Having graduated from London University with
an honours degree in history in 1983, Jason joined Lloyds Bank International
and spent ten years in various postings in South America, Australasia
and the Middle East. He then joined Saudi International Bank, a
Saudi government controlled consortium bank managed by JP Morgan,
as Head of Corporate Banking.
In 1996, Jason joined Barclays Bank Group where he spent six years.
As the Managing Director responsible for a large group of markets,
he helped establish the bank as an acknowledged leader in structured
trade and export finance, aircraft financing and project finance,
and as a leading player in the oil, gas, petrochemical, power and
telecoms sectors. He also played a key role in developing the Barclays
Private Bank and Barclays Global Investors businesses in the Gulf
region.
Having led a significant number of major transactions during his
career with three leading financial institutions, he has extensive
experience of structuring complex financings, including asset financing,
leasing structures and derivative transactions for clients in developing
and emerging countries.
In 2001, Jason founded Jasper Capital Limited and has subsequently
advised clients ranging from the United Kingdom Government, the
Securities & Investments Institute, several Gulf based financial
institutions and many leading United Kingdom and Gulf based companies.
Jason is the Chairman of the Middle East Association in the Gulf
and on the Middle East Committee of the International Financial
Services for London. He is a member of the Saudi British Joint Business
Council.
In addition to his role as Group Chief Executive of the Jasper
Capital group of companies, Jason sits on the board of several other
British companies and is a director of the Jasper Foundation.
Jason is a fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute
in the United Kingdom.
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