Standard Chartered has appointed Souad Benkredda as Head of Financial Markets, UAE. Souad will report directly to Rahil Taneja, Regional Head, Financial Markets, Africa and Middle East (AME) with a secondary reporting line into Mohamed Salama, Global Banking Head, UAE. Souad joins the Bank from Deutsche Bank where she was Managing Director in the Corporate Banking and Securities Division in London with responsibility for originating markets transactions for large corporations in Europe.