Bahrain-based Gulf International Bank B.S.C. said July 13 that itappointed Osamah Mohammed Shaker CEO of GIB Capital LLC, its investment bankingunit in Riyadh.

Shaker, whose appointment took effect June 29, was mostrecently director general of banking control, overseeing and regulating allcommercial banks in Saudi Arabia, and senior adviser to the deputy governor forsupervision at the central bank of Saudi Arabia.