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Whether it is advisory or service solutions, HSBC is committed to its corporate customers in helping them deliver on their ESG initiatives, strategies, and targets for a sustainable future.
HSBC's Sustainable and Transition Finance Team
The HSBC Sustainable and Transition Finance Team in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) helps customers transition to more sustainable business models.
The Team has deep technical knowledge of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) opportunities and challenges facing our customers, as well as the evolving regulatory space and its impacts. With a presence in all our markets across the region, the Team works with all our bankers to provide advice, expertise and financing solutions to our clients across Global Banking, Commercial Banking and Wealth & Personal Banking - no matter which sector they operate in or what stage of the sustainability journey they are on.
The Team is playing a leading role in helping HSBC achieve its ambition to become a net zero bank. At the heart of our climate plan is a goal to reduce financed emissions from our portfolio of customers to net zero by 2050 or sooner. To support our customers in their transition to lower carbon emissions, we are aiming to provide between USD750 billion and USD1 trillion of financing and investment globally by 2030.
Meet our team.
Nour Safa
Associate Director, DCM
Nour assists a large number of regional clients, across sectors, in accessing the international debt capital markets space for a variety of products including, most recently, the first-ever corporate green sukuk and works closely with clients on integrating ESG into their funding decisions.
Email: Nour.Safa@hsbc.com
Paul Cox
Head of Customer and Products, Wealth and Private Banking
Paul is responsible for delivering a comprehensive suite of regional Green Financing products across Wealth and Personal Banking at HSBC in the region, that allow clients to invest, borrow, or buy a property while also supporting the environment.
Email: paul1.cox@hsbc.com
Ali Tariq
Head of GTRF, HSBC Bahrain
Ali is the regional lead for sustainable trade finance for MENAT, where he is responsible for the proposition rollout, business development, market partnerships and enhancing awareness to enable growth for our clients as they manage their international trade and supply chains.
Email: ali.tariq@hsbc.com
Olga Touloumi
Director, Financial Institutions Group
Olga looks after financial institutions in the region, for the whole range of offerings from capital markets funding, risk management to trade finance. She likes to work on new initiatives and find practical solutions for clients as every milestone met makes a real difference for our future.
Email: olgatouloumi@hsbc.com
Hanan Ahmed
Director, Sector Head of Energy
Hanan is the Energy Sector Head for commercial banking in MENAT. In this role, Hanan is responsible for all energy-related activities and supports our clients’ needs with ESG strategies to accelerate their abilities to evolve towards the net zero carbon world.
Email: hanan.a.bakrahmed@hsbc.com
Osman Raie
Managing Director, Institutional Equities
Osman oversees equities for our institutional and SWF clients, as well as market regulators and stock exchanges in the MENAT region. He focusses on finance and investment, corporate governance, ESG and sustainability as the capital markets grow and develop.
Email: osmanraie@hsbc.com
James Grist
Head of Group Distribution, HSBC Global Asset Management
James is responsible for the distribution of HSBC Global Asset Management products and services in MENAT. Responsible and sustainable investing is part of our mission, as we unlock sustainable investment opportunities for investors, offering expert insights and specialist investment strategies which enable our clients to meet their sustainable investment objectives.
Email: james.grist@hsbc.com
