Vishal Rander

Partner, Project & Infrastructure Finance
Deloitte

Biography

Vishal leads Deloitte's Project & Infrastructure Finance team in the Middle East. Based in the GCC since 2011, he has over 18 years of professional expertise, focusing on PPP and project finance advisory services for both public and private sector clients. Vishal has successfully managed transactions across various sectors, including power, water, wastewater, solid waste, transport and accommodation. Notably, he spearheaded the award-winning Financial Advisory team for last year's Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year (Madinah, Buraydah, and Tabuk ISTP). Additionally, he led this year's Project Finance Deal of the Year (NEOM Residential Communities Wave 1).

Vishal holds a first-class degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master's degree in Operational Research.

Speaker at these events:

Capital Markets & ESG Finance 2024

• From secured to unsecured funding to project bonds: How can Saudi Arabia’s project companies navigate their way through the loan and capital markets

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2023

• What do rising financial costs mean for the bankability of infrastructure projects in the region?

Capital Markets & ESG Finance Saudi Arabia 2023

• Saudi Arabia’s PPP from start to finish: How international investors and developers get a privatisation deal done

Capital Markets Saudi Arabia 2022

• Channelling domestic wealth into domestic projects: Understanding the key players, frameworks and incentives to build the Saudi project finance market from within

Project, ECA & Structured Finance MENA 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Closing transactions in 2020: How are governments, off-takers, operators and developers re-thinking their approach to financing?