Ex-RBS banker Manoj Menon has joined First Gulf Bank (FGB) as global head of transaction services and FI.

He reports to Simon Penney, the bank’s head of wholesale and international banking.

Menon tells GTR that his new role he will be responsible for building and managing the bank’s global transaction services and financial institutions business, including corporate business in countries where the bank doesn’t have a presence.

He was previously global head of trade services at RBS. He joined the bank in 2007.