Partner, Synergy Capital
· Metals & mining · 30 years · Dubai
Partner at Synergy Capital in Dubai, where advisory sits alongside an Asia-focused private credit and private equity platform investing in industrials and infrastructure. Before that, three decades of investment banking in London: Head of Metals and Mining EMEA at Canaccord Genuity, EMEA Head of Metals and Mining at Jefferies and at Macquarie, and twelve years at Morgan Stanley. A regular voice on mining finance at Mining Indaba and the Egypt Mining Forum, and a trustee who spends his spare board hours on the arts.
Joined in March 2026 to add advisory capabilities to Synergy's private equity platform. Synergy Capital is an Asia-focused private credit and private equity manager investing in industrials and infrastructure; its Fund III reached a first close of US$715 million. The advisory business is designed to generate differentiated deal flow for the funds.
Five years leading the EMEA metals and mining franchise within Canaccord Genuity's global capital markets business: origination and execution for miners, developers and explorers across equity capital markets, M&A and financing, with a particular focus on Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
A decade running EMEA metals and mining coverage at two firms: Senior Managing Director at Macquarie Group from 2011, then Managing Director at Jefferies from 2018. Sector coverage, capital raising and advisory for producers and developers across the cycle.
Twelve years at Morgan Stanley in London, 1998 to 2010, as Managing Director in investment banking. Equity capital markets, IPOs, mergers and valuation for mining and emerging-markets clients, the grounding for everything that followed.
Panellist in Cairo on 29 September 2026 on what it takes to move a discovery to a financeable project: resource definition to international reporting standards, credible technical and economic studies, offtake and infrastructure certainty, and a financing structure lenders will underwrite.
Trustee of RIAC UK since 2022, a charity matching next-generation trustees with arts organisations and experienced mentors, and a member of the London Symphony Orchestra's Development Board since 2019. Governance and fundraising for the arts, applied with a banker's discipline.
Synergy Capital · Dubai and London
RIAC UK · London
London Symphony Orchestra · London
Canaccord Genuity, Global Capital Markets · London
Jefferies · London
Macquarie Group · London
Morgan Stanley · London
SG Warburg / SBC Warburg · London
Open to conversations with owners, boards and co-investors in metals, mining and infrastructure across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and India, and to fellow Chelsea supporters, in good seasons and bad.