Atiya Habib

Managing Partner & Investment Committee at Privity Credit

Speaker

Atiya heads the credit function and overseas portfolio management, maintaining independence from the transaction process. She is a voting member of the Investment Committee. Atiya has over 25 years of experience in debt capital markets, structured finance and private equity across Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. She has advised both large-cap corporates and mid-cap companies on capital structuring and led their debt deals for acquisition, project and property financing, hybrid capital, leverage and structured finance. Previously she was a Managing Director at Barclays (UK), responsible for multibillion international debt business across 20 markets, originating, structuring and closing debt deals for more than 250 clients. She was a voting member of the Underwriting Committee and Capital Allocation/Commercial Return Committee at Barclays. Prior to Barclays, Atiya headed Structured Finance within Capital Markets (Syndication) at Standard Chartered Bank covering Europe, Middle East, South Asia and Africa; and board member of various companies. Atiya holds a MSc – International Accounting & Finance, from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a MBA – Major in Finance – IBA, from the University of Karachi – Pakistan.