Qatar: New QIA chief

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani named Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Thani chief executive of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) on 3 December, removing Ahmed Mohamed Al-Sayed from the post he had held since early July 2013.The move came out of the blue, though it was accompanied by rearrangements of both the QIA board and the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment (see box, page 15), suggesting it was some time in the planning.