Bio

Arif has over 14 years of sector agnostic investment banking experience gained advising on Capital Optimization situations, be it through equity or debt instruments, as well as executing Buy-side and Sell-side M&A projects across European, Middle Eastern and African markets for several leading GCC-based companies. Prior to joining Trussbridge in 2015, he participated in the development of Standard Chartered Africa focused Telecoms M&A and Debt structuring advisory practice. Arif started his career with Citigroup in London, where he spent 2005 to 2010, primarily advising global players in the Telecoms, Media and Technology industry on strategic, equity capital markets, as well as M&A mandates. Arif holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Columbia Business School in New York City and a Bachelor Degree in Economics from the Victoria University of Manchester, United Kingdom.