Dilshan Hettiaratchi

Dilshan has over 20 years of Banking experience. Prior to joining Faber Capital, he was the Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets – MENA and Pakistan for Standard Chartered Bank, based in Dubai. He helped build SCB’s ME Debt Capital Markets franchise which was regularly within the top three arrangers on the both the GCC International Bond and Sukuk league for a number of years.

Dilshan has helped issuers raise over USD 70 billion through the Bond and Sukuk markets. During his tenor as the Head of DCM for SCB, he assisted a number of issuers including The Government of Dubai, The Government of Ras Al Khaimah, International Petroleum Investment Company, Tourism Development Investment Company, Emaar Properties, Majid Al Futtaim, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, First Gulf Bank, Emirates NBD, Tamweel, Emirates Airlines, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, etc , access the Debt Capital Markets.

He was also a Steering Committee member of the Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association (GBSA), and the Chair of the Government Bond issuance committee in 2011. He has been a speaker/panelist at a number of industry conferences in Debt Markets over the last few years.

Prior to joining SCB, he worked with Citi National Investment Bank, which was the investment banking arm of Citibank based in Colombo.