Mashreq Egypt appoints Mohamed Talaat as head of retail banking

Mashreq Egypt has appointed Mohamed Talaat (LinkedIn) as its head of retail banking, it said in a statement ( pdf ) last week. Talaat returns to Mashreq after nearly five years away from the bank, during which he worked first as head of retail products at First Abu Dhabi Bank and then as head of retail and as CCO at Misr Digital Innovation, the digital arm of Banque Misr. Talaat has more than 20 years of experience in working in business, credit risk, and finance, and has worked extensively on digital transformation in the banking industry.