Giles Byford
Vice President
Eight years at PwC, Close Brothers and Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 203 134 2314
Giles transferred to the BNRI team in 2008. Previously he was an investment manager in the Large Capitalisation Buyout division of Barclays Capital, where deals included Alltel (2007-2009) and First Data (2007). Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Giles was at Close Brothers Corporate Finance where deals included the sale of Austin Reed and The Club Company. Giles also worked for PwC as an auditor.
Giles is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an MSci in Materials Science and Metallurgy and a BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
Adam Darling
Vice President
Nine years at Morgan Stanley, Société Générale and Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 773 1974
Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include Enhance Energy
Adam joined the BNRI team in 2007. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, he was a Vice President at Société Générale’s Energy Project Finance team (2002 – 2007) and provided debt underwriting and project debt raising advisory services for energy projects in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Deals at Société Générale include Dragon LNG, Sohar IWPP, Sur IWP and Ensus Bioethanol. Previously Adam worked at Morgan Stanley (2000 – 2002).
Adam holds a BA in Modern History from Oxford University
Roslyn Palmer
Vice President
Four years at Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 773 1708
Roslyn transferred into a Business Manager role from the BNRI Finance Team in 2010. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Roslyn worked in group finance for The Warehouse Group (New Zealand) and as an auditor at PwC.
Roslyn is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a B Com in Accounting from The University of Auckland.
Daniel Reis
Vice President
9 years at A.T. Kearney, Deloitte and Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 773 7831
Daniel Reis transferred to the BNRI team in 2010. Previously he was working in the commodity derivatives team providing risk management solutions to corporate clients in Europe.
Prior to joining Barclays, Daniel had been working with Deloitte (2002-2007) in New York and Zurich, in his last position as a manager in the global energy markets team based out of New York. Prior to that, he worked at A.T. Kearney in management consulting (2001-2002). Daniel holds a Master in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Berne, Switzerland, where he graduated magna um laude.
Lakhbir Sandhu
Vice President
Eight years at Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 774 2603
Lakhbir joined the BNRI team in 2008. Prior to joining Barclays, he was an Associate in the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs (2004 – 2008), where he worked on M&A and financing transactions for large-cap UK clients including Diageo, Yell, HSBC, and Shire. Previously he was an investment research analyst at Goldman Sachs (2001 – 2003). Lakhbir is a CFA holder (since 2006).
Lakhbir holds a BSc in Management Sciences from the London School of Economics.
John Ames
Assistant Vice President
Four years at Lehman and Barclays Capital
Based in: New York
+ 1 212 526 8883
John joined the BNRI team in 2010. Previously he was at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers where he worked as an Associate on the Equity Strategies team (2006-2009), a proprietary fund focused on public equity investments. John focused specifically on renewables, energy and mining, and related industrials, as well as defense technology and digital media.
John holds a BA in Social Studies from Harvard College.
Hayden Locke
Assistant Vice President
Five years banking experience
Based in: Sydney
+61 2 8334 6123
Hayden joined the BNRI team in 2010. Previously Hayden worked at J.P. Morgan in London where he was an Analyst in the EMEA Financial Sponsor coverage team focusing on private equity transactions across a diverse range of industry groups. More recently, Hayden was at Palladio Partners in Sydney where he worked as an Associate advising ASX listed clients on issues including IPOs, capital structure review & advice and M&A defence mandates; sectors covered include Oil & Gas, Construction and Infrastructure. Hayden holds a BCom (Finance and Economics) from the University of Sydney.
Jeyakumar Niranjan
Assistant Vice President
Four years at Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 774 1147
Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include INR Energy
Niranjan joined the BNRI team in 2006. Previously Niranjan was a Summer Intern in the Commodities Hybrids Trading team at Barclays Capital which is focused on trading complex commodity derivative products and instruments servicing corporate clients, hedge funds and private offices.
Niranjan holds a First Class Honours degree in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College London.
Tore Ronningen
Assistant Vice President
Four years at Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 773 4719
Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include Enhance Energy, Mainstream Renewable Power, and CEOC
Tore joined the BNRI team in 2007. Previously he worked as an analyst in the Nordic corporate finance coverage team (2005 – 2007) at Barclays Capital providing financing and risk management advisory services to corporate clients. Previously Tore served as an officer in the Royal Norwegian Army (2000 – 2001).
Tore holds an MSc in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
Leonardo Adami
Analyst
1 year banking experience at RBS and Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 774 0117
Leonardo joined the BNRI team in 2010. Previously he was at RBS where he worked as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division focusing on M&A and Corporate Financing across different sectors.
Leonardo Holds an MSc in Finance from Cass Business School and a BSc in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University











