Barclays Wealth Adds To Middle East Private Banking Team

Vanessa Doctor

7 September 2009

Barclays Wealth has announced the appointment of Sahba Hadipour as the director of its International Private Banking team in the Middle East.

Mr Hadipour was previously the director of private equity and wealth management for CIC Holding (Invesco Holding). In his new role, he will report to Dubai general manager Fawaz Baba, and will be focusing on high net worth and ultra high net worth markets in the United Arab Emirates. He will be based in the Dubai International Financial Centre.

"Sahba's knowledge and experience of the private equity and wealth management industry will undoubtedly bring valuable skills to Barclays Wealth in the MENA region and will allow us to offer new and innovative solutions to our clients," said Barclays Wealth MENA CEO Soha Nashaat in a statement.

Barclays Wealth has offices in 25 countries and serves affluent, high net worth and intermediary clients.