Sidra is a seasoned Investment Banking professional, with 18 years of wide-ranging experience in loan origination, structuring, underwriting and distribution, with clients and investors across GCC, South and East Asia, Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, Levant, Europe, and US. Sidra is currently spearheading corporate and sovereign loan syndications and underwriting at Mashreq. Over her 10 years’ association with Mashreq, Sidra successfully led and raised several billions in notable financings for Sovereigns and Supra-nationals, SWFs, Financial Sponsors, Corporates, CRE, FIs, and others across diverse industries and structures including Project Finance, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Fund Finance, Structured Trade and Pre Export Finance, Sustainability-Linked loans, Real Estate, etc. Sidra has demonstrated bookrunning and underwriting capabilities in developing niche markets for the bank, including Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, South and Far East Asia, Oman, Bahrain, and also supported bank’s foray in spaces like Saudi, corporate trade distribution, and other areas. Before Mashreq, Sidra worked for 6 years in Investment Banking at Habib Bank Limited, with a focus on Project Finance and Financial Advisory, that saw her lead several notable Energy, Power, and Infrastructure transactions. Sidra has a BBA (Finance) and the CFA designation, and was the recipient of the "MBA Women in Business” award from the CASS Business School, City University, UK. She takes special interest in the topic of ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ and actively promotes inclusion of more women in banking.