Barclays Wealth has appointed three Middle East specialists to its Private Bank. Yousef Helou, Tarek Malas join from Merrill Lynch in Lo...

Barclays Wealth has appointed three Middle East specialists to its Private Bank. Yousef Helou, Tarek Malas join from Merrill Lynch in London where they focused on high net worth clients in the Gulf region. Mr Helou joins as a managing director. He was a senior vice president at Merrill Lynch where he was actively involved in developing high net worth and ultra high net worth business in the Arabian Gulf with a focus on Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar. He also covered a number of institutional clients in the region. Mr Malas was previously a vice president at Merrill Lynch working as a financial advisor within Merrill Lynch's London office, focusing on UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Lastly, George el Khoury joins from Kuwait Financial Centre. All three will report to Soha Nashaat, head of Middle East, Barclays Wealth. They join with immediate effect and will be based in Dubai.