Mr. Georges Elhedery has been Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited and Chief Executive Officer of North Africa Region since July 26, 2016. Mr. Elhedery served as the Head of Global Banking and Markets for MENA at HSBC Holdings plc since June 12, 2014. He has accumulated administrative and leadership experience for almost 20 years in Banking, Finance and Markets, which he acquired from his work in senior positions with a number of leading international financial institutions. He serves as the Chairman of HSBC Middle East Securities LLC. He serves as Director of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited. He has been a Non-Executive Director at HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E. since October 1, 2014. He serves as Deputy Chairman at HSBC MENA. He has been Non-Executive Director at The Saudi British Bank since November 11, 2016. He holds a post graduate degree in Statistics and Economy at the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique, Paris, France in 1998. He holds a graduate degree in Engineering from ??cole Polytechnique in France in 1996.