VOL. XXXVI

NO. 45

9-AUGUST-1993

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

New Managing Director Takes Over At Samba

Mr. Jim Collins replaced Mehli Mistri as Managing Director of Riyadh-basedSaudi American Bank on 1 August. Mr. Collins has been with Citibank, whichowns 30% of Samba, for more than 25 years and has spent much of his time in theFar East. Since 1990 he has been responsible for strategic planning andmarketing for emerging economies, based in New York. Before that he spent fiveyears in...