Oscar Silva joins NBK Capital as Chief Executive of its Investment Banking Group

Mr. Silva is based in NBK Capital's offices in Kuwait and will lead a team of investment bankers located in Kuwait, Dubai, Istanbul and Beirut.

Mr. Silva is a seasoned investment banker with 25 years of global and regional experience. He held positions in Structured, Project Finance and Capital Markets in Citibank's offices in New York and Tokyo. Mr. Silva relocated to London with The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) as Managing Director and Board Member of LTCB's emerging markets business with operations in London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York and Singapore. He then founded his own investment company in London and managed two capital growth investment funds focused on emerging markets before joining PriceWaterhouseCoopers in London as Head of Structured Finance and Securitisation.

"We warmly welcome Oscar to the NBK Capital team. His significant experience in global and regional markets strategically aligns with NBK Capital's unique focused business model and reflects our commitment to offer the very best financial advisory services in the region. Together with his team, Oscar will add tremendous value to our clients and our business, as we work together, to fulfill NBK Capital's mission to be the trusted advisor and partner to entrepreneurs seeking to built great companies across the region" commented Mr. George Nasra, CEO and Board Member, NBK Capital.

Before joining NBK Capital, Mr. Silva was based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he built and led the Corporate and Structured Finance business of The National Commercial Bank covering equity capital markets, debt capital markets, advisory, asset backed financing, project finance and syndications.

Mr. Silva holds an MBA from Harvard University in Boston and had previously qualified as a lawyer.