Andre Sayegh is the current Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

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 of First Gulf Bank

First Gulf Bank

First Gulf Bank is a publicly owned bank headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and owned by several sons of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan...

. Sayegh was appointed in late February 2006 by the newly elected board of directors

Board of directors

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. Prior to becoming CEO, he was the Chief Operating Officer

Chief operating officer

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 of FGB. An ex-employee of Citibank

Citibank

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 for over 18 years, Sayegh has been instrumental in bringing about many needed reforms to the bank’s structure. Along with the managing director, he has been successful in making First Gulf Bank a leading regional organization

Organization

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attaining tremendous growth rates. He has introduced new products and modernized the bank’s operational system.