Gatehouse Bank appoints Anthony Saint as Head of Capital Markets

28th May 2008

Gatehouse Bank, the fully Shariah-compliant wholesale investment bank recently approved by the Financial Services Authority has rounded out its senior management team by appointing Anthony Saint as Head of Capital Markets.

Anthony will take responsibility for origination, structuring and execution of both Capital Markets transactions and Institutional Wealth Management products.  In the Capital Markets arena Gatehouse will provide the full range of Shari’ah compliant debt products, including Sukuk issues and facilities aimed at the bank market, both for Islamic borrowers wishing to access the international markets and for non-Islamic borrowers wishing to tap the liquidity in the GCC.  This will include acquisition finance transactions and corporate and asset finance.

Gatehouse’s Institutional Wealth Management division will provide sophisticated Islamic investors with a broad product offering, sourcing a wide range of investment opportunities and structuring these into Shari’ah compliant products.
Anthony joins Gatehouse from Standard Bank, the London based international investment banking arm of The Standard Bank of South Africa, where he spent the last ten years. As Global Head of Specialised Finance Anthony was responsible for structured loan transactions, such as Islamic Finance, acquisition finance and structured finance. His focus was primarily on the emerging markets covering regions as diverse as Latin America, Russia, MENA, CEE, the Far East and ‘New Europe’ including Turkey.

With a career in investment banking spanning more than twenty years, Anthony was previously at Republic National Bank of New York as Co-Head of the Derivative Products Group in London and at S.G. Warburg.

David Testa, CEO, Gatehouse Bank, commented:

“Every member of the team at Gatehouse has been handpicked for their rare combination of investment banking skills and experience of Shariah-compliant finance. Anthony fits this model perfectly and, having worked with him on a number of transactions over the last few years, was our first choice to lead our capital markets team.

“Given our global remit, Anthony’s track record of deals all over the world, but especially new Europe and Turkey, will be especially productive. Investors, vendors and borrowers around the world are becoming more familiar with Shariah-compliant products, such as Sukuks, so Anthony’s appointment further strengthens our ability to provide diversified products for traditional Islamic Finance clients, as well as a wide range of new ones.”

Anthony Saint, Head of Capital Markets, Gatehouse Bank added:

“With its strong shareholder, very experienced Board of Directors and high calibre personnel, Gatehouse is ideally positioned to play a key role in the development of the international Islamic Finance market. I am genuinely excited about joining the Gatehouse, team and helping to develop those opportunities.”

Anthony has a BA in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford University.

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