Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.) has appointed Paul Baker as the Group Head of Operations with immediate effect. He will be reporting to the Group Chief Operating Officer, Ismail Mokhtar. Paul, who was appointed Acting Group Head of Operations in December 2022, has over 30 years' experience in banking across multiple jurisdictions in managing large Operations teams and businesses through significant change in relation to process or system re-engineering, including core banking implementation.

Since joining the Group in 2015, Paul has led significant Change Programmes across Trade Finance, Payments, and Treasury Back Office. Prior to Bank ABC, he had a long career at Lloyds Banking Group across the UAE, Channel Islands and Switzerland.