As Executive Vice Chair, Hani leads BNY's strategy, business, client relationships and teams across Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. He is member of BNY’s Executive Committee, and of the senior committees that oversee business management, client, risk, people and culture.  He also serves on a number of the bank's subsidiary boards in Europe and the Middle East.

Hani is Vice Chair of the advisory council of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), and serves on the board of UK Finance, the British trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector.

Since joining the bank in 1997, Hani has held a number of leadership roles in New York, London and the UAE. Hani is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has previously worked for HSBC in New York.