Rezwan mirza

Rezwan Mirza

Managing Director
Head of Corporate Banking, Barclays – UAE & GCC

Rezwan Mirza is Head of the Corporate Banking division at Barclays in the UAE and GCC.

Rezwan is responsible for driving the corporate banking business in the Gulf region and providing the best solutions to our clients by leveraging the overall global capabilities of the Barclays organisation to serve the corporate client base. Rezwan previously held various senior positions including Head of Corporate Coverage and Head of Debt Finance for Barclays in the GCC.

Prior to this Rezwan was a Director at the Investment Bank of Barclays. Rezwan’s responsibilities included client coverage and business origination across the GCC region. His client base included a number of the Sovereign Wealth Funds as well as other government related entities responsible for developing various sectors of the economy in these markets. During this time, Rezwan worked closely with Barclays team of corporate bankers to ensure that their clients were provided investment banking coverage.

Before joining Barclays, Rezwan was an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division at UBS in New York. Rezwan’s transaction and advisory experience includes a variety of public and private equity financings, bank and bond debt origination, corporate restructurings, M&A and risk management.

Rezwan started his career with Ernst & Young in Houston and is a Certified Public Accountant. Rezwan has a B.A. in Economics and a Masters in Accounting from Rice University, Houston and a MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.