BofA Mining Veteran, Former Anglo CEO Seek to Catch Deal Revival

In his two decades at Bank of America Corp. as a mining banker, Omar Davis worked on several transactions with former Anglo American Plc boss Mark Cutifani. They’ve now teamed up again to set up a merchant bank hoping to capture the recovery in dealmaking.

The duo has joined with other bankers and commodity industry veterans to form London-based Odin Partnership Ltd. Davis said they saw an opportunity as the commodities industry draws interest from a wider range of stakeholders from governments to technology companies trying to navigate a resource-constrained world.

Omar Davis

Source: Odin Partnership Ltd.

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