MOVES- We’re pleased to note that our friend Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, CIB’s chairman and managing director, has been tapped by Fairfax Africa to serve on the board of sub-Saharan African financial services group Atlas Mara. Canada’s Fairfax, a top shareholder of CIB, is leading a turnaround at Atlas, having invested USD 159 mn for a 42% stake, Reuters reports. Atlas Mara was co-founded by former Barclays boss Bob Diamond.
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