People Moves
Bank Of Singapore Adds To Teams In DIFC
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The joiners come from banks and firms such as Julius Baer, Standard Chartered, Rabobank and Ernst & Young.
Bank of
Singapore has made six new appointments in its advisory and
product solutions group in the
Dubai International Financial Centre.
Zeena Abou Elnaja is joining the bank’s investment advisory
team from Julius Baer. A CFA by qualification, Abou Elnaja has
also worked with Standard Chartered Bank in the Middle
East.
Mehvish Ayub is joining as a senior specialist covering managed
solutions and alternatives in the region. Previously,
she worked at State Street Global Advisors as head
of investment strategies across the Middle East and North Africa.
CFA-qualified, Ayub has also worked at Morgan Stanley and Barings
Asset Management.
The bank, recognising the importance of structured products
advisory within a well-balanced portfolio, providing the
appropriate asymmetry in portfolios as well as yield
enhancement, has named Brandon Chee as a product specialist
covering equity and structured products advisory. Chee, a
specialist in this space, has more than 15 years of experience in
Asia with banks such as OCBC and CIMB.
BoS also welcomed Anish Mehta as a product specialist on the foreign exchange advisory desk. Mehta, who relocated from London to the United Arab Emirates, has more than 15 years of experience in the FX, commodities and derivatives markets. He is joining from Rabobank in London, where he was director on the FX and commodities desk.
Joining the bank soon will be Yasmine Omari as the head of wealth
planning for its Dubai hub and Fatima Al Zadjali as director,
marketing and communications. Omari was most recently with
Ernst & Young as a senior manager providing advice to UHNW
families across the region. She has also worked with PwC and
Deloitte across the Middle East region. Al Zadjali will be
joining from the private banking division of Habib Bank AG
Zurich. She has previously worked with Standard Chartered and
Mashreq Bank.
The head of private banking for Europe and the Middle East, and
its DIFC branch CEO, is Ranjit Khanna.
