Afzal names Director of Syndications and Agency at Afreximbank

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has appointed Irfan Afzal as its Director for Syndications and Agency. Afzal, who has more than 25 years of working experience, has spent close to 20 years in the origination, structuring, execution and distribution of syndicated loans. Prior to his Afreximbank appointment, he had held the position of Executive Director, Head of Debt Capital Market, at Wimmer Financial, a United Kingdom-based international corporate advisory firm, since February 2015. His other experience includes serving as Vice President, Structured Trade Finance and Advisory at Chase Manhattan Bank, London; Vice President and Head of Structured Trade Finance at