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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Partner operating in the Banking space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Ian Ellis
Head of Strategic Vendor Partnerships of Deutsche Bank
Ian Ellis (Co-Organizer) is a Vice President in the Technology Business Development at a major US bulge bracket bank. In this role, he is responsible for leveraging the insights & expertise of their world class Technology division to assist with client business development. In addition, Ian focuses on growing strategic partnerships with key technology partners, venture capital firms and innovative emerging technology companies. He is based in London, but works globally with the team, having previously worked in New York from mid 2010 to mid 2012 and also run the Firm’s Technology Business Development practice in Europe. He holds a BA in Economics & Information Studies from University College Dublin and an MSc in Analysis, Design & Management of Information Systems (with distinction) from the London School of Economics, where he now serves as an Associate of the Department of Management.
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About Deutsche Bank, NY Enterprise Technology Meetup: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Natasha Kyprianides
Portfolio & Digital Delivery Director, Barclays Partner Finance, UK of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Amanda Good
Partner and Head of Global Value Creation of Searchlight Capital Partners
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About Searchlight Capital Partners: Searchlight Capital Partners is a private investment firm operating in North America and Europe.
Oliver Haarmann
Founding Partner of Searchlight Capital Partners
Haarmann is a Founding Partner of Searchlight, and is jointly responsible for overseeing the Firm’s activities with the two other Founding Partners. Mr. Haarmann is a member of the Boards of Ocean Outdoor and Hunter Boot Limited. Prior to co-founding Searchlight, Mr. Haarmann was a partner of KKR & Co L.P. (“KKR”) in London. He serves as a trustee of Surgo Foundation, IntoUniversity, and ArtAngel. He graduated from Brown University with BA degrees in International Relations and History and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Searchlight Capital Partners: Searchlight Capital Partners is a private investment firm operating in North America and Europe.
Kaushalya Somasundaram
Managing Director, Head of Fintech Partnerships of HSBC
As the Head of Fintech Partnerships & Strategy, Kaushalya leads the partnership and corporate venturing for HSBC’s core businesses including Global Liquidity and Cash Management, Global Trade and Receivables Finance, Custody and Global Markets. She has led HSBC investments in Fintech companies of strategic importance and the bank’s forays into the world of distributed ledgers. Kaushalya has held a variety of senior roles across HSBC including Strategy & Planning, Corporate Development and Group Audit. Kaushalya has also been recognized in the Brummell’s 2016 list of the most inspirational women innovators in London.
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About HSBC: HSBC is a banking and financial services organization that offers a comprehensive range of services.
Jonathan Goodwin
Partner, Head of Merchant Banking of Alvarium
Jonathan Goodwin is the founding partner of Lepe Partners, a merchant bank focused on entrepreneurs in the digital media sector. Prior to starting Lepe Partners in March 2011, Jonathan founded LongAcre Partners in August 2000 with Julian Culhane. LongAcre Partners advised clients including Friends Reunited on its sale to ITV plc, Celador (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire) on its sale to Endemol and uSwitch on its sale to EW Scripps. LongAcre Partners was sold to Jefferies & Co. in June 2007 where Goodwin served as the firm’s Global Head of Media & Internet Investment Banking for three years.
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About Alvarium, Founders Forum, Lepe Partners, PROfounders Capital: Alvarium is a dynamic investment ecosystem.
Marc Deschamps
Managing Partner & Executive Chairman of Drake Star Partners
Marc Deschamps is Managing Partner & Executive Chairman of Drake Star Partners. Marc combines a highly successful internet entrepreneurial and corporate leadership track record, with an award-winning M&A career dedicated to the tech and internet sectors. Prior to Drake Star Partners, Marc co-founded LD&A Jupiter in 2004, leading over 70 M&A and private equity international transactions. Marc’s career is all committed to the growth of tech and internet companies. Prior to co-founding Drake Star Partners, Marc served as COO of British Telecom, where he led the broadband internet multi-billion-pound launch and roll out in the UK. He also was Chello NV’s Co-Founder, the first broadband ISP and one of the first unicorns in Europe. As such, Marc led Chello NV through a $1 billion IPO on NASDAQ and AEX before its sale to Liberty Global as part of the UPC group. He began his career in technology management roles at Logitech (launching innovative products) and Philips (European marketing of new media publishing CD-I, CD-ROM). He co-founded his first IT company at the age of 17 providing race series such as Formula 1, IndyCar and NASCAR with revolutionary timing IT. Marc is and was non-executive board director in multiple innovation companies including some of the leading Indian IT providers, Canadian new media pioneers and the first European wind power operator. Marc founded and invested in multiple IT and internet companies. Marc holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Polytechnique de Montréal in collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. Marc published research in Artificial Intelligence and received scholarships from National Research Council of Canada as well as Power Corp. Marc lives in London with 3 kids, is Canadian and British national, multilingual and lived in some 6 countries.
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About Drake Star Partners: Drake star partners is an international investment bank focusing on the technology, media and communications sectors.
Dominique Houde
Partner of Drake Star Partners
Dominique Houde is a Partner at Drake Star based in the firm’s Amsterdam and London offices. He is a senior finance executive in the technology and infrastructure mobility space with a background in international investment banking. Dominique brings over 15 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, along with deep vertical expertise in advanced mobility and automotive technology, both in the US and in Europe. Prior to joining Drake Star Partners, Dominique held several leadership roles with major players in the electric vehicle charging space, such as Allego (Netherlands/Germany/UK), ChargePoint (US) and Pod Point (UK). He also launched Autotech Ventures, the first independent automotive technology venture capital fund in Silicon Valley. Prior to these, Dominique was Director of Corporate Finance at Group Lotus, leading external finance initiatives and playing a key role in the carmaker’s turnaround plan, which included a $430 million syndicated loan raise to finance the group’s business plan. Dominique also held several senior roles at top-tier global investment banks. Most recently, he was Executive Director, Global Head of Automotive at Royal Bank of Scotland & ABN Amro, where he led the banks global advisory, debt and equity activities with large automotive clients. He also advised Renault SA on its purchase of 37% of Nissan Motors – a marquee M&A transaction in the automobile industry – while at Merrill Lynch. Dominique received his Master of Science in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and his Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.
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About Drake Star Partners: Drake star partners is an international investment bank focusing on the technology, media and communications sectors.
Ben Demiri
Chief Brand and Partnerships Officer of Twig
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About PlatformE, Twig: Twig is a fintech startup that provides a mobile banking app.
Pete Wilson
Partner of 3i Group
Pete focuses on originating, executing and representing 3i on the boards of private equity investments. Since joining 3i in 2006, he has had a particular focus on the Business Services sector. His most recent deals include 3i’s buyout of Aspen Pumps, the global leader in design, manufacture and distribution of condensate removal pumps to the air conditioning industry. He also supported his US colleagues on 3i’s recent buyout of Q Holdings. In 2013, he led the sale of Civica, an international provider of specialist IT systems and business process services, generating a 2.1x return. Other deals and portfolio companies that he has been involved in include Inspicio and the sale of Inspectorate to Bureau Veritas, SLR Consulting, Bestinvest and BVG India. He is currently a Director on the boards of Aspen Pumps, ESG (formerly Inspicio) and SLR Consulting. Previously he was a Director of Civica and Bestinvest. Prior to joining 3i, Pete worked in the Strategy Group at Accenture, where he advised clients on transactions as well as corporate and market entry strategy projects across a range of end markets. Pete has a First Class honours degree in Management Science from the University of Warwick.
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About 3i Group, Audley Travel: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Nigel Middleton
Partner of 3i Group
Nigel is a Partner in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London and joined 3i in November 2013, following 3i’s acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited. He joined BIFM in 2002, previously having been head of PFI/PPP Advisory Services at PwC. Nigel led BIFM’s involvement in the formation and management of Infrastructure Investors (I2), a pioneering secondary market infrastructure fund, in which BIFM had a joint venture interest alongside Societe Generale and 3i. He was also instrumental in establishing, and continues to manage, BIIF, a long-term ‘buy and hold’ PPP fund which acquired I2 in 2009. He has an honours degree in Chemistry from Oxford University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Jennifer Dunstan
Partner & Head of Fund Investor Relations of 3i Group
Jennifer is a Partner in the Fund Investor Relations team. Prior to this, Jennifer was a Partner in the UK Buyouts team and Head of Consumer in the UK. Since joining 3i in June 2005 she has co-led 3i’s investment in Mayborn and co-led the take privates of Telecity Group and Redbus to create TelecityRedbus. In November 2007 she was responsible for 3i’s investment in Agent Provocateur. Prior to joining 3i, Jennifer spent nine years at Terra Firma Capital Partners and Nomura’s Principal Finance Group (PFG), where she was Managing Director. In addition to numerous portfolio responsibilities, major deals that she led there include the privatisation of Angel Train Contracts and the acquisition of Inn Partnership. Jennifer started her career as a solicitor for Allen, Allen & Hemsley in Sydney and London. She holds a BA degree and LLB from the University of Sydney.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Matt Barker
Partner of 3i Group
Matt joined 3i in May 2010 and is primarily responsible for the origination, execution and asset management of deals in the infrastructure sector. He had responsibility for 3i Infrastructure plc’s investment in the Eversholt Rail Group, including during the acquisition in 2010, as a director of the company during the fund’s ownership and for the sale to CKI that was completed in April 2015. Matt was involved in 3i Infrastructure plc’s investment in the Dalmore Capital Fund and played a leading role in 3i Group’s acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management. Matt also has asset management responsibility for Anglian Water Group. Prior to joining 3i, Matt worked in the infrastructure funds business of Macquarie, with a focus on airport investments. Matt holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Nottingham.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Scott Moseley
Partner of 3i Group
Scott joined 3i in 2007 and is a Partner in the Infrastructure team, with co-management responsibility for the team’s new investment origination and execution platform. He has 14 years experience in European Infrastructure, spanning utilities, transportation and social infrastructure. Whilst at 3i, Scott has been responsible for the investments in Esvagt, Elenia and Thameslink, as well as being a senior deal team member on Eversholt. He was also responsible for the successfully exited junior debt investments in Arqiva, Associated British Ports, Telediffusion de France, Thames Water and Viridian.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Ian Lobley
Managing Partner – Asset Management of 3i Group
Ian is Managing Partner (Asset Management Group) at 3i – a leading international investment manager focused on mid-market private equity and infrastructure. Ian has been an investor with 3i for 30 years where, in addition to a number of board roles, he is a member of the Group Investment Committee and on the board of 3i Infrastructure plc (the FTSE 250 listed infrastructure fund). Ian has been an active board member on a wide variety of companies across 3 continents and numerous sectors. Those boards have included both private and public companies with a number of ownership dynamics including institutionally-owned, founder-owned and startups.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Philip White
Managing Partner, Head of Infrastructure of 3i Group
Phil joined 3i in 2007 and is Managing Partner and Head of 3i’s Infrastructure business and a member of 3i’s Executive Committee, Investment Committee and Group Risk Committee. Prior to joining 3i, he was Division Director in Macquarie’s Infrastructure Funds business, where he managed investments in the transport sector. Phil has over 20 years of infrastructure investment, advisory and finance experience from earlier roles at Barclays and WestLB. Phil has an MBA from London Business School.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Jonathan Crane
Partner of 3i Group
Jonathan is a Director based in London focused on originating, executing and managing investments in the Industrial and Industrial Services sectors. Recent deals include Aspen Pumps, JMJ Associates and Element Materials Technology. Jonathan sits on the board of Element Materials Technology, Aspen Pumps and MKM Building Supplies. Jonathan brings 11 years’ experience from Bain in London and San Francisco where he managed the Private Equity team as well as worked on strategy, performance improvement and turnaround assignments for a wide variety of public and privately owned companies. Jonathan holds a masters degree from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and Management Studies.
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About 3i Group, Aspen Pumps: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Anil Kohli
Banking Partner of 3i Group
Anil joined 3i in 2007 and is the Partner responsible for 3i’s Banking Team within the Private Equity division. This team has a broad international remit and is responsible for the firm’s relationships with its financing institutions and provides specialist banking advice spanning all key financing stages associated with new and existing portfolio assets across 3i Private Equity. This includes raising primary acquisition finance, advising on the management of leveraged capital structures and preparing exit financing. Financing products cover the full debt capital markets spectrum. Anil has worked on transactions across 3i’s international platform including Scandlines, Mayborn, Norma, Xellia, Civica, Refresco, OneMed and Amor. Anil has over 18 years of banking experience, having started at Lloyds Bank Corporate Banking in 1995. He subsequently worked for Dresdner Kleinwort from 1999, where he held various positions in Credit Risk Management, Structured Finance and Corporate Finance & Advisory, completing landmark transactions across a wide range of geographies, sectors and financing structures. Anil studied at Sussex University and holds a BA in Economics and is an Associate Member of Corporate Treasurers.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
John Cavill
Partner of 3i Group
John is a Director in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London and joined 3i in November 2013, following 3i’s acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited. He joined BIFM in 2009. He leads the portfolio management activity for PFI/PPP and energy sector projects. He works closely with portfolio board directors and Infrastructure Managers Limited, the business’s main SPV management services provider. John also leads a number of value enhancement and yield management strategies. Previously John was a Director at Land Securities Trillium and Vinci Investments where he led PPP/PFI bidding activity. John has a Geography Degree from the University of Liverpool, an MSc in Transport Planning & Economics from the University of Cardiff and an MBA from Cass Business School.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Sanjay Kohli
Partner of 3i Group
Sanjay is a Director for 3i Debt Management with responsibility for Business Development / Investor Relations. He joined the Company in 2011 following the acquisition of Mizuho Investment Management (MIM) from Mizuho Corporate Bank. At Mizuho, which he joined in early 2000, Sanjay was responsible for investors and new business opportunities, mainly in India, the Middle East and SE Asia. Prior to this, he was Head of India, Middle East & Africa for Mizuho International Acquisition Finance Dept and head of CEE and Russia for International Finance. Before joining Mizuho, Sanjay worked for Credit Lyonnais (now Calyon) and was responsible for Origination of Corporate Finance for non-bank Financial Institutions and for Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi UJF) as a credit officer. Sanjay has worked for over 16 years in international banking. He is a former scholar of Harrow School and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Business Economics from the University of Reading. Sanjay is approved to perform the FSA controlled function 30.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Joanna Thomson
Active Partnership Practice Director of 3i Group
Jo Thomson is the Active Partnership Practice Director. Prior to joining 3i, Jo spent over 14 years with Ernst & Young, initially in their Transaction Advisory Services group and most recently as Operations Director for their Global Private Equity team. Jo is responsible for the core parts of Active Partnership which are not led by the deal teams: e.g. the delivery of key events such as the CEO and CFO Forums, organising Active Partnership related training and creating visibility of advisor performance on Active Partnership initiatives. She is also responsible for the marketing and internal communications for the Private Equity business.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Anna Dellis
Partner of 3i Group
Anna joined 3i’s Infrastructure Team in 2006 and has 12 years’ infrastructure experience across a wide range of sectors including airports, regulated utilities, energy, telecommunications infrastructure, train rolling stock and social infrastructure. Prior to joining 3i, Anna advised on infrastructure transactions in the corporate finance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Anna focuses on origination and deal execution. She had a leading role on all of the large investments made by 3i Infrastructure plc, including the acquisitions of Vattenfall’s Finnish electricity distribution and district heating businesses, Eversholt Rail from HSBC, Elgin Infrastructure and Oystercatcher. Anna sits on the boards of the Elgin and Oystercatcher investments. Anna has a BA Joint Honours in French and German from the University of Nottingham and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Tim Short
Partner of 3i Group
Timothy joined 3i in 2007, where his primary focus is on the origination, execution and debt financing of infrastructure investments. He has worked on a number of 3i Infrastructure plc’s largest investments including the acquisition of Vattenfall AB’s Finish electricity distribution and district heating business; Elgin Infrastructure, its infrastructure junior debt portfolio; and Oystercatcher. Timothy currently serves on the boards of Elenia Oy, Oiltanking Malta Limited and Oiltanking Singapore Limited. Prior to joining 3i, he was an Associate at RBC Capital Markets, having started his career in the European financial restructuring group at Houlihan Lokey. Timothy has an MA and an MPhil in Economics from St John’s College, Cambridge.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Bernardo Sottomayor
Partner of 3i Group
Bernardo joined 3i in 2015 as a Partner with responsibility for origination and execution of new investments across Europe, principally economic infrastructure businesses. Bernardo has 18 years of infrastructure investment experience and was most recently a Partner at Antin Infrastructure which manages funds investing in infrastructure opportunities across Europe. Prior to Antin, Bernardo was Managing Director, Head of Acquisitions for Deutsche Bank’s European infrastructure fund. His prior experience was in utilities, as Head of M&A at Energias de Portugal, and in infrastructure advisory with UBS and Citigroup. Bernardo holds an economics degree from the Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
David Lofthouse
Venture Partner of Clocktower Technology Ventures
David is London-based Venture Partner, leading Clocktower Technology Ventures in the UK and Europe. He is responsible for all fintech investment activity, including originations, investment execution and portfolio management in this region. David was previously Co-Founder and CIO of Prologue Capital, a highly successful fixed income global macro hedge fund. David’s earlier career in trading spans JP Morgan, Greenwich Capital and Goldman Sachs. David holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham. David lives in Mayfair with his wife and young child.
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About Clocktower Technology Ventures: Clocktower Technology Ventures invests in the insurance, payments, personal finance, lending, credit, and asset management sectors.
Kapil Pankhania
Finance Business Partner of Form3
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About DadShed, Form3: Form3 is a cloud native payments-as-a-service platform that designs, builds, and runs the technology that powers the future of payments.
Michael Siwek
Founding Partner of DMALINK
In 2013, Michael founded 7Hedge, a London-based FX Brokerage – underpinned by Deutsche Bank clearing and settlement. He later sold the business to a former Hotspot (CBOE Global Markets) executive. In 2015, Michael established DMALINK, offering order execution services, market data, and analytics used by banks, asset managers, and funds globally. In 2020, Michael co-founded DeFinity Markets, co-owned by DMALINK, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for foreign exchange, cryptographic assets, and CBDC. Michael comes from a Financial Services background with senior positions at Gain Capital and The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). His specialty is Regulatory Technology, Market Data, and multi-asset class execution venues. Michael has a particular affinity for building, operating and distributing electronic trading venues from the ground up.
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About DeFinity Markets, DMALINK: DMALINK is a data-centric trading and RegTech platform for professional Foreign Exchange traders globally.
Nick Adasi
Managing Partner, Head of UK of DealGlobe
Nick was a member of the DealGlobe launch team in 2014. Previously he worked in a leading European hedge fund, based in London and specialising in Venture Capital. Before this he worked at Goldman Sachs in New York as part of the luxury & retail sector team. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland holding a BSc in Finance
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About DealGlobe: DealGlobe offers a full suite of financial advisory services for cross-border deals with China, underpinned by unique proprietary technology
Christian Thun-Hohenstein
Managing Partner of DealGlobe
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About DealGlobe: DealGlobe offers a full suite of financial advisory services for cross-border deals with China, underpinned by unique proprietary technology
Rhonda Ryan
Partner, Head of European Private Equity – Alternatives of Mercer
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About Mercer: Mercer US is a human resource consulting service that includes compensation, employee benefits, communications, and investment consulting.
Lars Dittrich
Partner of Gauly Advisors
Lars Dittrich is responsible for the “Investments & Investments Management” unit and head of the Berlin office. He has extensive business experience as a founder and investor of successful start-up businesses. In 1997 Lars Dittrich founded dug telecom AG (today part of freenet AG) and served as its Chairman & CEO. In 2007 the company was sold to Permira, which merged it with debitel AG. Lars Dittrich was chairman of the Sales division of debitel AG until 2010. In 2008 Lars Dittrich became Chairman and Business Angel of tape.tv, besides pursuing other investments in various industries.
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About Gauly Advisors: Gauly Advisors operates as an independent consulting and investment company.
Lorenzo Magni
International Partnerships Director of Pollinate
Lorenzo Magni is the International Partnerships Director at Pollinate International.
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About Pollinate: Pollinate Networks is a platform that works with banks to create data-driven experiences for merchants and consumers.
Tim Lambert
Strategic Partnerships Manager of Octopus Investments
Tim joined Octopus in July 2015 as a Strategic Partnerships Manager in charge of relationships with Family Offices and High Net Worth Private Clients. Since graduating in 2004 Tim has spent all of his career within property, development and investment. In recent years he was a Director of a property investment firm focussed on assisted living and healthcare, where he came to know the Octopus team. He has extensive relationships within property, investment, law and accountancy. Outside of work, Tim is an ultramarathon runner and specialises in the 50 and 100 mile distance.
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About Octopus Investments: Octopus Investments is an venture capital investment firm
Jeremiah Wagner
Partner of Latham & Watkins
Jeremiah Wagner is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Structured Finance & Securitization Practice. He has extensive experience across a range of structured finance, securitization (cash flow and synthetic), derivative, and asset-based lending transactions involving a wide array of asset classes, including secured and unsecured consumer loans, corporate loans (including SME and middle-market), residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgage loans, credit card receivables, small and big ticket equipment leases, auto loans and leases, dealer floorplan loans, insurance products, trade receivables, and many different types of inventory.
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About Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that offers legal advisory services.
Shing Yuin Lo
Partner of Latham & Watkins
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About Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that offers legal advisory services.
Thomas Forschbach
Partner of Latham & Watkins
Thomas Forschbach has been advising international clients on mergers and acquisitions and private equity for more than 25 years and is one of Europe’s most experienced and renowned lawyers in his field.
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About Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that offers legal advisory services.
Gail Crawford
Partner of Latham & Watkins
Gail Crawford is a partner in the London office and Chair of the Data Privacy Committee and Co-chair of the Technology Transactions Group and the Internet and Digital Media Industry Group. Her practice focuses primarily on technology, intellectual property and commercial law and includes technology and Intellectual Property licensing agreements, joint ventures, technology procurement, outsourcing and advising on data protection, e-commerce and consumer protection legislation. Ms. Crawford is an editor of the Latham & Watkins Global Privacy & Security Compliance Law Blog (www.globalprivacyblog.com) and has contributed to a number of publications and conferences in the area of data privacy and security. Ms. Crawford has previously spent time working in-house on secondment to Diageo where she created the information technology and outsourcing legal function and was the legal lead on the project to transform and outsource Diageo’s finance and accounting processes on the back of the company’s SAP roll-out in more than 45 countries. She has also worked on secondment with the information technology and operations function of the Lloyds Banking Group. Ms. Crawford is ranked as a notable practitioner for Information Technology and Data Protection by Chambers UK 2016. She is also recommended for Data Protection and Intellectual Property by The Legal 500 UK 2015.
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About Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that offers legal advisory services.
Antony Northrop
Co-founder / Managing Partner of NOR Capital
Antony Northrop led many high-profile Capital Raising and M&A transactions in the TMT sector (both Public and Private). He previously founded M&A boutique Touchstone Securities (acquired by GP Bullhound). He was also a Partner at Lazard Brothers, and Executive Committee Member at SBCI / UBS, having originally trained at J.P. Morgan.
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About NOR Capital: NOR Capital is a Pan-European Corporate Finance advisory firm focused on the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) sectors
Florent Roulet
Co-founder / Partner of NOR Capital
Florent Roulet has numerous years of transaction experience in both TMT Principal Investments and Corporate Finance advisory. He was previously with UBS’ Strategic Investments team, in TMT M&A with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and with established Corporate Finance boutiques GP Bullhound and Bryan Garnier, advising from early-stage companies to very large global firms.
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About NOR Capital: NOR Capital is a Pan-European Corporate Finance advisory firm focused on the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) sectors
Thierry Pepin
Managing Partner – Canada Practice of Clairfield International
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About Clairfield International: Clairfield is an international corporate finance firm that provides advisory services.
Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet
Partner of IBIS Capital
CEO @EdtechX (NASDAQ: EDTX) /Partner @IBIS Capital /NED @SkiBro Technologies /Trustee @CFBL /Chair @London Edtech Week. Previoulsy @ Time Warner
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About EdTechX Holdings, IBIS Capital, SXSW: IBIS Capital is an investment and corporate finance advisory group focusing on Media, Education, Training, and Health sectors.
Henry Chamberlain
Founder & Partner of IBIS Capital
Henry has over 10 years of experience in venture capital as well as involvement in executive management, M&As and IPOs. His sector knowledge spans internet media, technology, gaming, leisure, healthcare IT, infrastructure and real estate funds. In 2004, Henry founded LifeStageMedia plc, an owner and operator of consumer websites in the U.S. The business achieved a successful exit five years later to a private equity consortium of TPG Growth and Leonard Green & Partners. Henry has served as founding Principal of Fairfax I.S. (U.S.) LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of Fairfax I.S. plc, a UK investment bank and has advised a range of early stage and growth companies.
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About IBIS Capital: IBIS Capital is an investment and corporate finance advisory group focusing on Media, Education, Training, and Health sectors.
Ken Ford
Non-Executive Partner of Hybridan LLP
Ken Ford is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Scientific Digital Imaging. Ken joined the Board in March 2010. Ken was previously Chief Executive of Teather & Greenwood the investment bank, becoming Deputy Chairman and Chariman of Corporate Finance in 2004 and brings over 39 years of City experience to the Company, including a strong understanding of shareholder value, strategic planning and corporate transactions. Ken was Chairman of the UK Society of Investment Analysts between 1985 – 1987, is a former Chairman of the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) and a former Member of the EU Advisory Committee to the Corporation of London. Ken’s previous directorships include Aberdeen Asset Management, Morgan Grenfell and Wedd Durlacher. Ken is currently a director at AIM-listed companies BrainJuicer Group and Highams Systems Services Group.
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About Hybridan LLP: Hybridan is an investment banking firm.
Maya Bogle
Founder and Head of Agency Partnerships of Talenthouse
Maya Bogle is one of the Founders of Talenthouse, a platform dedicated to developing creative talent around the World with the technology to become the largest source of creative solutions for brands. Talenthouse meets the rapidly growing demand amongst brand owners to deliver these solutions at speed, at scale, with cultural relevance and at competitive cost. Maya is championing this cause and has over 25 years experience in media. She speaks regularly at conferences including Cannes Lions, Social Media Week New York, AdWeek Europe, Crowdsourcing Week Singapore, the London F.ounders Conference, Tech City Insider, the Media Summit Manchester, Ibiza Music Video Festival, Silicon Beach EU, NOAH and numerous educational establishments.
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About Talenthouse: 14.6 million strong global creative community power leading brands globally
James Halstead
Managing Partner of Aviation Strategy
James was one of the first stock-broker analysts in London to publish research on the international scheduled airline industry on a global basis. Working for a number of Investment Banks in London, he has been one of the top ranked analysts following the sector and has been involved in many IPOs, share issues and advisory roles. He was one of the founding members of the UK Aviation Club and served as a non-executive director of a quoted start-up airline. He co-founded Aviation Strategy Ltd as a boutique aviation consultancy and publisher of the acclaimed Aviation Strategy newsletter.
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About Aviation Strategy: Aviation Strategy focus is on all aspects of commercial aviation.
Samina Akram
Managing Partner of Samak Ethical Finance
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About Samak Ethical Finance: Samak Ethical Finance Ltd is an independent, international Islamic and Ethical finance consultancy based in London.
Samina Akram
Managing Partner of Samak Ethical Finance
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About Samak Ethical Finance: Samak Ethical Finance Ltd is an independent, international Islamic and Ethical finance consultancy based in London.
