Arab Banking Corporation announced the appointment of Amr Tharwat as new MD and CEO of its Bank ABC Egypt franchise. The announcement follows the Board of Bank ABC Egypt's approval of the appointment. Amr brings to the role over 26 years of substantial local and regional corporate and investment banking experience gained from a variety of senior positions in MENAT. He joins from HSBC, where he has worked for over 15 years, out of which he spent 7 years in Egypt as the Head of Global Banking, and the remainder based in Dubai covering the region. Amr was most recently the MD, Deputy Head of Global Banking and Head of Corporate Banking MENAT for HSBC out of Dubai.