Stork and Levant Capital Expand Private Client Services Teams with Senior Hires
Dubai, UAE, 20 September 2021— Levant Capital, a regulated financial services firm based in the Dubai International Financial Services Center, has announced the hiring of Christian Zouein to lead its growing Dubai-based private client services team. Chris has over 35 years of experience in private banking, having held senior positions at Swiss and American blue-chip banks, most recently as Managing Director at Credit Suisse in Dubai. Chris and his team will focus on expanding Levant Capital’s client base as the company expands its service offering in cooperation with Stork Capital and its team in Geneva. Building on a 15-year legacy in private equity and life sciences, Levant Capital and its affiliates offer private clients unique access to private markets and biotech investment programs.
Chris is also joined by recent hires Francois Pignat in Switzerland and Walid Nehme in Dubai. Francois has over 20 years of private banking experience having worked at JP Morgan, Barclays and more recently ADCB in Abu Dhabi, and Walid has over 15 years of private banking experience most recently as Vice Presiden at Credit Suisse.
In an article published this week, Bloomberg covered the recent key hires in Dubai and in Geneva: