Global Investment House (Global) announced the appointment of Mr. Raul Biancardi in the capacity of executive vice president to head the asset and wealth management businesses of the company. Mr. Biancardi, an MBA holder from the UK brings more than 25 years of executive experience to Global, where he...
Guy Carpenter & Company LLC, the global risk and reinsurance specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Companies announced the appointment of Barbara C. Bufkin as chief operating officer for Guy Carpenter’s Global Strategic Advisory Group. Ms. Bufkin will be based in New York and will report to David...
Apparently, in the early 1900’s, government officials would be present when a royal baby was delivered so as to verify that there was an actual royal birth and a baby had not been smuggled in. Fortunately, for the Duchess of Cambridge, George VI abolished this practice. Can you imagine having...
Emirates NBD announced the appointment of Arjuna Mahendran as the new chief investment officer of the Wealth Management division. Mahendran has the mandate to significantly expand and deepen the bank’s knowledge base and product offering on its leading Wealth Management platform, across the MENA region and beyond. Pierre Pissaloux, general...
Zurich appointed Brian J. Reilly as chief executive officer of Zurich’s GI business in the Middle East. Mr. Reilly will be responsible for further developing and executing Zurich’s GI strategy across the region, covering Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. He will report to Saad Mered, CEO of...
Marsh appointed Simon Dodsworth, who joined the global infrastructure practice in Dubai to develop the firm’s infrastructure capabilities across the MENA region. With over USD one trillion in direct investment to be committed to infrastructure development over the next five years across the MENA, Mr. Dodsworth will play a pivotal...
The National Health Insurance Company – Daman has confirmed the appointment of Ms. Bayna Al Awani to the position of chief financial officer. Ms. Al Awani will be responsible for Daman’s financial management and control, legal affairs, insurance underwriting and procurement services, reporting directly to CEO Dr. Michael Bitzer. Daman’s...
FPI has appointed Jamie McNish as key accounts director for Middle East and Africa. McNish joins from Swiss Life, where he was responsible for their DIFC based business and for developing wealth-planning solutions for High Net Worth (HNW) individuals across the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Swiss Life,...
FPI has appointed David Thompson as its regional sales director for the Middle East and Africa. Thompson will be relinquishing his duties as FPI’s regional sales director for Europe and is moving to the UAE, where he will be based in FPI’s regional office in Emaar Square, Dubai. Thompson joined...
International health insurance provider, Now Health International announced that Per Bay Jørgensen has joined as a non-executive director from July 2013. Jørgensen is one of the founders of the international health insurance industry with the launch of IHI Danmark in 1980. On his joining, CEO Martin Garcia commented, “While the...
