Credit Suisse has appointed a team of six private banking relationship managers for the Saudi Arabian market, all to be based in Dubai. The team will be led by Ashraf Bajsair who joins from BNP Paribas Private Bank where he was head of Private Banking in Jeddah. Previously, he worked as a private banker for Banque Saudi Fransi in Jeddah. The team consists of Jihan Amiry who joins the team from BNP Paribas in Dubai, Mazen Takhah who joins from Banque Saudi Fransi in Jeddah and Karl Abdelnour joins from Banque Saudi Fransi in Al Khobar. Zohaer Eitani joins from American Express and Khalid Bin Mahfooz from BNP Paribas in Riyadh. Credit Suisse said that the Dubai-based team will complement the existing dedicated resources in Zurich, Geneva and London covering Saudi Arabian clients. Bruno Daher, head of Private Banking in the Middle East/Indian Sub-Continent and co-chief executive officer of the Middle East at Credit Suisse said: “[The team] will be instrumental in helping us to further strengthen our presence in this important and rapidly growing private banking market.”