Harris Antoniou is stepping aside as chief executive officer of Amsterdam Trade Bank after four years at the helm, the company announced today in a release on its Linkedin page.

The veteran lender said he is pursuing "new challenges" but will stay in place through February 2020 as the bank launches a search for his successor.

The lender, a subsidiary of Russia's Alfa Bank, said Antoniou had repositioned the bank during his tenure with a strong focus on trade, commodity finance and associated assets, with a view toward the Netherlands as a global trading hub.