Giles Byford - Vice President
Ten years at PwC, Close Brothers and Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 203 134 2314
Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include Greenergy, Tulip Oil and CEOC.
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.
Roslyn Palmer - Vice President, Business Manager
Six years at Barclays Capital
Based in: London
+44 207 773 1708
Roslyn transferred into the COO team from BNRI Finance in 2010. Roslyn supports the COO in the day to day management of the portfolio and execution of transactions. Prior to joining Barclays Capital in 2006, 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.
Lakhbir Sandhu - Vice President
Ten 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.
Nicolas Boukhalil - Vice President
Ten years at Barclays, Qatar Investment Authority, Booz & Co and AEA Technology
Based in: Dubai
+97 1 436 21050
Nicolas joined the BNRI team in August 2010. Previously he worked in strategy at Barclays Capital, including a two-year secondment to Qatar Investment Authority. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Nicolas worked at Booz Allen Hamilton and AEA Technology as a consultant with a focus on the logistics, transportation and infrastructure sectors.
Nicolas holds an MSc in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Economics from the University of Essex.
John Ames - Assistant Vice President
Five 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.
Jeyakumar Niranjan - Assistant Vice President
Five years at Barclays Capital
Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include INR Energy and Third Energy
Based in: London
+44 207 774 1147
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.
Leonardo Adami - Analyst
Two years banking experience at RBS and Barclays Capital.
Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include Tankers Inc, UKPR and CEOC.
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
Jason Siegel - Analyst
One year at Barclays Capital
Based in: New York
+1 212 526 2370
Jason joined the BNRI team in August 2010. Previously Jason was a Summer Analyst in Fundamental Proprietary Trading, a group focused on investing in public companies in the industrial sector. Jason graduated from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania majoring in Finance and Statistics and was a submatriculant into the MSc program in Engineering at Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Christopher Leary - Analyst
One year at Barclays Capital
Based in: New York
+1 212 526 0771
Christopher joined BNRI in August 2010. He holds a BS in both Finance and Physics from the Carroll School of Management of Boston College. Prior to that, Christopher was a summer analyst at Barclays Capital in proprietary equity trading.
