Biography
Mr. Syal is Managing Director, Head of Acquisitions of Ullico Infrastructure Management Company, LLC, (UIMC) which is a UIA subsidiary and a Relying Adviser of UIA. Prior to assuming this role in January, 2017, Mr. Syal was an employee of UIA since 2012 as a Director and later as Managing Director and Vice President of its Infrastructure Investments Group. Mr. Syal has over 20 years of experience across all major phases of project lifecycle and across multiple infrastructure platforms including working in corporate projects group; feasibility analysis & PPP consulting; infrastructure focused investment banking; and principal investing. Prior to joining UIA, Mr. Syal was a Senior Vice President at Loop Capital Markets where he managed the firm’s Infrastructure Advisory and Finance practice. Prior to working at Loop Capital Markets, Mr. Syal spent six years at CDM/Wilbur Smith Associates’ Transportation Finance Group as a feasibility and PPP consultant for U.S. and international transportation projects. Before that, Mr. Syal worked in the corporate projects group at Trident Group, a diversified industrial conglomerate based in India where he played a significant role in setting up a Co-generation and Chemical Recovery expansion project for one of the largest agro-based paper manufacturing plant in the world. Mr. Syal holds an M.B.A with Honors from University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from University of Arizona and a registered representative designation from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.