Qatar- Al Rayan Bank appoints Premier Private Banking head

Date

3/28/2016 1:22:59 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

DOHA: Al Rayan Bank PLC announced that Ahmed Rawaf (pictured) has joined the Bank as Head of Premier/Private Banking. He joins from Credit Suisse where he specialised in private banking and wealth management initially based at the multinational bank’s headquarters in Zurich and latterly in London.

Rawaf is based in Al Rayan Bank’s flagship Knightsbridge branch the hub from where the Bank provides exclusive Private and Premier banking services including real estate finance day-to-day banking facilities and other specialised services tailored to the needs of its client base. In this newly-created position Ahmed will use his expertise in private banking to further strengthen and expand Al Rayan Bank’s offering to High Net Worth clients from Qatar and the wider Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region the United Kingdom and beyond.

A graduate from Brunel University Ahmed Rawaf holds an MBA from London Business School and an MSc in Management from the University of Bath. Commenting upon his appointment he said “The Al Rayan Bank brand has become synonymous with aspiration innovation and stability and I am excited by the opportunity to help develop it as a marque of excellence in the Premier/Private Bank sector. My role presents me with a great opportunity: to build a robust private banking business which offers a personalised client-centred approach that is both accessible and responsive. As a rapidly growing agile organisation Al Rayan Bank is free from the ‘red tape’ often associated with larger companies; it’s therefore able to provide a swift and flexible service to its clients.

To date two key objectives for Al Rayan Bank have been to provide its Premier/Private banking clients with a high quality personalised and bespoke service providing a range of Sharia compliant financial solutions and to expand its presence in the real estate sector particularly in London a favourite of its British and Middle Eastern clients. Consequently Al Rayan Bank experienced significant growth in the volume of property transactions it financed in the UK in 2015.

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