Zain Zaidi

Managing Director, Head of CEEMEA Loans & Leveraged Finance
Citi

Biography

Zain is a Director in the Loans and Acquisition Finance team at Citi and responsible for all syndicated loan financing in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. In addition to his regional coverage, Zain is also responsible for syndicated loan transactions for shipping clients within the broader EMEA region.

Zain has been with Citi for over 16 years between New York, London and Dubai and has provided debt origination, execution, structuring and advisory services to clients over this time related to loans, bonds, and securitization. His client list has spanned the full credit spectrum from sovereigns and strong investment grade names to high yield issuers.

During his time at Citi, Zain has had strong experience with transportation assets and infrastructure financing but has spent the last 7 years focused on corporate loans covering Sovereigns, GREs, Corporates and FIs from the Middle East.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2021

• Syndicated loan markets: Can banks bridge the gap between 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

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk 24 2020

• GCC cost of funding vs. price of lending: How are loan bankers structuring and pricing deals?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020

• Analysing the supply and demand factors that will drive syndicated loan markets in 2020

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Saudi Arabia 2019

• Loan Financing in Saudi Arabia: How can borrowers and lenders work together to extract maximum mutual benefit?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2019