Bank ABC has announced the appointment of Mr. Alex Leenen as Group Chief Operating Officer at the Head Office in Bahrain. In support of the Group Strategy, Alex will be responsible for the delivery of the key support areas across the Group, including Group Operations, Group IT, Corporate Communications, and Digital Banking and Retail. In addition, he will oversee the Functional (currently COO Treasury and COO WB) and Country COO's, who will each have a direct reporting line to Alex, next to their reporting line to their respective Functional Heads and local CEO's. Alex is an experienced international banker, having served with Deutsche Bank for more than 25 years, variously in the UK, Germany, The Netherlands and the Middle-East. During his tenure his roles have included those of Head of Global Transaction Banking (MEA), Country CEO Netherlands, Global Chief Operating Officer Transaction Banking as well as Chairman of the Sub-Sahara Africa Business Forum. Alex will be a member of the Group ManCom, and will directly report into the Deputy Group CEO.