SocGen's Middle Eastern expansion: bringing structure to Islamic finance

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SocGen's Middle Eastern expansion: bringing structure to Islamic finance

Soundardjee Richad

Richad Soundardjee became Société Générale’s chief region officer for the Middle East and chief executive officer of its Dubai office in October, having previously headed global capital markets for the CEEMEA region at the bank. He spoke with GlobalCapital / IFIS’s Dan Alderson about SocGen’s plans for its Islamic finance business with a particular focus on structured finance — and how those two areas of business will play a part in the region’s development.

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