FOUNDING PARTNER

Mark Aplin

Mark has over 25 years of financing experience and has provided independent advice since 2008. Throughout his career, Mark has advised on over US$ 90 billion of transactions in the sovereign, oil and gas, financial institutions, metals and mining, power and utilities, infrastructure, telecom and technology sectors.

Since establishing an independent advisory practice, Mark has advised on a number of notable assignments including advising Turquoise Hill Resources, the majority owner of Oyu Tolgoi, one of the largest copper and gold mines in the world, the Public Investment Fund’s inaugural US$ 11 billion financing which closed in September 2018, US$ 52.5 billion borrowing programme for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, advising Orpic and Oman Oil Company (now OQ) in respect of their US$ 14 billion debt portfolio, advising the National Oil & Gas Holding Company in Bahrain on their corporate funding programme including their debut bond issuance, advising Saudi Electricity Company on their US$ 7 billion independent power programme, a US$ 1 billion methanol plant in Kazakhstan, the development of a US$ 1 billion solar thermal project in Oman, the US$ 5 billion Ma’aden Phosphate Company refinancing, the financing of Masdar’s interest in the US$ 2.6 billion London Array offshore wind farm, and the US$ 2 billion acquisition of Chartered Semiconductors by Advanced Technology Investment Company (now a division of Mubadala Development Company).

Between 1993-2008, Mark had a 15 year career at Citi in London and New York, arranging and advising on large scale transactions in the energy, infrastructure and telecom sectors.

Prior to leaving Citi, Mark was most recently Managing Director and Head of Alternative Credit within Citi’s Fixed Income division.