Makram Azar is Chairman of Banking EMEA and Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC, MENA.
Makram also chairs the Senior Client Group globally.
Mr. Azar joined Barclays in September 2010 from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) where he was Managing Director and Head of Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Azar had spent 18 years at Lehman Brothers, latterly as Managing Director, Global Head of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Chairman of Media Investment Banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).