Mohammed Fannouch

Mohammed Fannouch is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Capital Markets & Advisory for MENAT at HSBC, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has over 20 years' experience in originating, advising and executing investment banking transactions in Saudi Arabia and across the region. His successful track-record includes leading on some of the most high-profile transactions which have helped in setting precedent in the Saudi market.

Fannouch joined HSBC in 2008 and has acted on some of the most significant ECM and M&A deals in the Middle East. He leads HSBC's Investment Banking Advisory business in KSA, where he has contributed significantly in originating and executing landmark mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions in Saudi Arabia, and the wider MENAT region. He was most recently Co-Head of HSBC's investment banking franchise in Saudi Arabia.

Fannouch holds a Bachelors in Commerce, majoring in Finance (Hons), from the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University at Montreal, Canada. Prior to HSBC, he worked in Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) at EY, providing strategic financial guidance and facilitating capital market transactions. In his work outside of HSBC, he sits on the Capital Market Institutions Committee which serves as a focal point between Capital Market Institutions and the CMA. He also served as a Board Member at Berain Water, holding the position of Chairman of the Audit Committee and contributing to the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Career history

• Co-Head of Capital Markets and Advisory (CMA), MENAT at HSBC (2025–present)
• Co-Head of HSBC's investment banking franchise in Saudi Arabia (prior to 2025)
• Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) at EY

What Mohammed Fannouch could bring to Co-Head of Capital Markets and Advisory, MENAT at HSBC: With 20+ years of regional investment banking expertise and a track record leading landmark M&A and ECM transactions in the Middle East, Fannouch brings deep Saudi market knowledge and established relationships with regional institutional and government-linked entities. His prior co-leadership of HSBC's investment banking franchise in Saudi Arabia, combined with his involvement in capital markets policy through the Capital Market Institutions Committee, positions him to drive strategic growth in financing solutions, corporate finance, and advisory services across the broader MENAT region during a period of regional capital markets expansion.