The National Investor appoints Head of Research

Mr. Halawi brings to the role more than nine years experience in European equity markets. As Head of Research, he will be responsible for expanding and managing the research team, with the stated objective of delivering value-added investment advice on regionally listed companies. He will be based in Abu Dhabi and will report to Mr. Orhan Osmansoy, Chief Executive Officer of TNI.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Orhan Osmansoy, TNI's Chief Executive Officer, said: 'Amer brings a great depth of experience to our already strong team. His appointment represents an important further step in attaining our ambition of becoming a leading regional banking firm. His banking experience and industry knowledge will make a great contribution to TNI.'

Prior to joining TNI, Mr. Halawi worked at Goldman Sachs from 2000 to 2004, his most recent role being Executive Director on the Pan-European Sales desk. In this capacity, he was covering French institutional clients out of the Paris office, and participated in the firm's global push to distribute derivative products to traditional Equity investors.

Prior to that Mr. Halawi spearheaded Goldman Sachs 'Global Products' distribution strategy to French institutional investors, first out of London and then out of Paris, where he moved to set up the French Global Products desk.

Mr. Halawi started his career in 1995 as Equity research analyst, and worked for three leading European banks in this function. He progressively specialized in the French Capital Goods industry. In 2000, he was ranked as one of the Top 10 European analysts in his sector in the annual Reuters survey.

In addition to his professional experiences, Mr. Halawi has also served as a guest lecturer to graduating finance students at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce to Paris (ESCP).

Mr. Halawi holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and a Masters in Management from the ESCP with a major in Finance.