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Moderator
Naush Malik
Managing Director, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance – Global Corporate Finance
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
Naush Malik
Managing Director, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance – Global Corporate Finance at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
Naush is responsible for leveraged, acquisition and structured financing at FAB. He has nearly 20 years of experience across the broader leveraged finance market as both a financier and investor. He started his career at Credit Suisse in London and New York, where he was a key member of the Leveraged Finance team. Prior to joining NBAD in 2013, Naush was responsible for Mezzanine & Alternative Solutions at Standard Chartered Principal Finance, focusing on structured equity and credit investments in stressed projects and special situations across MENA & Pakistan. He is a graduate of INSEAD (Fontainebleau/Singapore) and Imperial College London.
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
About First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
FAB, the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest institutions, offers an extensive range of tailor-made solutions, products and services to its customers. Through its strategic offerings, it looks to meet the banking needs of customers across the world via its market-leading Corporate and Investment Banking and Personal Banking franchises.
Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the bank’s international network spans five continents, providing the global relationships, expertise and financial strength to support local, regional and international businesses seeking to do business at home and abroad.
With total assets of AED 955 Billion (USD 260 Billion) as of September-end 2020, FAB is rated Aa3/AA-/AA- by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, respectively, the strongest combined ratings of any bank in the MENA region.
The Bank has been ranked by Global Finance as the Safest Bank in the UAE and the Middle East, and the 32nd Safest Bank globally.
To empower its customers and clients to Grow Stronger, FAB initiated a powerful movement, which goes beyond banking. The Grow Stronger movement represents the bank’s promise to support its stakeholders’ goals and growth ambitions, providing ideas, tools and expertise to help them become stronger, today and in the future.
For further information, visit: www.bankfab.com
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Speaker
Raj Jit Singh Wallia
Deputy Chief Financial Officer Corporate Finance at DP World
DP World’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Raj Jit Singh Wallia has global responsibility for the company’s Corporate Finance, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury and Insurance activities. A former banker and restructuring professional, he has a range of international experience across functions, markets, products and the maritime sector.
Before joining DP World, Raj Jit worked for DP World’s parent company Dubai World as Group Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury. He was hired to lead the group’s financial restructuring in 2009 and played a lead role in the overall restructuring of Dubai World and its subsidiaries.
As a banker he was a Managing Director with Deutsche Bank in Singapore where he headed the Asian High Yield and Leverage Loans origination business. Prior to that, Raj Jit was a Managing Director with ING’s Leverage Finance and Sponsor Coverage Group in London with specific responsibility for Central and Eastern European countries. During his banking career he has been involved in various credit origination, credit structuring, coverage, strategy and management roles.
Raj Jit holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and Applied Science at the Arizona State University.
DP World
