Top banker takes DIFC reins amid restructure

Abdullah Mohammed Saleh has been made the new governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre, the emirate’s banking and financial services hub.
The appointment was announced in a resolution by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to take effect immediately.

Mr Saleh is the chairman of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, the DIFC regulator.
He is the former managing director and chairman of National Bank of Dubai, which is now known as Emirates NBD and is the largest banking entity in the Middle East. Emirates NBD was formed by the merger of National Bank of Dubai and Emirates Bank International in 2007. Mr Saleh is a former adviser on financial matters to the late ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed.

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