Damien Orban

Head of Emerging Markets, Financial Institutions & Benelux - Loan Capital Markets EMEA
BofA Securities

Biography

Based in London, Damien is responsible in covering origination, structuring and syndication for Benelux corporate clients, Western European Financial Institutions as well as Emerging Markets within EMEA Loan Capital Markets. Damien has been involved in executing and evaluating transactions across industry sectors and has worked on landmark transactions including UCB’s acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals, Signify’s acquisition of Cooper Lighting, GSK’s acquisition of Tesaro and British American Tobacco’s $50bn acquisition of Reynolds American.

Damien joined BofAML in 2011 as an Analyst in Credit Risk and moved to Loan Capital Markets three years later after having rotated across financial institution and corporate teams covering Western European and Emerging Market clients.

Damien holds a BEng Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol and is fluent in both French and English.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2024

• Unravelling liquidity, competition, risk appetite and the impact on the loan market

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2023

• Syndicating loans in the ‘new’ normal: How and where are banks lending? What price and what structure?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2022

• Syndicated loan markets dynamics: How can banks meet borrower demands for better pricing and longer tenor?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020 - Virtual Conference

• How are syndicated loan bankers balancing structure and liquidity to meet client pricing expectations