Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
Bhupinder Singh is a Managing Director, Global Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the largest and most dominant regional investment bank in the Middle East, where he is also responsible for driving the FAB SWF and Financial Sponsors financing business.
He has been the key contributor to developing and establishing the FAB Leveraged & Acquisition Finance business to become the leading platform in the MENA region. Under his leadership, the business has become the preferred partner on all acquisition financings, and other strategic event driven financings, for the most sophisticated clients in the region, as well as all global private equity sponsors with interest in the region.
Bhupinder has structured and led hundreds of strategic event driven and other acquisition financings across several different sectors and countries, on transactions valued in excess of USD 100bn, including all the latest monetizations completed by key corporates like DP World, Aramco and ADNOC, while supporting world class acquirers like Blackrock, EIG, CDPQ, Brookfield, ADQ and others.
Prior to joining FAB in 2019, Bhupinder spent 9 years at Standard Chartered in Dubai, where he was responsible for the leveraged finance business in KSA, as well as all real estate related financings in the region. He started his career in 2005 in London as an M&A banker at Morgan Stanley, and also spent some time at Lloyds before moving to Standard Chartered in Dubai in 2011.
Bhupinder holds an MSc in Applied Economics & Finance from Copenhagen Business School and Stockholm School of Economics, and is a devoted husband and proud father of three daughters.
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