A multi-disciplined team with exceptional experience
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Global
Our team has worked in all major economies and many others |
Multi-disciplinary Experienced in a diverse range of critically important fields and disciplines
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Insightful
Long track record of anticipating change and opportunity in many industries |
Commercial
Strategic, commercial, financial and transaction perspectives |
Influential
Respected by senior leaders in business and government around the world |
Cassandra Kelly AMCo-founder and Senior Advisor, Leadership and Technology at Pottinger.
Cassandra is a global advisor and company director with a passion for commercial and social enterprise and a background in finance, risk and markets. She is a founding member of the European Union's Global Tech Panel and Chair of Treasury Corporation of Victoria. Cassandra is also a founder of Glass Elevator. "I believe clients deserve the highest quality advice and the very best service from people they trust." |
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Nigel LakeCo-founder and Executive Chair of Pottinger.
Nigel is an entrepreneur with a passion for diversity, innovation, environment and action and a background in science, M&A, finance, systems thinking and philosophy. "Setting strategy without destination is like walking blindfold into the future." |
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John SheehyCEO of Pottinger.
John's background is in international corporate law. He has practised as a cross-border M&A lawyer in London, New York City and Moscow, having advised on transactions involving assets or parties in over 20 countries spanning 6 continents with a combined value of over $50 billion. |
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Andrew Paddon
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Senior Advisor.
Andrew's background includes M&A, strategic consulting, equity and debt capital market transactions, technical and operational consulting as well as venture capital investing. He joined Pottinger in 2008 because it was truly different from other corporate advisory firms - a single integrated team that simultaneously offered the skills of M&A bankers and strategy consultants with the analytic rigor of a data scientists in an environment with no conflicts of interest and an award winning culture. |
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Eleonor Dressler
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CFO and Executive Director.
Eleonor has extensive experience in conducting precise analysis of complex technical and commercial information, including over 15 years’ experience in finance related roles in Sweden, UK, USA and Australia. She provides deep expertise in financial and economic analysis, as well as diversity of perspective on issues related to long-term sustainability. Her project management skills include planning, execution, and monitoring performance with special focus on achieving all project goals within a given timeframe. She holds a Master’s degree in Commercial Law and a Bachelor of Business and Economics. In addition, she regularly attends training programmes in sustainability, compliance and risk management. |
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Rodrigo AriasExecutive Director.
I have deep experience in corporate finance and capital markets internationally having worked in Europe, the Americas and Australia. I advise private and public clients across multiple industries on corporate strategy, M&A and capital raising. Prior to joining Pottinger, I worked in capital markets in Mexico City for Banorte (Mexico’s largest bank), executing DCM and ECM transactions with a combined value of over $5 billion, previously I worked for Bloomberg in London and Citibank in Monterrey, Mexico. |
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Gerry Grove-WhiteSpecial Advisor, Energy, at Pottinger.
Gerry has a background in mechanical engineering with 45 years’ experience in power generation and energy around the world (gas, oil, coal, nuclear, wind, hydro and geothermal). This includes extensive project management experience, and financing of IPPs, in addition to a wide range of operational engineering experience. |
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Michael SullivanSpecial Advisor, Resources, at Pottinger.
I am a former senior partner of Linklaters with over 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, initial and secondary public offerings, privatisations, corporate reorganisations and other corporate advice. I have a particular interest and expertise in resources, having acted as the Managing Relationship Manager for Anglo American plc for many years, and having completed many transactions in the sector globally. |
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Maria Atkinson AMSpecial Advisor, Sustainability, at Pottinger.
Maria is passionate about sustainability and work with the most senior people in Government and business globally to realise more sustainable practices and strategies. She is an expert in the realm of sustainability and are a highly sought after thought leader. |
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Maureen PapasSpecial Advisor, Sustainability and Systems Thinking, at Pottinger.
Maureen is a regarded expert in the area of environment, sustainability and governance. She hold a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), a Master of International Relations with a Master of International Environmental Law and a PhD in Law from Macquarie University. Her research spans the fields of environmental law, natural resources law and in particular international, national and comparative water law and policy issues, with a focus on governance, sustainable practices and intergovernmental relations. |
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Nicholas GoldSenior Advisor, Funds, at Pottinger.
Nicholas is a highly experienced investment banker, with over thirty five years' advisory experience, across a wide range of industries and geographies. Nicholas offers Pottinger's clients access to extensive expertise relevant to investment funds, with a particular emphasis on the response to attacks by hostile shareholder groups. |
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