Christopher Soames Email & Phone Number

Bruton Place, Mayfair

Investment Director responsible for originating and managing debt and equity investments into EIS and non EIS UK SME's. The role encompasses structuring and executing transactions in new and existing businesses as well as being an NED / observer across portfolio businesses thereby working with management teams, boards and professional advisors across a wide range of industries. Adding value by advising on strategy, sales, finance (inc structuring and third party), and exit opportunities

London, United Kingdom

Private Equity - Investment Director.Deal by deal (investment size £500k-10mil). EIS and non EIS, often supported with grants.Responsible for: Sourcing new transactions, analysing and building business models, coordinating due diligence, transacting both new and follow on investments. The role encompasses working with management teams, boards, professional advisors, legal and accounting as well as investor relations. Analyst for current portfolio through NED/observer role.

Nottinghill And Fulham

Worked for 5 months as an agent covering Nottinghill. Moved to a newly created team within Faron Sutaria, Client Services covering West London.

Found and developed new clients including family offices, fund managers, building societies and brokers.Led the set up of an Equity trading joint-venture with Schneiders, Fidessa and Cheuvreux. This was fully automated from point of entering trades to settling the transaction. Initiated due to client and co-worker demand.Registered CF30 (controlled customer function according to FSA) for both Ralph Partners and Schneiders.Advised and traded for multiple client bases on the financial markets: Fixed income, Equities, FX and Structured products.

Fixed income broking between Banks, Pension funds and investment funds in Eastern Europe and London.Continued Equity, Commodity and FX coverage for existing clients.Discussed and analysed research from major banks with our major shareholder, a Swiss private bank.Invested in Equity Capital Markets on behalf of a large family fund

Daily contact with Equity research analysts, Strategists and TradersMorning calls to a range of investors / fund managers.Dealing with specific requests from clients which could be on any financial product from any area of the world.Selling Deutsche Bank products to a range of clients: structured products, ETFs and New issues.Three monthly "top picks" documents: long and short ideas across all Equity sectors returning 20% a quarter.Managed full trade life cycle from origination to settlement. Advising, trading and account managing for Croatian and Greek Banks, Pension funds, and investment funds.

Maths And Business Studies

A Levels; Maths, Chemistry And Economics

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