Emirates Bank appoints new head of Al Shaheen Priority Banking Service
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, November 07 - 2007 at 09:06
- PRESS RELEASE
Emirates Bank an Emirates NBD company announced the appointment of Mike Solimani as the new head of Al Shaheen, Emirates Bank Priority Banking Service.
Jamal Bin Ghalaita, Emirates NBD General Manger Consumer Banking & Wealth Management said: "Mike brings to Al Shaheen his rich and extensive Wealth Management experience. This coupled with his broad understanding of the Middle East market will undoubtedly help him in formulating the vision and leadership for the continued growth of the Al Shaheen Club".
Mike is a UK qualified Chartered Accountant with a MBA from Insead and a degree in Economics (1st Class) from City University Business School, London.
Before joining Emirates Bank, Mike was a consultant with McKinsey & Co in Dubai, where he served variety of Financial Institution clients in the region. Prior to that he had held various positions with Credit Suisse Group and KPMG in the U.K and Switzerland.
Doted with a charismatic and pleasant personality, Emirates Bank is confident in Mike's dynamic and capable approach in leading the Al Shaheen Club.
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Emirates NBD (DFM: ENBD) is a Dubai-based banking group resulting from the merger of Emirates Bank Group and National Bank of Dubai Group. It is the biggest banking group in the GCC by assets and the biggest banking group in the UAE by market capitalization. The Group has a leading retail banking franchise in the UAE, with over 100 branches and over 430 ATMs. It is a major player in the UAE corporate banking arena, with a combined market share of almost a fifth of corporate loans. It also has strong Islamic banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management and brokerage operations.
The Group has operations in the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Kingdom and Jersey (Channel Islands), and representative offices in India, Iran and Singapore.
About Emirates Bank
Emirates Bank, who is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, and which recently merged with National Bank of Dubai to establish Emirates NBD- expected to be the largest financial institution in the region by assets, offers a full range of retail banking products and services under the 'me' brand name. These include: meACCOUNTS (current & savings Accounts), meSAVE (tiered saving Accounts) meDEPOSITS (Term Deposits), mePERSONAL (Personal Loans), meDRIVE (Car Loans), meCARDS (Credit Cards), meUNI (Student-Oriented Banking Products/Services), meLADY (Female-oriented Banking Products) meINSURANCE (Insurance Products), meNRI (for Indian Expatriates), meNRL (for Lebanese Expatriates), and meMILES (Credit Card Loyalty Programme). In addition, Emirates Bank offers its customers priority banking services through its Al Shaheen Club.
Emirates Bank offers its customers the convenience of banking across a range of channels (on-line, phone banking) and through visiting one of the wide network of branches across the UAE.
Emirates Bank has been awarded the coveted status of a 'Superbrand' for the past four consecutive years.
For more press information please contact:
Zeina El Haj
PR, Event& Sponsorship Manager
Emirates Bank
Tel: 04-209-2669
Fax: 04-225-0866
Shimaa Elsayed
Account Manager- PR
Tamra-C2
T: 04 295 1177
F:04 295 1188
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