Ray Ferguson will join the ABC Group from Standard Chartered Bank and will be appointed to the new position of Executive Vice President and Group Chief Banking Officer (GCBO), based in Bahrain.
Under the new organisational structure, the Chief Executive Officers of the subsidiaries will have dual reporting lines to the GCOO and the GCBO.
Commenting on his decision to join ABC, Ray Ferguson said: "I am delighted to be appointed as GCBO at ABC at this exciting time in the Bank's history.