Barclays recently announced the appointment of Abhishek Singhal as a Managing Director within Technology Investment Banking focused on the Payments sector. Mr. Singhal will be based in New York and will report to Kristin Roth DeClark, Global Head of Technology Investment Banking. His appointment will further strengthen the Payments coverage effort led by Gary Katz, Global Head of Payments Banking.
Mr. Singhal joins Barclays from Citigroup where he was a Managing Director in the FinTech Investment Banking division. Prior to joining Citigroup in 2018, he worked at Deutsche Bank on the TMT Investment Banking team. Throughout his career Mr. Singhal has been involved in a number of notable transactions, including serving as lead buyside M&A advisor and joint-book-runner for debt financing for GTCR’s $18bn take-private of Worldpay, and carveout from FIS; and acting as exclusive sellside M&A Advisor for EVO Payments on its $4bn sale to Global Payments.
“We at Barclays have an extremely strong Technology Investment Banking franchise, which is a key focus of our broader investment banking business and an area which touches all of our other industry coverage verticals,” commented Kristin Roth DeClark. “Abhi is an excellent addition to our team, and his extensive industry knowledge and transaction experience will further strengthen our ability to provide a superior value proposition to our clients.”
“Abhi has a long and distinguished track record of outstanding performance and maintains deep relationships with the key players across the sector,” added Gary Katz. “I have every confidence that our growing team is well positioned to continue to provide first-class strategic advice for our clients and to accomplish our ambitions.”
