When Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair asked Ahmed Abdelaal take the reins as chief executive of Dubai-based Mashreq Bank in October 2019, he had a piece of advice for his successor.
“His message was simple: ‘Don’t mess this up,’” Abdelaal tells Euromoney.
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It was blunt, but with good reason. This was not because Ghurair, who then moved upstairs to become chairman, was in any doubt about his choice of candidate.
Abdelaal was not a new face.
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