Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited announced appointment of Mr. Jalal Almarhoon as Managing Director and Chief Regional Representative for the Middle East. Based in HKEX's recently opened Riyadh office, Mr. Almarhoon joined the Group on 10 February 2026. He reports to Johnson Chui, HKEX Head of Global Issuer Services.
In his new role, Mr. Almarhoon will lead HKEX's engagement in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East, overseeing Group-wide initiatives spanning primary and secondary markets, promoting HKEX as a listing venue of choice for issuers in the region, and managing the Group's relationships with key investors and stakeholders in the region. As HKEX's most senior representative in the Middle East, Mr. Almarhoon will work closely with teams in Hong Kong and across HKEX's global network to strengthen capital market connectivity between Hong Kong and the Middle East. Mr. Almarhoon has worked in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Amsterdam, and joins HKEX from BNP Paribas, where he was Managing Director and Head of Strategic Corporate Coverage in Saudi Arabia.
Prior to this, he spent nearly a decade at Société Générale in Saudi Arabia as Head of Corporate Coverage and earlier held a range of senior roles at Standard Chartered. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
