Bank Of Singapore Adds To Teams In DIFC

Editorial Staff

28 January 2025

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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.