Senior Advisor to Akira
David joined the Akira team as a Senior Advisor to Akira in 2015. He was formerly a Senior Partner at Linklaters, where he was involved in a range of corporate finance transactions including M&A, joint ventures and flotations over a period of nearly four decades.
Senior Advisor to Akira
David joined Akira in 2019. He is a native and citizen of Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1968, with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Managing Partner
Andre has worked in M&A since 1994 and is a former Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank and head of M&A at Vodafone Group Plc. He has executed US$430bn worth of M&A deals and has served as a board member of Vodacom.
Partner
David has over 20 years of experience in the Telecoms, Media and Technology sectors. Prior to joining Akira Partners he was Head of Telecoms Investment Banking for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region at Credit Suisse.
Managing Director
Alberto is a seasoned corporate finance adviser with over 10 years of experience in TMT investment banking, the last nine working for J.P. Morgan in London. During his career, he has closed over 20 deals in EMEA with an aggregate value of $60bn.
Managing Director
Matthias started his corporate finance career in the investment banking division of UBS in 2005 advising telecoms and media companies on M&A projects, debt and equity financings. He joined Akira Partners in 2009.
Associate Director
Georgi joined Akira in 2021. He began his corporate finance career by spending seven years at Goldman Sachs in New York.
Associate
Saurabh joined Akira in 2021. He started his career at Deutsche Bank in 2018 as an Investment Banking Analyst focusing on the TMT sector covering clients in geographies as varied as London, Sydney, and India.
Analyst
Edgar joined Akira in 2021. Previously he gained experience in corporate finance by working at Morgan Stanley in London, and Auren’s corporate finance team in Madrid.
Analyst
Yens joined Akira in 2021. Previously, he gained experience in corporate finance by working for BNP Paribas in the Benelux coverage team.
