Abhishek Badkul is a seasoned finance professional with twenty-five years of proven track record of building as well as managing high-performing teams and businesses from bottom-up through effective leadership, strong client connect, and solid structured debt and equities experience across multiple geographies / sectors.
Prior to joining Planetone, Abhishek worked with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) for over 20 years in Singapore and Dubai where he was responsible for originating, advisory & structuring, and syndicating structured financing transactions. He brings hands-on experience of leading multi-billion, complex advisory/structuring deals and has helped several clients achieve their strategic objectives across South Asia, Southeast Asia, North Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. His deal experience cuts across multiple sectors including infrastructure, PPPs, digital infrastructure and natural resources.
He has also previously worked as an equity analyst covering the Indian oil & gas sector at ABN AMRO Asia Equities and as a corporate finance specialist at Bharat Petroleum Corporation (oil refining & marketing company); both roles based out of Mumbai, India.
Abhishek holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from London Business School, Chartered Accountancy and Bachelor of Commerce (both from India) qualifications.