Mizuho announced the appointment of Ahmed Siddiqi as Regional Head of Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) for the Middle East, Africa, Türkiye and Central Asia Caucasus (MEA) region. The role is newly created as part of Mizuho’s strategic expansion and long-term investment in the region.
A seasoned Corporate & Investment Banking executive with more than 20 years of global experience, Siddiqi has a strong track record in strategic client engagement and the delivery of complex, cross-border capital markets and strategic advisory mandates, working closely with the region’s leading corporates, financial institutions, sovereigns, and sovereign wealth funds.
Mizuho has been active in the MEA region for more than 60 years and is recognised among the leading and most committed global financial institutions serving the region. Since 2015, Mizuho has led over USD800 billion of capital markets and strategic advisory transactions in MEA and has facilitated more than USD130 billion of Asian capital flows into the region over the past five years—underscoring its deep connectivity between Asia and the MEA region.
Siddiqi’s appointment reflects the MEA region’s central role in Mizuho’s global growth strategy and strengthens the firm’s ability to deliver integrated CIB platform while building long-term strategic partnerships across priority markets.
Siddiqi will report locally into Masahiko Ejima, Co-Regional Head of MEA, as well as to Slava Slavinskiy, Head of Banking, EMEA and Asif Godall, Head of Markets, EMEA.
