It's the kind of life experiences that breed resilience, muses Indosuez Asia CEO Omar Shokur about his years in strife-torn Kabul. He tells Ravi Velloor how the boutique bank, with its roots in Europe, find its raison d’etre in Asia's crowded wealth management space.
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