board of Directors of Dar Al Takaful has appointed Gautam Datta as the chief executive officer of the company with immediate effect, following the resignation of Rajesh Sethi. Datta has over 41 years of experience in non-life insurance industry, of which over 30 years were in senior management positions...
Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC) has created the role of Deputy CEO. Charalampos Mylonas (Haris) will assume this newly created role while continuing to serve as EVP – Consumer Lines Underwriting and Reinsurance. In this new role Haris will work closely with the chief executive officer towards meeting the...
Moamen Mokhtar has been elected secretary general of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR), chaired by Alaa El-Zoheiry. Mokhtar was appointed by the executive committee to succeed Adel Mounir for a four-year term. Mokhtar has extensive experience in the insurance sector where he has held several positions in...
