New regional leads for Microsoft: Microsoft appointed Amr Kamel (LinkedIn) as its new UAE general manager, starting this month, according to a press release. Kamel previously served as Microsoft’s general manager for global partner solutions in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He replaces Naim Yazbeck (LinkedIn), who has been promoted to president of its Middle East and Africa operations. He will lead the company’s digital transformation efforts across the region, focusing on cloud infrastructure, AI adoption, and strategic partnerships.

Barclays names co-CEOs to lead Middle East operations: Barclays has appointed Khaled El Dabag (LinkedIn) and Walid Mezher (LinkedIn) as joint CEOs for the Middle East, in a move demonstrating the region’s growing importance alongside the bank’s other key geographies in Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, Bloomberg reports. Both executives will remain based in Dubai and report to Barclays’ investment bank management head Stephen Dainton (LinkedIn).

Their backgrounds: El Dabag was managing director of investment banking for the lender, having joined from Goldman Sachs in 2014. Mezher is Barclays’ head of markets for MENA and previously held roles in institutional sales, risk solutions, and debt capital markets.

ALSO- Emirates Investment Bank CLO resigns: Raymond Mouracade, Emirates Investment Bank’s chief legal officer and board secretary, has resigned from his position, according to a DFM disclosure (pdf). His last working day will be on 1 October and the bank will propose a successor at a later date.

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