Gulf Central Merchant Bank (GCMB) has strengthened its Management Team with the addition of a new hire.
GCMB’s CEO, Hakim Azaiez, confirmed that Joynal Choudhury have joined the Merchant Bank as Head of Real Estate. He will report to Chris Baker, Chief Operating Officer of the Bank.
Joynal will be responsible for building out the Bank’s Real Estate strategy. The Bank’s services include Corporate Advisory, Deal Structuring, Portfolio Acquisitions and Disposals and the Placement of Bond and Loan Transactions to the Bank’s institutional client base. Joynal was previously Head of Real Estate at Gatehouse Bank.
Hakim added that the Bank’s competitive edge lay in the fact that, “We bring our institutional investor base together with our property company clients to secure bond or loan transactions that benefit both parties and that is conducted in a regulated environment. Our specialist sectors include Build to Rent, Sale & Leasebacks and Commercial and Industrial Park Financing Structures.”