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Dominik Hennen, head of personal banking – Deutsche Bank |
Deutsche Bank has hired former insurance executive Dominik Hennen to lead its newly created personal banking division. The new business unit will consist of the retail activities of both the Deutsche Bank and Postbank brands, and will serve around 19 million customers.
Mr Hennen joins from global insurance group Talanx, where he was most recently chief transformation officer of its German retail division. As a member of the management board of its subsidiary HDI Versicherungen, he was responsible for the digital and agile transformation of its German organisation.
In addition, from 2017 to 2021, he was chief sales and marketing officer at insurer PB Lebensversicherung, where he was responsible at board level for establishing new digital distribution channels. He began his career in 2007 with McKinsey & Company, where he worked in merger and restructuring projects in banking and insurance.
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Tahany Taher, head of Citi Commercial Bank in the UAE – Citi |
Citi has promoted Tahany Taher to head of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) in the UAE. She will report to the head of CCB for Middle East and Africa (MEA), Zoltan Schwardy. Ms Taher becomes the first Emirati woman to assume this role, which was previously under the oversight of Mr Schwardy.
She brings more than 17 years of UAE-based banking experience. Most recently, she served as CCB’s head of digital for MEA, and as its head of mid-sized UAE corporates. In her new role, Ms Tahany will focus on driving CCB’s strategy in the UAE, increasing market share and helping clients gain access to the full suite of Citi products.
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Abbas Rangwala, head of M&A, southeast Asia and India – Natixis CIB |
The corporate and investment banking arm of Paris-based lender Natixis has appointed Abbas Rangwala as head of M&A for south-east Asia and India. Based in Singapore, he will report to Asia-Pacific M&A head Miranda Zhao and head of real assets and investment banking Bertrand Guiot.
Mr Rangwala brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance, strategy, business development and organisational change management. He was most recently group head of M&A and business development at Indian multinational Bharti Enterprises. Prior to that, he held senior investment banking roles at Citigroup and Deutsche Bank across Singapore, Hong Kong and Mumbai.
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Ahmed Al Murad, head of wholesale banking – HSBC Kuwait |
HSBC Kuwait has appointed Ahmed Al Murad as the new head of its wholesale banking unit. In this role, he will be tasked with connecting large corporations, multinationals and government-related entities to international markets, and supporting global businesses seeking to grow their business in Kuwait.
Mr Al Murad has been the head of HSBC Kuwait’s global banking team for the past two years and with this appointment his responsibilities will expand to cover its commercial banking activities.
