Gulf Bank has announced the appointment of Antoine Daher as chief executive officer, effective December 1, 2016, following the approval of the Central Bank of Kuwait. Daher, previously Gulf Bank’s Deputy CEO, succeeds Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno who had been CEO since March 2014. Daher was assigned the position of Deputy CEO, Wholesale Banking at Gulf Bank in 2013. Prior to joining Gulf Bank, he served as General Manager for Domestic Corporate Banking at National Bank of Kuwait from 2011 to 2013 and Head of the Domestic Multinational unit from 2007 to 2011. He also worked at National City Bank in the USA, where he held several positions in Project Finance, Structured Finance, Corporate Banking, and Capital Markets.