SocGen's Middle East push: bringing structure to Islamic finance

Richad Soundardjee became Societe Generale’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 IFIS 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.