Khaled Darwish is moving to Bank of America. Darwish will be taking on the role of Head of Middle East and North Africa Corporate Banking
He most recently served as Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) region at HSBC.
Darwish joined HSBC in 2018 as the DCM head for MENA before being named Managing Director for the region in 2021. Darwish’s role expanded further to cover the CEEMA region in 2023. Prior to joining HSBC, Darwish had also worked with JP Morgan and Merril Lynch.
Nour Safa, Head of Middle East and North Africa Debt Capital Markets at HSBC also recently joined Goldman Sachs as Managing Director in its Capital Solutions Group. She had joined HSBC in August 2017. Before that, she worked in MENA DCM at Standard Chartered.
HSBC topped the MENA DCM league tables in 2025, securing the number position as the MENA bond bookrunner with $19.2 billion in related proceeds, representing an 11% market share. HSBC also topped the MENA Islamic bonds league table last year, according to LSEG data.
