Christos Kolimenakis is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan based out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is currently Head of Payments for Saudi Arabia and Head of Subsidiary Banking coverage for the broader MENA region. Before relocating to Saudi Arabia, Christos has been actively involved on select Strategic Initiatives of J.P. Morgan’s Payments business in Europe. He also has significant experience in the Technology ecosystem and led the formation of the Innovation Economy Corporate Banking coverage team for the EMEA region, out of London. Prior to that, he was based in Dubai and was responsible for the banking coverage of large corporates and financial institutions across the MENA region. He joined J.P. Morgan in 2011 at the firm’s Strategy team in London. Christos is a Fulbright scholar and graduated from Columbia University and the London School of Economics with a Master of Public Administration (MPA).