ABU DHABI: Major Abu Dhabi lender First Gulf Bank has hired a former banker at National Bank of Abu Dhabi as head of its corporate finance advisory services, FGB said on Tuesday.

Michael Aissaoui will oversee expansion of the bank’s advisory activities for clients regionally and globally.

In April Reuters reported that Aissaoui and another senior banker, Nicholas Gilani, were leaving NBAD to pursue other opportunities.

Aissaoui earlier worked at Societe Generale.