Morgan Stanley announced that it has named Michael Samaha as co-head of Middle East and North Africa sales and business development for Morgan Stanley investment management (MSIM). Mr Samaha, based in the firm’s office in the Dubai International Financial Centre, joins Nicolas Kahale, who has been leading the effort since 2006.
Michael will work with Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia to build MSIM’s distribution capabilities in the Kingdom and further develop MSIM’s joint venture with the National Bank of Kuwait. Mr Samaha joins Morgan Stanley from Lehman Brothers where he was co-head of structuring & marketing in the fund derivatives group in London. Prior to this, he spent four years in Bahrain with Investcorp.
