Mahomed Iqbal is an Investment banker with over 25 years of experience in financial markets across Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. He is a specialist in Project Financing, Fixed Income, Corporate Finance, Corporate Banking and International Trade & Commodity Finance. In June 2022, he became an Executive Director at Banco Efisa, responsible for the Corporate Banking and Structured Finance division, and then joined Zagope as the Managing Director of structuring and sourcing finance for various infrastructure projects across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Subsequently, became the head of investment for BFI Bank Cape Verde and BFI PT Capital Partners in Portugal.
He was responsible for a team that arranged a USD 27 million syndicated facility for a Gas pipeline for the Electricity and Water Authority of Shajah (UAE) and a USD 250 million syndicated facility for the Shree Maheshwar Hydro project in India. In Portugal, he has led teams involved in syndicated facilities for RTP (state-owned television company), totalling Euro 800 million, and Carris (Lisbon Bus company), totalling Euro 215 million. Euro 320 million for the Madeira’s Autonomous Government, amounting to Euro 120 million, and Euro 100 million for Aguas de Portugal amounting to Euro 100 million, issued in Japanese Yen (being the first International bond issue for this state-owned company). Besides being an alumnus of the London School of Economics (LSE), he has obtained executive qualifications from Pace University and Harvard Business School in the USA.
