Ben Akesson is an Investment Advisor at Saranac Partners.

Ben has a particular focus on advisory, aggregation, analytics and execution.

Prior to joining Saranac in 2016, Ben worked within the Portfolio Solutions team at Barclays Wealth & Investment Management.

Ben gained his degree in Accounting & Finance from Warwick Business School.

Chaitanya is an Analyst in the Private Capital and Financing & Solutions team at Saranac Partners. Prior to joining Saranac, Chaitanya worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Wimmer Financial and has a background in Project Finance and Real Estate Development Financing. Chaitanya holds an MSc. in Banking and Finance from King’s College, London.

Christophe leads the fixed income proposition at Saranac Partners across discretionary and advisory portfolios. He is a member of the Investment Committee and also specialises in derivatives and structured products

Prior to joining Saranac in 2018, Christophe spent 7 years as the Investment Strategist at a London based single Family Office, advising on a multi-billion dollar balance sheet. He started his career as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Société Générale in Luxembourg.

Christophe is a French citizen and holds an Master of Science in Risk & Asset Management from EDHEC Business School.

Daniel Walker is a member of the investment team at Saranac Partners. Daniel works across equities, fixed income and derivatives. He specialises in portfolio analysis, implementation and leads the trade execution across the firm.

Daniel joined Saranac in 2019 from SS&C Technologies where he held roles in both Client Finance and Enterprise IT, providing services to asset managers and hedge funds.

Daniel has passed the IOC from the CISI, IMC from CFA UK, the CFA Level 1 and holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Bristol.

Edmond Klinke leads the Global Equity proposition at Saranac Partners and is a Portfolio Manager and member of the Investment Committee.

Prior to Saranac, Ed managed Discretionary Portfolio Management teams at both HSBC and Barclays Wealth. Ed started his career at Citigroup Asset Management as a portfolio manager in the emerging markets team, and later was responsible for managing the global equity model as well as portfolio construction and risk management of multi-asset class portfolios.

Ed has over 30 years of industry experience, a B.A. (Hons) degree in Business Studies and Italian from University College London and is a CFA charter holder.

Henning Meyer leads the multi asset proposition at Saranac Partners and is a member of the Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Saranac in 2024, Henning was a fund manager at Sarasin & Partners where he managed global multi asset and equity portfolios on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, families, and charities. He started his investment management career at Kleinwort Benson.

Henning holds an MSc Finance from the University of St. Andrews, a BA in Business Management from the University of Westminster and is a CFA Charterholder.

Jacopo Bazzano is a Fixed Income Analyst at Saranac Partners. Prior to joining Saranac, Jacopo was a credit trader at Coolabah Capital Investments, a London-based long-short credit hedge fund. He also worked at Amundi Asset Management in the Global Fixed Income team, focusing on credit.

Jacopo is an Italian citizen, and he graduated from UCL with an MSc in Finance.

Jayesh Daly Devereux is an Investment Advisor at Saranac Partners. Prior to joining Saranac, Jayesh worked at Citi Private Bank, where he completed the graduate training programme before taking up a role as an Investment Counsellor covering clients based in the Emerging Markets.

Jayesh is a CFA Charterholder and holds an MSc in Finance from Imperial College London.

Karan is part of the Corporate Finance division.

He has over 10 years of corporate finance experience and provides clients with strategic advice in relation to their businesses. He has developed a strong expertise and an outstanding deal completion track record across a variety of sectors including technology, industrials, consumer and business services.

Karan holds a dual Masters degree in Telecom Technology and Finance from Institut Mines-Telecom and Paris Dauphine University. He started his career within the investment banking division of Société Générale in London advising on large leverage buyouts, and subsequently held roles at Stanhope Capital and finnCap Cavendish where he specialised in business sales.

He has been involved in over 40 corporate finance transactions. Successful projects include Sell-Side/Buy-Side M&A, Public-to-Private, LBO and Fundraising transactions.

Martin Lee is a member of the Financing & Solutions team at Saranac Partners.

Martin previously worked in the investment banking division of Wells Fargo Securities in the Real Estate Syndicated Finance group that originated, structured and distributed debt for US financial sponsors for acquisition, refinancing and event driven mandates. Martin also worked at Fiduciam, an institutionally funded direct real estate lending manager.

Martin earned a BSc in Accounting & Finance and MSc in Finance & Investment from the University of Bristol and holds the designation as a Financial Modelling & Financial Analyst (FMVA) from the Corporate Finance Institute.

Oscar Saville is a member of the Private Capital team at Saranac Partners.

Oscar joined Saranac in 2025 following 3 years as an Associate in Leveraged Finance Origination at Lloyds Banking Group, where he arranged financing for Private Equity-backed transactions across the UK, Europe and USA. Prior to that, he spent 4 years at Grant Thornton working across the Restructuring and Debt Advisory group.

Oscar holds an ACA as a member of the International Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), in addition to a BA from Durham University.

Peter has over 17 years investment banking, and capital structuring experience.

Peter worked on structuring projects with some notable names including Transport for London, Qatar Petroleum, Philip Morris International, Amber Beverage Group, Stoli Group, and Silicon Vally Bridge Bank.

Peter has built a reputation for financing complex projects across real estate and private markets. Earlier in his career Peter worked at Meridian Equity Partners, Lehman Brothers, Societe Generale CIB and Goldman Sachs in the Principal Strategies Group, an internal group with capital of US $15 billion of the bank’s own funds.

Richard Urwin is Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Along with other members of the Committee, he is responsible for developing and implementing the investment frameworks used by Saranac to manage client assets.

Prior to joining Saranac, Richard was Head of the Outsourced CIO function at BlackRock in Europe, responsible for managing $80bn of assets. He was previously Head of Economics and Asset Allocation at Gartmore Fund Managers, and an Economist at Warburgs, the Investment Bank.

Richard has a BA and an MA in economics, an MBA, and an MA and MRes in philosophy.

Shawn Gates is Head of Financing & Solutions at Saranac Partners. Shawn has over 20 years’ experience investing and lending in emerging and developed markets.

Prior to joining Saranac, Shawn ran his own investment advisor firm, Lintel Capital, and worked as an illiquid credit trader at Deutsche Bank and UBS, investing in primary, secondary and special situation transactions.

Siobhan works within the Finance team where she is responsible for regulated mortgages and for overseeing cases that entail complex private-client borrowing.

Siobhan’s company, One Hundred Knightsbridge Ltd., is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Siobhan and her company provide Saranac clients with access to bespoke finance solutions for non-standard mortgage situations, such as overseas properties, second homes, unique high value properties, buy to let portfolios, and commercial property assets.

Over the past twenty years, Siobhan has developed relationships with some 500 different lenders, many in jurisdictions outside the UK, giving Saranac’s clients access to alternative sources of credit, often combining senior, mezzanine, bridge and equity solutions.

Siobhan has a strong understanding of the challenges faced by clients looking to future proof their estates, and she works with specialist partners to provide specific advice around estate planning, IHT, tax optimization and Trust structuring, both on and offshore.

Siobhan brings a depth of international experience to Saranac, having lived and worked in America & Australia, along with previously leading substantial client projects in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

When not assisting clients of Saranac, Siobhan is a local Town Councilor with strong relationships in Westminster where, until recently, she was the public access person for a cross-party parliamentary group.

Suraj Valand is responsible for Fund Manager Research & Selection and Multi-Manager Portfolios at Saranac Partners.

Prior to joining Saranac Partners in 2016, Suraj worked at Barclays where his most recent role was Head of Alternatives Portfolio Management. Suraj began his career in 2005 within the alternatives research team at a Middle Eastern Multi-Family Office focusing on hedge funds and venture capital.

Suraj holds the CAIA qualification and level I of the CFA and graduated from CASS Business School with a BSc (Hons) in Actuarial Science.

Talveer Atwal is a member of the private markets investment team at Saranac Partners.

Tal leads the firms private markets funds programme and specialises in mid-market private equity and secondaries investments.

Prior to joining Saranac in 2022, Talveer worked as part of the investment team at the Nationwide Pension Fund, primarily focusing on private market investing across Europe and the US.

Talveer holds a BSc in Accounting and Finance and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.