OCBC’s private banking arm has expanded its Middle East business with six new hires for its branch in Dubai.
Bank of Singapore has expanded its Middle East business with six new hires in its Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) branch, according to a statement.
Zeena Abou Elnaja joins the bank’s investment advisory team after previously working at Julius Baer and Standard Chartered.
Mehvish Ayub has been appointed as a senior specialist covering managed solutions and alternatives in the region. She was most recently head of investment strategies for the Middle East and North Africa at State Street Global Advisors.
Brandon Chee was named as a product specialist for equity and structured products advisory. He has over 15 years of experience in Asia with banks such as OCBC and CIMB.
Anish Mehta was also named as a product specialist on the FX advisory desk. He has over 15 years of FX, commodities and derivatives experience, and will relocate from Rabobank in London where he was a director on the FX and commodities desk.
Bank of Singapore will soon be joined by Yasmine Omari as head of wealth planning. Omari was most recently a senior manager at Ernst & Young where she provided advice to ultra-high net worth families on family governance, succession planning and mediations. She previously worked at PwC and Deloitte.
Fatima Al Zadjali will also join as director, marketing and communications. She previously worked at Habib Bank AG Zurich, Standard Chartered and Mashreq Bank.
Middle East Ambitions
The latest hires are part of Bank of Singapore’s ongoing ambitions to grow its Middle East business. The Singaporean private bank is also preparing for its upcoming «Global CIO (chief investment office) Advisory Summit» in Dubai in February after the inaugural event was held in Singapore last year.
«These hires are key for us strategically as we continue to build our Dubai hub’s presence across the region,» commented Ranjit Khanna, Bank of Singapore’s head of private banking, Europe & Middle East, and chief executive, DIFC branch. «Providing our clients with timely and relevant advice is our key deliverable and I am elated that our new colleagues will add to our already compelling global advisory and product proposition.»
