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Barclays names El Dabag, Mezher as Co-CEOs for the Middle East

Laura Hinton, a managing partner at PwC in the U.K., is being considered to head the accounting firm’s Mideast operations, the FT reports

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Barclays headquarters in Canary Wharf

Barclays is putting together two of its senior bankers as joint chief executives to bolster its growing business in the Middle East.

The London-based lender said it promoted Khaled El Dabag and Walid Mezher to preside over banking...