Emmanuel has 25 years of experience in Private Equity and Investment Banking. Emmanuel started his career in the Equity Research department of UBS Investment Bank, where he specialised in Metals & Mining and was ranked #1 Analyst by Institutional Investor and Reuters, both in the European and Global surveys.

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Emmanuel then moved on to the M&A department of the Bank, focusing on South-East Europe and gained a wealth of complex transaction structuring and execution experience, leading many equity, debt and M&A transactions as well as Government privatisations. After 8 years with UBS Investment Bank, he moved to Greece to set up and head the Investment Banking department of Axia Ventures Group, an independent investment banking boutique.

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Having grown this to Greece’s largest independent Investment Banking team, he returned to London to join the Executive Management of the Libra Group, a multi-billion private family office specializing in distressed investments and special situations, as the Executive Vice President for 5 years completing several sizeable investments in a diverse range of sectors (including energy, retail, financial services, telecoms, hospitality and real estate) coupled with various Executive positions at subsidiary and portfolio company level.

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Emmanuel holds a First Class Honours B.Sc. in Banking & International Finance from CASS Business School in London and an M.Phil. in Finance from St John’s College, University of Cambridge.

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Emmanuel is a fellow of the Cambridge European Trust and served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Bankers Association, UK. Emmanuel is the Managing Partner of ALPHACAP Partners.

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