Financial Advisory Board
Soumilya Datta
Finance & Governance
Business Strategy
Governance
Qualified Chartered Accountant
Soumilya Datta joined Citibank where he worked for 30 years. His roles involved responsibility to manage risk as a senior credit officer; P&L, Balance sheet and liquidity, Capital & Returns as Global Banking Treasurer/EM CFO and Chief operating/ administrative officer of EMEA Corporate banking. He is currently on the UK board of the 2nd largest Indian bank, Baroda, while providing Capital Market consultancy for Citibank.
Through the development of sound financial policies, client engagement, change management and strategic restructuring, he has always been focused on sustainable growth.
Shaun MacLean
Governance
Finance & Risk Management
Performance Management
MBA Strat, Cost & Mgmt Accy (UoL), Member Inst. of Bankers.
Shaun Maclean worked throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Middle East, and Europe as a senior International Banker in the finance sector. He was employed by HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland.
He has specialised in risk and data management, management information systems, performance management and budget and planning implementation. He has established trade finance divisions in Australia and Japan.
Shaun is also highly focused on Finance and in funds transfer pricing, cost allocation, unit costing, Activity Based Costing, Product and Customer Profitability Mechanisms. He is also well versed in Asset / Liability Management and Customer Relationship Management tools.
Tom Skwarek
Banking / Insurance
Finance & Risk Management
Highly Experienced MD
Adv BSc Econ Dev (Catz), BA Pol Sc (Cal State LA)
Tom brings over 30 years of project finance and risk management experience. He worked in managing director positions at JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, UBS and Swiss Re. At these firms, Mr. Skwarek has led project and structured finance teams arranging over $50 billion in debt and equity for corporate clients world-wide. He is currently on the board of a US energy company, Meridian Energy Group Inc, while continuing to act as an advisor/capital raising for large renewable projects.
Alistair Hugh Smith
Finance & Structure
Investment Transactions
BSc (Hons) Acct & Stat, 1975 Assoc/1981 Fell Inst of ChtdAcct (Eng & Wales)
Hugh has been the COO of Alta Berkeley since 2001, being responsible for the execution of a majority of Alta Berkeley VC transactions since joining, on investment and exit.
He has been involved in 100+ venture capital investments in the UK, Continental Europe, Israel and the USA. Participated in the management and/or the negotiation of 40+ domestic and cross border M&A transactions and involved in 20+ public offerings and the subsequent exit of the AB funds’.
He has actively participated in fund raising and management of investor relations including reporting (€200m+ raised over 5 venture funds). Also responsible for managing AB membership of the EU backed Eurotech Capital and European Commission programs and the legal and tax aspects of AB venture capital fund structures, investment transactions (investment and exit process) from a legal/tax angle.
Christopher Klemm
Capital Acquisition
Corporate Finance
Capital Raising
BEng Chem, BSc B Admin (EBS)
Christopher Klemm is a corporate finance professional, investor and entrepreneur with over 35 years of international transaction experience having worked for SG Warburg, Lazard, UBS and Citigroup in Europe.
Christopher has advised on many different corporate finance transactions, mainly in European and some Asian situations. This has included mergers, acquisitions, disposals, capital acquisition and restructurings. For the last 23 years he has run an independent corporate finance firm delivering impartial advice for M&A, financing and direct investment situations, including in the clean tech and sustainability industry segment.