Andrew Bates
Head of Private Banking, Middle East
Andrew has over 32 years’ banking experience and joined us from Lloyds TSB in Miami where he was responsible for providing banking and investment services to clients in Latin America and the Caribbean. He initially joined the bank’s Isle of Man office in 2004, and following secondments in the South Africa and London offices, he moved to the UAE in 2013.
Based in Dubai, Andrew is primarily responsible for the bank’s international growth in both the private client and intermediary sectors in the Middle East & Asia. He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and graduated from the London Business School with an Executive MBA. Andrew also has full STEP membership, qualifying him as a Trust and Estate Practitioner.
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