Qatar National Bank Group (QNB) was announced the Best Bank in the Middle East and Best Bank in Qatar at the Banker Middle East Industry Awards ceremony held recently in Dubai. Winning these awards proves that QNB leads the regional banking industry in various performance measures used by Banker Middle East to decide the results, the company said in a statement today These performance measures include growth, return on assets, asset base and a number of other elements. Established in 1964 QNB has an ownership structure split between the Qatar Investment Authority (50%) and the private sector (50%).