Samir Assaf

Chairman, MENA, General Atlantic

BSc in Finance, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris; MBA in Economics, La Sorbonne University. Formerly: Head, Treasury, Total; from 1994, with CCF (acquired by HSBC in 2000), including 1998, Head, Markets. With HSBC: Head, Fixed Income Trading, Europe; Head, Global Markets, France; 2006, Head, Global Markets, EMEA; 2007, Deputy Head, Global Markets; 2008, Head, Global Markets and Group General Manager; since January 2011, current position, Group Managing Director and Member, Group Management Board, responsible for Global Banking and Markets.