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Operational Team Overview
Our team combines deep expertise across strategy, capital, operations, and long-term value creation. With extensive experience across industries and markets, we bring a unique perspective that balances rigorous quantitative analysis with practical insights. Each member of our team is committed to turning complex challenges into opportunities, identifying innovative solutions, and driving sustainable, measurable growth.
We approach every engagement with methodological rigor and disciplined execution. Leveraging advanced quantitative modeling, operational due diligence, and structured problem-solving, we systematically identify opportunities, assess risks, and develop strategies that deliver measurable impact. Our methodology emphasizes precision, structured problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making, ensuring that every solution is both robust and actionable.
Collaboration and accountability are core to our approach. We operate as a cohesive unit internally and in close partnership with clients, integrating perspectives across functional and sector domains to deliver solutions that are technically sound, strategically aligned, and operationally effective. Success is measured not by activity, but by the sustainable outcomes we help create, ensuring every initiative drives meaningful value.
Our team is united by a commitment to analytical rigor, strategic clarity, and operational excellence. We bring disciplined execution to every initiative, translating complex challenges into structured, high-confidence solutions that generate long-term value.
Christopher Robinson - Senior Director
Christopher brings over 17 years of experience in financial services, with a career spanning banking, corporate advisory, and professional services. He has held senior roles at WesBank (FirstRand Bank), Absa Private Bank, Bidvest Bank, and Ernst & Young, with deep expertise in credit and risk management, financial analysis, strategic advisory, and banking operations.
At Bidvest Bank, Christopher held multiple roles including Credit Analyst. He conducted rigorous financial analyses for lending applications, developed risk models, and provided strategic recommendations to management on facilities ranging ranging up to USD 580m.
During his tenure at WesBank, Christopher contributed as a Senior Credit Analyst, overseeing deal flow management, internal governance, and pricing strategies across a wide range of lending sectors. He conducted comprehensive financial, industry, and business analyses, negotiated facility terms with C-suite executives, and prepared detailed proposals for approval by credit committees. Christopher's focus on governance, compliance, and process optimization enhanced efficiency and strengthened internal frameworks.
At Ernst & Young, he served as a Manager in the Banking and Capital Markets division, where he gained extensive experience with Tier-1 European and US investment banks. Christopher's work included project planning, classification and measurement, impairment assessments, SPPI testing across complex structured finance portfolios, impact quantification, data analysis by desk and segment, and frequent engagement with senior stakeholders.
Samir Dada - Senior Consultant
Samir brings over 18 years of experience across leveraged finance, sponsor coverage, and capital markets. He has worked at Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank as part of the Leveraged Finance Origination / Sponsor Coverage team, where he led origination, underwriting, structuring, and distribution across Technology, Business Services, and Education sectors.
Prior to Barclays, Samir was a Director in Leveraged Finance at Bank of America, focusing on leveraged finance origination and distribution across High Yield Bonds and Leveraged Loans, particularly sponsor-backed LBOs. He began his career as an Equity Derivatives Trader at Morgan Stanley, gaining strong market experience in equity derivatives. Samir holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Kingston University and a Master's degree in Accounting and Finance from City St George's, University of London.
Keatan Rasmussen Kaul - Associate Director
Keatan previously gained experience at M&G Investments, one of the UK’s largest and longest-established investment houses, with over 90 years of history and more than £343 billion in assets under management. During his time there, he worked closely with traders and fund managers to understand both long-term and short-term investment strategies, including value investing for sustained growth and momentum-based trading approaches. Keatan developed exposure to program trading and algorithmic execution strategies such as VWAP and TWAP and observing how macroeconomic developments and global events influence portfolio positioning and pre-market indicators.
Earlier experience at Lloyds Banking Group strengthened his understanding of corporate finance fundamentals and strategic decision-making. Keatan analysed key performance indicators such as ROI, net profit margin, and EBIT to support informed business evaluation. He participated in M&A-focused case studies, strategy workshops, and risk assessment exercises involving diversification and contingency planning.
Keatan graduated with First Class Honours in BSc (Hons) Economics, attaining Firsts across all three years of study. Demonstrating advanced analytical capability, he was a prize-winner in Oxford’s National Economics Essay Competition, reflecting both technical depth and intellectual rigor in economic analysis.
Galih Priambodo - Consultant
Galih brings over 10 years of experience in finance-aligned commercial leadership and strategic business development across the industrial and energy sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Galih served as Lead Technical Sales Manager at KLAY EnerSol Sdn Bhd, a fast-growing company founded in 2010 to identify technologies from global technology leaders and deploy them across South East Asia, particularly Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. At the firm, staffed by experienced professionals from the Refining, Petrochemical, Offshore Oil & Gas, Power, Marine, and Manufacturing industries, Galih led market entry strategy, structured account segmentation, and directed full-cycle commercial execution to build early-stage revenue pipelines.
Earlier in his career at PT Ansari Jaya Sakti (AJS), established in 2002 to represent world-class companies in the Indonesian Oil & Gas sector, Galih progressed through roles including After-Sales Support, Project Sales, and Sales & Marketing, as AJS provided clients with instant access to the Indonesian Oil & Gas market through a professional team with over 30 years of industry experience. During his tenure, he developed structured account management practices, supported contract negotiations, and enhanced commercial positioning across major industrial clients.
Pichanon Nantavaropas - Consultant
Pichanon brings over 7 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, commercial management and strategic business development across the corporate and consulting sectors. He has previously served as Mergers and Acquisitions Associate at Charoen Pokphand Group, where he supported deal execution, financial modeling, and due diligence processes to drive strategic growth initiatives.
Earlier in his career, Pichanon gained experience at KPMG, where he worked on restructuring project management, business continuity, and data classification protocols according to ITIL best practices. He is also an active Ambassador for One Young World, contributing to the global community of young leaders and thought leadership initiatives. Pichanon holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History and Economics from Cornell University in New York.
Kawan Nantri - Consultant
Kawan brings a solid foundation in finance and corporate support functions, with hands-on experience in financial controlling, cash flow monitoring, and accounts management. In her earlier role as Assistant Financial Controller at KINO Group, she was responsible for managing accounts, supporting payroll administration, conducting liquidity and cash flow risk analysis, and strengthening internal financial controls—building a disciplined approach to financial governance and reporting.
Kawan also has previous experience as Operations Manager at Tramigo, overseeing financial administration, commercial operations and tax compliance coordination. She has also supported budgeting, financial tracking, and tender documentation across infrastructure and energy-related projects, contributing to structured bid management and revenue pipeline visibility.
Penpitcha Oncha-ek - Consultant
Penpitcha brings experience across organizational transformation, digital strategy, and performance analytics, with a strong track record of delivering measurable impact across technology and investment platforms. She previously held a role at Keen Profile, where she advised organizations on agile transformation, workforce strategy, and performance optimization. Penpitcha conducted organizational diagnostics across productivity data, translating findings into executive insights, and designing targeted leadership and capability-building initiatives.
She also led a national-scale technology innovation lab for GoSoft, managing cross-functional teams, evolving scope, and senior stakeholders under compressed timelines, resulting in both immediate commercial impact and an ongoing strategic partnership. Earlier in her career at PeerPower, Penpitcha supported analytics for the company's digital investment platform, developing frameworks to track acquisition, conversion, and lifetime value, contributing to improved conversion and retention performance.
Salim Nadjieb - Business Operations Associate
Salim brings international business development experience across startup, enterprise technology, and digital platforms. He has held a role at Singapore-based Startup.oi as Global Group Head of Business Development, leading international market expansion efforts, built strategic partnerships with tech companies worldwide, and managed a global team to drive structured communication and scalable growth initiatives.
He has also worked at Jatis, a leading software solutions provider, where he focused on channel partnerships and international enterprise business development. In this capacity, he supported revenue expansion initiatives by structuring partnership agreements, identifying new enterprise opportunities, and strengthening go-to-market strategies for AI and omnichannel technology solutions across regulated industries.
Salim previously also worked at Hukumonline, and contributed to subscription revenue growth and enterprise client acquisition within the legal services sector. His work emphasized financial performance tracking, client portfolio development, and long-term commercial relationship management.
Ertia Eryatna - Business Operations Associate
Ertia is a finance and accounting professional with cross-border experience, specialising in financial reporting, cost control, and operational finance within construction and sustainability-driven industries. She has experience as Finance & Accounting Manager at Innova Group, an Australian design and construction company focused on healthcare and medical fit-outs across Australia, where Ertia's responsibilities included intercompany transactions, overseeing payroll compliance, and coordinating internal and external audits to ensure regulatory and reporting integrity.
Previously, at Archetype Group, a multinational construction consultancy operating across Asia-Pacific and Europe, she supported budgeting, forecasting, and reconciliation processes while managing accounts payable and receivable cycles. She contributed to strengthening internal controls, updating accounting policies, and ensuring accurate tax and billing documentation in a complex, multi project environment.
Muwalliha Syahdani - Business Operations Associate
Muwalliha has previous experience at Flokq, a dynamic proptech startup transforming how people rent, buy, and sell property. Through technology-driven processes and operational excellence, Flokq has redefined customer experience in a traditionally fragmented sector—an approach that continues to shape Muwalliha’s structured, data-informed execution. This includes maintaining rigorous reporting standards and consistently contributing to revenue pipeline growth in a high-performance environment.
In addition, he brings experience from work with iMerit Technology, a leading AI data solutions company headquartered in California, which provides high-quality data services across computer vision, natural language processing, and content operations that power machine learning applications for Fortune 500 enterprises across industries including autonomous vehicles, geospatial, financial services, government, medical AI, and commerce.
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