Mr. Gidoomal’s primary areas of concentration include advising banks on the disposal of or otherwise optimizing recovery outcomes from their distressed and non-performing loan books and advising international funds on the acquisition and servicing of distressed asset portfolios. He has worked with clients across a range of industries, including banking, hedge funds, private equity and private family offices.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Gidoomal spent two years with the Banking & Financial Services Group at a U.K. based advisory boutique, where he most recently served as Director, Financial Services Middle East. His most significant achievement during this period was leading the structuring and successful sale of a corporate non-performing loan portfolio in the UAE on behalf of a systemically important UAE bank. The transaction was the first of its kind in the region and is considered a landmark deal in the distressed asset market in the Gulf Corporation Council.

Previously, Mr. Gidoomal spent four years advising and taking a bank role in the Special Assets and Remedial division of a European bank, focusing on the management and recovery of distressed loans within the corporate loan book. This included both in-house workout solutions and structuring and selling portfolios of loans to international hedge funds. Before that, Mr. Gidoomal spent 20 years working in the banking sector with roles including corporate loan origination, private equity and leveraged finance and workout and distressed asset management across both loan and equity asset classes.

Mr. Gidoomal earned a bachelor’s degree in law and economics from Keele University. He earned a Certificate in Corporate Finance from the Securities & Investment Institute and is an Associate of the London Institute of Finance & Banking.