Mark Kalil

Head: Syndicate Africa, Debt Capital Markets
Standard Bank

Biography

Mark has 25 years of Capital Markets experience across the African continent. His specialisation includes cross-asset sales and structuring to institutional investors. His career started at Standard Bank in 1996 and has included leading Syndicate across the debt:equity spectrum for Investment Banking and heading the International Equity Sales & Trading unit in Global Markets. His key deal experience across the local currency markets includes leading Syndicate on the debut bond issues for the IFC in Namibia, Rwanda, Zambia and the AfDB EuroZar bond and for Standard Bank’s Treasury funding solutions in Africa. He has introduced many key market development initiatives for Sovereign and Corporate issuers across the African regions. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Elections, trade, and post-COVID recovery: How are investors pricing African credit in the current climate?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2019

• Buy or sell… hard currency or local currency: How and where can bond investors find value in Africa’s credit markets?