Union Bancaire Privee Middle East has a new CEO: Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privee has named Mohamed Shoukry (LinkedIn) as the new CEO of its Dubai-based subsidiary, UBP Middle East, Zawya reports. Shoukry previously served in senior roles at Citi, JP Morgan, National Bank of Abu Dhabi (now FAB), and with our friends at Mashreq Bank.

He will succeed Mohamed Hamed Abdellatif, who held the position since 2015, while Abdellatif takes on the role of co-head of the bank’s Middle East and Africa region division alongside Walid Shash.

Two Sharjah government departments have appointed new heads:

#-1 Sharjah Crown Prince Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimihas appointed engineer Lamia Al Shamsi as director of the Sharjah Digital Department, reports Wam. Al Shamsi was previously serving as the director of the Sharjah government’s development department.

About SDD: The government launched SDD this month in place of the Sharjah E-Government Department and the Sharjah Digital Office. The office provides electronic channels for government-to-government and government-to-citizen interactions, according to its LinkedIn.

#2- Al Qasimi appointed the previous director of the Municipal Affairs Department,Salem Abdullah Dhahi Al Kaabi, as director of Sharjah’s agriculture and livestock department, reports Sharjah 24. The move was carried out under the government’s new special jobs system.

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