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Feb 09 2012

DFSA Announces its Chief Executive to Step Down Later This Year

Dubai, UAE, 9 February 2012: The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) announces, today, that after nearly four years in the Chief Executive's role, Mr Paul M Koster has decided to step down in September 2012.

The DFSA Board of Directors have commenced the normal nominations process for identifying a new Chief Executive, which is being guided by the DFSA's Governance and Nominations Committee.

The Board are confident of finding a worthy successor to Mr Paul M Koster to take over the important work which he, and his team, have been doing; to strive to maintain the high international standards of the DFSA as an independent regulatory body and to contribute to the success of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) as a whole.

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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is the independent regulator of financial and ancillary services conducted in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a purpose-built financial free-zone in Dubai. The DFSA's regulatory mandate covers asset management, banking and credit services, securities, collective investment funds, custody and trust services, commodities futures trading, Islamic finance, insurance, an international equities exchange and an international commodities derivatives exchange.

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is the financial and business hub connecting the region's emerging markets with the developed markets of Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Since its launch in 2004, DIFC, a purposely built financial free-zone, has been committed to encouraging economic growth and development in the region through its strong financial and business infrastructure. Currently, DIFC's client base comprises over 800 active registered firms, including 18 of the top 25 global banks, 8 of the largest global asset managers, 6 of the 10 largest insurers and 6 of the top 10 law firms in the world. More than 11 thousand employees operate in an open environment complemented by international legal and regulatory standards. DIFC offers its member companies benefits such as 100 per cent foreign ownership, zero per cent tax rate, with no restriction on capital convertibility or profit repatriation. DIFC has its own independent financial and ancillary services regulatory body, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). It also has the DIFC Courts, which is an independent common law judiciary based in DIFC with jurisdiction over civil and commercial disputes in or relating to the Centre. DIFC is built upon a modern legal, regulatory and physical infrastructure which makes it the destination of choice for Financial Services firms establishing a presence in the region.

For further information, please visit website: www.difc.ae, or follow all developments on Twitter @DIFC.

For further information please contact:
Ms Angharad Irving - Jones
Head of Corporate Communications
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Level 13, The Gate
Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971 (0)4 362 1661
Fax: +971 (0)4 362 0801
Email: airvingjones@dfsa.ae
www.dfsa.ae

© Press Release 2012

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