QATAR
 
Ex-Qatar PM Leaves QIA
 
Qatar’s new Amir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, appointed on 2 June Ahmad al-Sayyid as the new chief of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the Gulf state’s $100-200bn sovereign wealth fund. Mr Sayyid replaces outgoing Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and architect of Qatar’s activist foreign policy, Shaikh Hamad bin Jasim Al Thani – who also lost his position on the QIA board of directors. The Amir Tamim will...