Kamran Butt

Kamran Butt has been appointed chief investment officer (CIO) and head of product for Santander Private Banking's Middle East division, based in Dubai's International Financial Centre. With a robust background in private banking and investment strategy, Butt brings extensive experience to the Spanish bank.

Career History

• HSBC Global Private Banking: Managing Director and Regional Market Head for MENA Investment Counsellors (based in Dubai, over six years)
• Sedco Capital: Managing Director at the Saudi asset manager
• Credit Suisse: Investment strategy head for the Middle East (joined 2007, relocated from Dubai to Geneva in 2012)

Butt has spent his career focused on the Middle East and North Africa region, where he developed deep expertise in private wealth management and investment advisory across Islamic and conventional banking structures. At Sedco Capital, he served as head of client advisory and international sales, positioning him at the intersection of wealth management and business development—experience critical for developing product strategy in a competitive private banking market.

What Kamran Butt could bring to his CIO role at Santander Private Banking: Butt's 15+ year track record in MENA-focused investment strategy, combined with executive leadership experience across Credit Suisse's institutional advisory desk and HSBC's regional private banking operations, positions him to accelerate Santander's product innovation and regional market penetration. His background navigating both conventional and Islamic wealth structures in Saudi Arabia and the broader Gulf region should enable him to develop differentiated investment solutions for Santander's emerging MENA clientele.