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Our partnership is comprised of highly networked individuals with proven investment judgement who have worked together for an average of 11 years. We are proud of the diverse professional backgrounds, nationalities and language capabilities of our team. We hail from 10 countries and we speak 11 languages. This rich heritage serves as the central building block of our firm, and informs our culture, strategy, and execution capabilities.
Salina Allie
Principal
Salina has 11 years experience in European private equity. At Keyhaven, her responsibilities include the sourcing and analysis of private equity investment opportunities, internal training and supervision, and providing support to the investor relations and marketing efforts of the firm. Before joining Keyhaven, she was employed with London Fund Managers and from 2001, she was a member of the European private equity fund of funds team at AXA Investment Managers; prior to this, Salina gained eight years experience in various research, administrative and production functions.
Salina received her BSc in Business Administration with honours from Cardiff University and an MSc in Management Studies from Brunel University.
Katherine Bond
Director
Katherine has 13 years experience in European private equity. She leads Keyhaven's due diligence process with a particular emphasis on primary partnerships, including the sourcing, analysing and monitoring of private equity investment opportunities. In addition, she manages the investor relations and marketing efforts of the firm. Prior to joining Keyhaven, she was employed at HgCapital and from 1999, she was a member of the European private equity fund of funds team at AXA Investment Managers.
Katherine received a BSc in International Business and French with honours from Aston University. During this time, she spent a year studying at the EDHEC business school in France. She is fluent in English and French and also speaks German.
e. katherine@keyhavencapital.com
Nicki Coghlan
Office Manager
Nicki is Keyhaven's Office Manager and is responsible for all contact with the firm's service providers and its building management. Prior to joining Keyhaven, she gained nine years of office and facilities management experience at various companies including Legal & General, Bank of Ireland and TCA Consulting. She also spent four years working in human resources for Williams Lea FM and gained additional experience at Harvey Nichols, Citibank and Sun Europe.
As well as her HND in Business & Finance & CIPD Stage 1 (both gained from Thames Valley University), Nicki also holds her IOSH certificate.
Gillian Edger
Finance Controller
Gillian manages the day to day back office and administration of the Keyhaven funds. She has over 20 years of finance and back office private equity experience, including working at the European mid-market firm, Palamon Capital Partners, and a long tenure in an investment group affiliated with the Rothschild family. She began her career as a Trainee Accountant at Ernst & Young.
Gillian received her Diploma in Accountancy with Distinction and is ACA qualified. In addition to English, she speaks Italian.
e. gillian@keyhavencapital.com
Mark J McDonald
Director
Mark has 15 years experience in private equity and capital markets. He leads Keyhaven's due diligence process with a particular emphasis on secondary investments, including the sourcing, analysing and monitoring of private equity investment opportunities. Before joining Keyhaven, he was employed by Pomona Capital where he served as a Director of its European operations; prior to this he was with Venture Capital Investments, an investment boutique affiliated with 3i, based in Milan, Italy. Mark began his career with Barclays Capital where he held various positions within debt capital markets and principal finance based in Europe and Asia.
Mark received a BA in Economics and Politics with honours from the University of Leeds, and earned an MBA from SDA Bocconi University, Milan. In addition to English, he is fluent in Italian, and also speaks conversational French.
Amit Patel
Associate
Amit's responsibilities at Keyhaven include database maintenance, general market research, and the sourcing and analysis of private equity investment opportunities. Before joining Keyhaven, he worked as an intern for a small corporate finance company. Prior to this, he contracted with an independent financial adviser which provides services to high net worth individuals and small institutions in alternative assets.
Amit received a BA in Economics with honours from Bristol Business School and an MSc in Investment Management from Cass Business School. In addition to English, Amit speaks conversational French.
Office Manager
Alice is Keyhaven's Office Manager and is responsible for all contact with the firm's service providers and its building management. In addition, she works alongside the investment team dealing with all aspects of general office administration and in particular functions as Executive Assistant to Sasha van de Water and Claus Stenbaek. Prior to joining Keyhaven, she gained six years experience working within various organisations of which the majority was spent at Habitat UK Ltd.
Alice received a BA Hons in Interior and spatial design from the University of Bournemouth. In addition to English, she speaks conversational French.
Sunil Sirisena
Finance Officer
Sunil is primarily responsible for managing corporate accounting at Keyhaven. He has over 20 years of finance and back office private equity experience, previously at Albemarle Private Equity Group (formerly the private equity operation of Brown, Shipley & Co. Limited) which he joined in 1980. He began his career as a Junior Accountant at American Express and Kearney & Trecker Marvin
Sunil received a BA in Business Management Studies with honours from the University of Brighton and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He is fluent in English and Sinhalese.
Claus Stenbaek
Managing Director
Claus has over 25 years of direct private equity as well as fund selection and quoted securities experience. In addition to managing Keyhaven Capital Partners, he is responsible for leading the investment process on primary partnerships, secondary investments, and direct investments. Claus serves as an advisory committee member for a number of European private equity partnerships and has been elected as a member of the EVCA Limited Partner Platform Council.
Previously, he was employed as Executive Director of Danske Private Equity. His earlier positions include Founding Managing Director of Richmond Capital Limited, a niche investment bank, and responsibility for the overall management of a European family office. He has also served as CFO of engineering company F.L.Smidth & Cia Espanola, and as a consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He has served as Chairman and/or board member of more than 30 private and public companies in Europe and the United States over the course of his career.
Claus received a BS in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School and earned an Executive MBA cum laude from Instituto de Impresa, Madrid. He is fluent in English, Danish, Spanish, Norwegian, and Swedish, and speaks conversational French and German.
Sasha van de Water
Managing Director
Sasha has 19 years experience in European private equity. In addition to managing Keyhaven Capital Partners, she is responsible for leading the investment process on primary partnerships, secondary investments, and direct investments. Sasha serves as an advisory committee member for a number of private equity partnerships.
Prior to founding Keyhaven, she was a Managing Director at AXA Investment Managers where she was responsible for setting up and developing the European private equity fund of funds programme. Prior to joining AXA Investment Managers, Sasha was employed by an affiliate of BT Alex. Brown (now Deutsche Bank). She previously worked as a consultant for Cambridge Associates, an investment advisory firm, in both their London and Boston offices.
Sasha received a BA cum laude from Wellesley College. She is fluent in Dutch and English, and speaks conversational Italian, Spanish and Arabic.
Dini Panayiotou
Receptionist
Dini is responsible for the front office reception at Keyhaven. She also provides general administrative support to the Office Manager and investment team. Prior to joining Keyhaven, she spent 3 years as the Front Office Manager at Blakes Hotel in London and gained 4 years experience as a Reservations Manager working within several boutique hotels within the Firmdale Group also in London.
Dini received a BA in Tourism Management with honours from London South Bank University. In addition to English she is fluent in Greek.
Salim Anbar-Colas
Analyst
Salim's responsibilities at Keyhaven include database maintenance, general market research, and the sourcing and analysis of private investment opportunities. Before joining Keyhaven, he worked as an intern for Citadel Capital in Cairo and BNP Paribas in London during his studies.
Salim received a BSc in Mathematics and Economics with honours from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Finance from Warwick Business School. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Arabic.
Johan Flodgren
Analyst
Johan’s responsibilities at Keyhaven include database maintenance, general market research, and the sourcing and analysis of private investment opportunities. Before joining Keyhaven, he worked as an intern at oriGIn, a Geneva-based NGO, and at Sandart & Partners, a Swedish law firm.
Johan received a Masters of Law from Lund University and an LL.M. in International Financial Law from King’s College, London. Johan is fluent in Swedish, English and speaks conversational French.
Neel Mehta
Fund Accountant
Neel manages the day to day back office and administration of the Keyhaven funds. He has over 12 years of finance and back office private equity experience, most recently with RIT Capital Partners where he was employed as an Investment Accountant. Prior to this, he worked at Augentius Fund Administration, and before that he was with the Bank of Scotland. Neel began his career as a mathematics teacher and has taught primarily in the UK.
Neel received a BA (Hons) in International Accounting and Finance from the University of Brighton and is ACCA qualified. In addition to English, he is fluent in French.
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