Global and Western European winner: BNP Paribas chief executive, Baudouin Prot, collects the Bracken award for Global Bank of the Year 2008 from Stuart Pearce, CEO of Qatar Financial Centre Authority, and awards host Michael Buerk. The bank also won Bank of the Year for Western Europe and France
Central and Eastern European winner: Raiffeisen International
Leading the pack in Asia: ICBC
Latin American triumph for Banco Santander
African achievement for Standard Bank
Middle East winners: National Bank of Kuwait
Emerging markets Bank of the Year went to Standard Chartered
Citi scooped the Cash Management Bank of the Year
The award for Securities Services Bank of the Year went to Bank of New York Mellon
Bradesco was the Environmental, Social and Governance Bank of the Year
Lifetime Achiever: Ibrahim Dabdoub, National Bank of Kuwait CEO, accepts his award from Stephen Timewell, editor-in-chief of The Banker
Banker editor, Brian Caplen
Stuart Pearce, CEO of Qatar Financial Centre Authority
Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, London
Winner of 10 awards across Africa: Ecobank
Australian winners: Westpac
German winners: Commerzbank
Triumphant Indians: State Bank of India
Winners in Lebanon: Blom Bank
Nigerian winners: Intercontinental Bank
Bank of the Year in Spain: Banco Santander
Crane Bank is Ugandan Bank of the Year
