Executive Profile
Technology investment and strategic-growth executive with 18+ years across technology, corporate finance and investment banking. Originated and executed 50+ M&A and capital-raising transactions across Europe and the United States, while building technology franchises, teams and proprietary origination platforms.
Experience spans investment evaluation, M&A, growth capital, strategic planning and capital formation across cybersecurity, industrial and vertical software, fintech infrastructure, data / AI, deep tech, IoT and technology-enabled services. Current work combines fund strategy, family-office investing, board advisory and development of an AI-augmented deep-tech investment and strategic advisory platform.
Professional Experience
Anchorpoint AdvisoryApr 2025 – Present
Founder & Managing DirectorLondon / International
Building an AI-augmented deep-tech investment and strategic advisory platform serving funds, family offices, founders and boards across Europe and international markets. Mandates span capital formation, investment evaluation, strategic growth and sector-thesis development.
Designed Anchorpoint around a lean, AI-native operating model combining reusable institutional knowledge, AI-enabled research and analytical workflows, specialist agents and senior human judgement to increase analytical depth, speed and advisory capacity without proportionate headcount growth.
Current Focus
- Fund Strategy & Capital Formation — advise emerging managers and investment platforms on fund strategy, portfolio construction, fund economics, capital formation and investor engagement.
- Growth Capital — advise technology and deep-tech companies on financing strategy, investor positioning, capital requirements and institutional fundraising.
- Private Investment Advisory — support family offices and investors in evaluating direct technology investments across business quality, competitive positioning, technology differentiation, growth potential, capital intensity and downside risk.
- Board & Strategic Growth — advise boards and management teams on business-model evolution, digital transformation, strategic priorities, growth initiatives and capital planning.
- Platform & Research — build cross-border opportunity networks and direct thematic research across cybersecurity, AI/deep-tech and industrial technology, translating sector intelligence into investment theses, advisory opportunities and capital-allocation decisions.
Santander Corporate & Investment BankingMar 2023 – Mar 2025
Senior Vice President, Technology Investment BankingLondon, UK
Recruited into a newly formed Technology Investment Banking team to build sector origination and execution capabilities and advise global technology clients on M&A, financing and strategic transactions.
- Built dedicated coverage in cybersecurity, IoT and industrial software, combining proprietary sector research, C-suite relationships and sponsor coverage to create a £20m live opportunity pipeline.
- Sourced seven technology transactions and executed five financing deals, leading opportunities from identification and senior outreach through pitching, negotiation, diligence and execution.
- Expanded active financial-sponsor coverage to 30+ firms and worked across Santander M&A teams in Europe, the United States and Brazil to originate and deliver cross-border mandates.
- Advised founders, boards and sponsors on take-privates, carve-outs and spin-offs, minority stake sales, growth financings and acquisition financing, converting previous engagements into repeat opportunities.
Selected Transactions & Financings
Darktrace — $5.3bn take-private • Linxens — sale to TowerBrook • Univers — $50m venture/growth debt • Netwrix — $65m acquisition financing • Austin GIS — $30m growth capital
Saxenhammer & CoFeb 2020 – Jan 2023
Director, Technology Investment BankingLondon, UK
Headhunted by a former Bryan Garnier colleague to establish the firm's mid-market TMT investment-banking practice for European growth companies, with responsibility for franchise building, sector strategy, origination and execution across M&A, venture/growth capital and strategic advisory.
- Established the TMT advisory vertical from scratch, developing sector strategy, market positioning, go-to-market and brand-building initiatives alongside origination strategy and end-to-end transaction workflows.
- Standardised execution processes and documentation, contributing to an approximately 30% improvement in transaction completion rates.
- Executed 13 technology transactions, typically €10–50m in size, and originated/completed five proprietary M&A, venture-capital and growth-capital mandates across IoT, fintech and SaaS.
- Built and led an eight-person multicultural team and managed three-to-four-person deal teams across five to six concurrent transactions, directing modelling, valuation, diligence, investor outreach, documentation and negotiation of LOI/SPA, earn-outs and closing mechanics.
- Developed the client and market franchise through 20+ corporate pitches, executive relationships, sector research and conference presentations on TMT investment themes and transaction strategy.
Selected Transactions & Financings
Cognitec — sell-side M&A • Leadec — buy-side M&A • SkyFive — venture investment • Voltaware — venture syndication • Wegatech — growth capital • QiO — dual-track financing
Bryan Garnier & CoJan 2014 – Jan 2020
Vice President, Technology Investment BankingMunich, Germany
Joined from the technology industry for technical and corporate expertise; promoted successively from Analyst through Associate and Senior Associate to Vice President. Advised technology and smart-industry businesses across Europe, the United States and Asia.
- Executed 25+ technology M&A and growth-capital transactions, leading financial modelling, forecasting, valuation, diligence, investor processes, roadshows and SPA/term-sheet support; also developed Series A/B venture structuring and syndication capability.
- Co-founded and scaled the Smart Industries practice, originating 12 transactions across cleantech, IoT and smart mobility at approximately 70% conversion.
- Increased generation of high-priority prospective deals by approximately 50% by designing and rolling out a standardised origination engine for prioritisation, tracking and conversion.
- Led deal teams of up to five and coached 15+ junior bankers, strengthening execution quality across valuation, diligence and transaction delivery.
- Completed 15+ sector mappings and advised companies on strategic positioning, equity stories, market-entry and growth plans, capital structures and merger scenarios.
- Co-authored research on Big Data, Robotics, SaaS Valuation, Autonomous Driving and Digitalisation of Energy.
Selected Transactions & Financings
Exasol — €50m growth capital / pre-IPO secondaries • Tado — €50m private placement • Dimelo — €35m sale to RingCentral • REstore — €70m sale to Centrica • Intersec — €30m private placement
Earlier CareerSep 2006 – Feb 2013
Tata Consultancy Services | Cisco Systems | University of St. GallenIndia, France & Switzerland
Started in technology consulting at Tata Consultancy Services, advising global clients including Apple, Novartis and Airbus. Moved into corporate finance at Cisco Systems in Paris, supporting approximately €8bn of European operations across cost optimisation, performance benchmarking and post-acquisition integration. Subsequently researched 800+ European technology companies at the University of St. Gallen and contributed to the Business Model Navigator programme under Professor Oliver Gassmann.
Education
Executive MBA (First Class)University of Oxford2025
Postgraduate Studies, Banking & FinanceUniversity of St. GallenSwitzerland
MA International Business (Distinction)Grenoble École de ManagementFrance
B.E. Mechanical Engineering (First Class)Cochin University of Science & TechnologyIndia
Selected Executive Education
Wealth ManagementUniversity of Oxford2026
Oxford Scenarios ProgrammeUniversity of Oxford2025
Healthcare Policy, FinanceYale University2024
Executive Program in Venture CapitalUC Berkeley2023
Additional
LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Bengali (Native) | French (Proficient) | German (Novice)
PUBLICATION & WRITING Author, How Life Takes Shape (2026); investment research and writing on technology, market structure, private capital and capital cycles