Veteran mining banker teams up with former Anglo American CEO Cutifani to chase M&A revival

In his two decades at Bank of America Corp as a mining banker, Omar Davis worked on several transactions with former Anglo American 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. 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.