Younes Manal

Vice President Export & Agency Finance in New York

Structured Finance banker with significant origination, structuring and execution experience across multiple industries and asset classes, with a track-record of c. $100 billion of big-ticket debt financing transactions for sovereign, energy, power, commodities, transportation and telecom borrowers, including several landmark first-of-their-kind structures.

Extensive experience covering corporates and sovereigns globally, with fluency in French, Arabic and English and on-the-ground experience in five distinct geographies across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Originally from Morocco, currently based in New York.

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/younesmanal

Experience Summary:

Vice President - Export & Agency Finance, Americas at Citi

Jul 2025 - Present

New York, United States

Official and Multilateral Agencies / Development Finance Institution-backed structured finance solutions and advisory for corporates and sovereigns

Assistant Vice President - Export & Agency Finance, Americas at Citi

Jul 2024 - Jun 2025

New York, United States

Global Engagement Management Associate (GEMA) Class of 2023

Assistant Vice President - Institutional Strategic Investments, EMEA at Citi

Feb 2023 - Jun 2024

London, United Kingdom

Global Engagement Management Associate (GEMA) Class of 2023

Strategically-driven early stage venture investments in market infrastructure and FinTech companies… more

Senior Associate - Corporate Banking, Saudi Arabia at Citi

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Associate - Corporate Banking, MENA at Citi

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

Dubai, Casablanca

Analyst - Corporate Banking, Morocco at Citi

Jun 2017 - Jan 2020

London, Casablanca

EMEA Corporate & Investment Banking Analyst Class of 2017

Private Equity Analyst Intern at Edmond de Rothschild

Feb 2017 - Jun 2017

Paris, France

Aide of the Head of Corporate Development & Strategy at Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity.

Private Equity Investor Relations Analyst Intern at Eurazeo

Jul 2016 - Jan 2017

Paris, France

Fundraising across a range of private capital strategies (Venture, Growth, Debt, Secondary).

  • Work
    • Citi
  • Education
    • Université Panthéon-Assas (2016)
    • Insead (2016)
    • Skema Business School (2014)
    • Lycée Henri Poincaré
    • Lycée Lyautey