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Akshar Patel

Akshar Patel

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Akshar Patel is a member of the Client Services Team at Saranac Partners.

Prior to joining Saranac, Akshar has spent over a decade working for large International Banks, Multi Family Offices and Private Markets advisory businesses working with individual and corporate clients.

Akshar received a BA Dual Honours in Economics and Management Science from Keele University.

Anusha Chandrasegaram

Anusha Chandrasegaram

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Anusha Chandrasegaram is a member of the Client Services Team at Saranac Partners.

Prior to joining Saranac, Anusha worked for Safra Sarasin.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham.

Athena Bersimis

Athena Bersimis

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Athena Bersimis is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners covering clients in the UK and EMEA.

Prior to Saranac Partners, Athena was a Senior Private Banker responsible for Greece and Cyprus out of the Madrid and London offices at Citi Private Bank. Previously, she was a Banker in the Private Wealth Management division at Goldman Sachs London, worked at Deutsche Bank as a senior associated in Credit Derivatives and at EFG Eurobank.

Athena holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from London Business School/NYU Stern School of Business, an Msc in International Management at Kings College London, a Bsc (Hons) in Mathematics with Business Management from Kingston University London and holds the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Investment Management Certificate (IMC) professional qualifications.

Benedicte Perrier-Dordain

Benedicte Perrier-Dordain

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Benedicte is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners.

She advises a diverse client base on their financial affairs and investments across all asset classes, globally. Her expertise also encompasses complex family wealth planning, multi-jurisdictional re-domiciliation as well as succession planning.

She joined Saranac in 2019, having previously worked in wealth management at ACPI and UBS. Benedicte started her career at the Treasury of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, handling sizeable debt and structured products issuance.

She is a graduate of HEC Paris and holds a Master’s Degree in economics from Sciences Politiques Paris. Benedicte is a French national and a fluent Russian speaker.

Cassylda Augusto Rodrigues

Cassylda Augusto Rodrigues

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Cassylda Augusto Rodrigues is a member of the Client Services Team at Saranac Partners. Prior to joining Saranac, Cassylda worked as a Senior Private Wealth Management Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

She holds a BSc in Management with Spanish from the University of Warwick Business school.

Daniel Green

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Dan Green is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners. Dan joined Saranac Partners in 2016 and is responsible for managing client relationships, advising some of the most successful entrepreneurs, business leaders and family offices across the UK and internationally.

Dan’s particular area of interest is in supporting ambitious tech founders as they move through the latter stages of growth and on to an exit. Over the last 15 years, he has built trusted relationships across the European tech and VC community.

Previously, Dan spent a number of years at Barclays Wealth. Prior to this, he worked for a mid-market consultancy where he served private and public companies across sectors.

Dan holds a BA in Economics and is a Member of the CISI.

Ella Carmichael

Ella Carmichael

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Ella Carmichael is a member of the Client Services Team at Saranac Partners.

She works alongside our Client Advisors, Proposition and Operations teams to help support clients in their investment and financial affairs.

Prior to joining Saranac in 2020, Ella worked for a social impact organisation and a boutique M&A firm. She holds a BA in History.

Emily Hooton

Emily Hooton

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Emily Hooton is responsible for the client services team and works across the firm on all issues that impact client service.

She joined Saranac in 2015 from Barclays where she worked in the UK Private Bank.

Emily has a Masters in Biochemistry from Oxford University, has cycled / run across Europe for charity and is an avid gardener.

Jaryd Selinger

Jaryd Selinger

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Jaryd Selinger is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners. With 13 years’ experience in wealth management, Jaryd advises UK business families and international citizens with global financial interest.

He was previously a Private Banker at Citi Private Bank in London and Client Advisor at UBS in Sydney.

Jeremy Brown

Jeremy Brown

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Jeremy Brown is a Senior Advisor at Saranac Partners having joined the firm in 2016.

He provides strategic input to a diverse group of UK entrepreneurs and families on their wealth and broader family issues.

Jeremy started his career in 1982 working for Laurie Milbank. He has held senior positions at Flemings, JPMorgan, Schroders and Kleinwort Benson. Jeremy acts as Chairman to one of our client’s investment companies and has previously served on the management board of Bradford Estates.

Jeremy is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

 

Katherine Rees-Oliviere

Katherine Rees-Oliviere

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Katherine is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners. She joined Saranac in 2018 from ACPI, where she was a Managing Director.

She has over 20 years’ experience working with clients including entrepreneurs, foundations, smaller corporates and family offices across the UK and Europe. Katherine spent the majority of her career at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse.

Katherine holds a BA in Modern Languages from University College London.

Maxi Ducam-Davies

Maxi Ducam-Davies

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Maxi is an Associate Client Advisor at Saranac Partners.

He joined Saranac in 2023 from Plurimi Wealth, a multi-family office. Maxi has previously worked in a number of finance roles in both London and New York.

Maxi graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA (Hons) in Finance and is a member of CFA UK. Maxi speaks English and French.

Miguel Nigorra

Miguel Nigorra

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Miguel Nigorra is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners, based in Madrid. Miguel joined Saranac in September 2022 from Banca March, a family owned private bank.

Previously, Miguel has worked for both national and international based private and institutional clients at Citibank Private Bank, UBS, Banco Santander International, and Banco Popular.

Miguel spent around 12 years living in the UK, and has a BA (Hons) degree form the European Business School, a constituent school of Regent’s University London and a PDG from I.E.S.E Business School.

Mike Dardis

Mike Dardis

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Mike Dardis is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners. Mike works with a range of UK and internationally based private clients, family offices and other sophisticated investors.

He began his career in trading at JP Morgan before moving to Barclays where he spent over 7 years. Prior to joining Saranac in 2017, Mike spent 3 years on the investment team at a single family office.

Mike studied Psychology at Birmingham University and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Oliver Wilson

Oliver Wilson

Oliver Wilson is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners.

Prior to Joining Saranac, Oliver was a Managing Director at UBP and a partner at ACPI. Oliver started his career at UBS Investment Bank specialising in Mergers & Acquisitions with a particular focus on technology and business services companies.

In 2008 he moved into UBS’s Wealth Management business where he looked after a diverse mix of Ultra High Net Worth Resident Domiciled and Resident Non-Domiciled families.

Oliver holds an Masters degree from the University of Edinburgh and studied at the École du Louvre.

Rebekah Morris

Rebekah Morris

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Rebekah Morris is a member of the client services team at Saranac Partners. Rebekah joined Saranac in 2023 from Barclays after completing their graduate scheme in Private Banking and Wealth Management.

She holds a BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol.

Robert Rayner

Robert Rayner

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Rob Rayner is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners. Rob works with a diverse and eclectic group of families across the full scope of their financial affairs.

He joined Saranac in 2015 from Barclays where he spent 7 years in a range of roles across the bank.

Rob holds a BA in History from the University of York and a Master of Studies in Medieval History from the University of Oxford.

Salah Alrawi

Salah Alrawi

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Salah Alrawi is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners.

He joined Saranac in 2019 from ACPI, where he was a partner. Previously Salah was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse UK Private Bank and an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley where he spent 14 years.

Salah studied Economics and French at St Mary’s College, California.

Stephen Griffiths

Stephen Griffiths

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Steve Griffiths is a Wealth Advisor at Saranac Partners.

A Chartered Tax Advisor by background, Steve has spent 30 years working in tax and financial services including at PwC, UBS, Credit Suisse, Coutts and latterly JP Morgan.

He studied Geology at Imperial College and has a Masters from Royal Holloway College. He also holds the DipPFS qualification.

Tom Spencer

Tom Spencer

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Tom Spencer is a Client Advisor at Saranac Partners. Tom advises a diverse group of European entrepreneurs and families across their investment and broader financial affairs.

Working with his entrepreneurial clients, Tom provides expertise to business owners from the growth stages of their businesses through to major liquidity events and beyond. Prior to joining Saranac in 2017, Tom worked with a variety of domestic and international clients at Barclays and Bank Leumi.

Tom holds a BA in History & Politics from Durham University.