(2 minutes read)
· Abbas Husain is now the Regional Head of Corporate Finance,
Africa and the Middle East (AME) of Standard Chartered.
· A professional with a proven track record in structuring and
executing project finance transactions in the power, water, oil and
gas, metals and infrastructure sectors, Abbas is expected to bring a
wealth of experience to the African operations of the bank.
Abbas Husain is now the Regional Head of Corporate Finance, Africa
and the Middle East (AME) of Standard Chartered. He brings over nearly
24 years of banking experience. Of that, 17 years have been with
Standard Chartered. He has been leading one of the largest and most
successful Project & Export Finance teams in the region. A
professional with a proven track record in structuring and executing
project finance transactions in the power, water, oil and gas, metals
and infrastructure sectors, Abbas is expected to bring a wealth of
experience to the African operations of the bank.
Along with his role in the AME region, Abbas’ will also be the Head
of Project & Export Finance for Europe and Pakistan and will
continue to be based in Dubai.
In his previous role, Abbas advised, structured and executed over 50
deals raising more than US$ 100billion of debt, including
advising/structuring more than 60 gigawatts of new power generation
and water projects across 11 countries. Abbas was adjudged as the
Dealmaker of the Year by EMEA Finance for Europe, Middle East & Africa
in 2017. He also worked with Citibank, and Bank of America.
