RIYADH: Deutsche Bank announced on Monday the launch of its Saudi Talent Pool Initiative which aims to attract highly qualified Saudi nationals through a two-year training program at the bank.
Fresh finance, information technology and business administration graduates with outstanding performance will be offered a paid traineeship that will allow them to receive comprehensive hands-on experience within Deutsche Bank’s various business lines, and at the bank’s global headquarters.
“This initiative comes to reaffirm Deutsche Bank’s commitment to Saudi Arabia, and is a manifestation of our goal to contribute toward the shaping of the financial sector,” said Jamal Alkishi, Deutsche Bank’s chief country officer in Saudi Arabia.
“This initiative will offer the local talent the opportunity to gain an invaluable experience and the skills necessary to excel in an ever-evolving marketplace and subsequently enrich the banking sector in the Kingdom,” he added.
Deutsche Bank in Saudi Arabia offers a full range of investment banking and private wealth management services. Candidates who successfully complete the traineeship will be given the opportunity to join Deutsche Bank.
“Our business lines have put in place a comprehensive training program that will involve elementary training and in later stages a more advanced hands-on experience,” said Javeed Ameen, Deutsche Bank’s chief operating officer in Saudi Arabia.
“The successful candidates’ performance during the traineeship will be periodically reviewed. The traineeship also involves a rotation in the headquarters of the various business lines, in Dubai, London and Frankfurt, to allow candidates to receive exposure to the international financial and banking sector as well,” he added.
“We are looking for people who not only have an excellent academic profile, but who exhibit confidence, have an analytical mind and are able to make good judgments, to join our diversified teams of 78,000 people across the world,” said Martyn Bagnall, Deutsche Bank’s head of human resources in the Middle East and North Africa region.
