Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Le Roux as the new Country Head for the Bank's UAE operations. Jean Pierre's appointment is effective from 1 March, 2015. He joins ABK from Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank.

He was previously a Managing Director of Financial Institutions for Asia with HSBC in Hong Kong, headed up the International Corporate business in Asia with Barclays Bank (based in Hong Kong), and has regional experience with Al Rajhi Bank in Saudi Arabia.