Is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pi Global partners ltd. He has a broad background in finance, emerging markets and strategic business development. He has been a Director of a number of companies in the US and Europe. Before establishing Pi global, he has held a number of important roles in the City including a senior partner for a firm of advisers for a leading investment house. At Pi Global he is responsible for building and leading the team and for investment strategy. He is active in UK / Continental European deals the Middle East and Africa. Robert has an MSc in Engineering Management at the University of Hertfordshire.
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Has more than four years experience in IT companies specialising with New media and IT training firms. He has spent the last six years focussed on International business, with special emphasis on links between Britain and China. The biosciences and health care remain an active part of his portfolio. He has a degree in Biochemistry from Imperial College (University of London).

Having grown up as part of one of the first generation of private businesses in China, Mei added qualifications in media and journalism and spent several years as a successful radio presenter. However, you are never far from the family business in China and these years have given her a deep understanding of not just the day to day business practices in China but also the philosophy of business, without which it is impossible to operate successfully there. She is now a well known figure in the Chinese business community in England.

Has made a point of not restricting her experience to either the public or private sector and in so doing has acquired a solid background with the practical matters of actually running an organisation. Her education included both legal and secretarial qualifications and a thorough study of the English Language. Sabrena's organisational and financial skills provide a very strong basis for client and partner relationship building that makes her a very valuable member of the team.

Experienced with account management from her time with a string of blue chip consumer fulfilment organisations, Karoline has demonstrated the ability to provide solutions for a variety of clients and circumstances. Her African links add to her value in working with clients projects as they come up for funding. Having also worked independently and built contacts and a reputation with the international business community Karoline comes well equipped to join the portfolio team.

Nadine has shown that the hospitality industry is a good place to learn how to take care of the needs of our partners. This was her first port of call after university and at her second company, it was her who created the new hospitality team. From there she moved to private banking followed by a sideways move to actually seeking new clients. An excellent background for someone in our portfolio team.

A product of the intensive education system in Japan, Haruna came to London to study business and finance, whilst at the same time polishing her English. Joining a major international Japanese banking house after University, she has been a feature of the City ever since and we are glad to have been able to add her to the portfolio team and benefit from her knowledge of special requirements for funding into Asia.

Miwa has spent the last 8 years in the financial sector, specialising in the needs of the natural resources sector. In recent years this focus has led to extensive experience with commodity broking, particularly for energy. Alongside a wide range and depth of specialist contacts and resources has come a thorough understanding of the instruments of the banking sector, not just those needed for such transactions but as tools of investment where she also has extensive contacts and can draw upon substantial funds.

There is no substitute for practical experience when it comes to business. To gain this, Paul has acted as the main internal financial expert for a series of small to medium businesses over the last 30 years. Demonstrating that when it comes to the fundamentals, there is very little difference between types of businesses, Paul has worked with firms ranging from food service to management training. This breadth of experience is an additional asset for Pi Global Partners.

Andrew joined the City’s pool of analytical talent when he transferred from mortgages to investment banking, he has now continued on that path for 5 years. We are very glad to be in a position to harness his talents to analysing the project submissions of businesses.

South America caught Christine’s interest whilst at school and she has since gone on to learn much about the history and special conditions on the continent that affect businesses wishing to operate there. Her career path has seen her focus heavily on the region but also has added experience in the formal numerical analysis of companies, a key skill.

‘It is amazing what you can learn in a Chinese Takeaway’ is a line you will often hear from Michael Tong and the reason is quite simple, he grew up in one. Learning the family business from as soon as he was able to take an order, left him with a deep desire to be in business. Advertising sales was his next stop after leaving university, followed by Human Resources. Along the way he has also acquired accounting qualifications. We like to turn him loose on the nuts and bolts of a business where his insight into why things work is invaluable.

John has been involved within the IT sector for the past five years and, in addition, the Property sector for more than 7 years. Having held high positions within several start-up businesses his experience has allowed him to gain an insight into the finer workings of business from conception through to eventual sale. Holding a BSc in Computer Science and practical experience within the property development business provides him with the knowledge base required to ascertain strengths and weaknesses within companies at every stage of development.

Andrea's early career in sales and marketing for IT training providers is especially valuable for her role as a Business Analyst here at Pi Global Partners. Her studies include Business and Finance, giving her a solid academic background and awareness of the numerical disciplines of business. She is also comfortable with the special expectations of the diplomatic and international communities, positioning her well for international business and for relations with our partners. Together, all these make her a valued addition to the team.

Business in Russia has changed radically over the last 20 years and it is still a pretty unique place to operate. Aleksandr has been part of this process and considers the changes far from finished. Aleksandr has been involved with the formerly state run enterprises, the new local entrepreneurs and the businesses that have come in from the rest of the world. Now we are pleased to be able to have him on the team, bringing his local knowledge to bear on projects from the Russian speaking world.

Coming in from a recruitment and personnel management background, Robert has brought an admirable fund of experience of the requirements for a good team of people to build and develop a business, so that it reaches its potential. We at Pi global partners are glad to have him available to look at the skills and mindsets available to incoming projects.

Highly numerate and with qualifications gained whilst working for one of the biggest names in investments to back that up, Elizabeth has been part of the analytical talent pool in the City for over a decade now. Her specialities in the energy industry make her valuable both for the energy team and for the wider investment team at Pi Global Partners.

Ionis has 10 years proven experience in working for Telecommunications and Internet companies around the world and holds a BBA in International Business. He has been looking after customers/clients throughout UK, Europe, and Scandinavia and also dealing with Pan European partners. He has worked on numerous high volume projects to deliver and improve and facilitate processes in other subsidiaries for support, sales and marketing. He is a multi-lingual businessman with excellent communication skills and broad understanding of the business processes. At Pi Global, Ionis as a Business Analyst focuses on European proposals and projects.

Having grown up in both Hong Kong and Britain, Sarah is well placed to understand both cultures. Early experience with the main international banking house of the region has been followed by a lengthy stint dealing with the needs of a substantial airline fleet operating around the world. Now she has responsibility for investigating how well projects in Asia stack up against reality.

Partnership between public and private sectors has been something of a buzz term for a while and Jann has an ample fund of experience working in both sectors. A former planning officer, who moved to the planning of major infrastructure projects in the Netherlands, Jann was recruited to work on airport expansions in the UK. We are now glad to be able to utilise his talents in screening projects around the world where heavy public sector involvement is expected.

Very few businesses survive a serious IT failure. Hence one of the reasons we like to get Paul to look over their plans. He has a BSc in Business Information Technology with several years proven experience in IT departments for large corporates. He has also worked on numerous IT projects in the public sector. Paul moved to compliance, working for firms straddling the public and private sectors. A novel period was as part of the technology transfer team for the mobile telecommunications arm of a major industrial group setting up a string of joint ventures in China. An IT contractor must also have a working knowledge of what makes a business, adding to his value to the Pi Global Partners team.

Abdul's early career within the oil industry and later, within the government sector in the Middle East, provided the skills and initial contacts. From these he has built an enviable reputation over the last 35 years, as someone to bring deals and projects across Africa, the Middle East and much of Asia to fruition. Having joined the Pi Global Partners team, Abdul will be not just be working on broking commodity deals but also the funding of projects.

A strong history with investment banking has allowed Siggi to take a major role with the investments team here at Pi Global Partners. Key responsibilities include the tracking of projects once they have been funded. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy and to ensure an investment achieves a good return, Siggi is there to keep an eye on things.

Gary spent 20 years in the automotive industry before deciding in to follow the winds of change, adapting an existing business model to work online. Having been involved in a great deal of success, Gary now focusses most of his time and efforts in passing this success on to other entrepreneurs looking to succeed online. Mentoring is now his core business, with a major mentoring group and being involved with seminars and workshops.

Another of our former IT specialists, Jayden has migrated from software development, through project management, into IT training and now with Pi Global Partners is responsible for maintaining contact between the mentors and clients they are working with. His experience in scheduling and process control adds to his value in a very demanding role.

Damian joined Pi global partners after having successfully run and set up companies in the UK and abroad. He is responsible for co-ordinating the organisation’s financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximise investments, and increase efficiency. He maintains and implements the departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organisation officials, and staff members as necessary.

Working as part of Damian Kristofalos’ team, Harriet has day to day responsibility for the smooth running of Pi Global Partner’s internal finances. Her past experience working with the finances of the international offices of a number of firms is a vital bonus given our world-wide activities.

Tracey joined Pi global partners in March 2007. Previously she worked as an events co-ordinator. Although having opted to take an extended break to start a family, we are very glad to have her back in the day to day team. Tracey looks after the event management for Pi global and is also executive assistant to Robert Amamize.

Whenever we need to find information about a company, an industry or anything else for that matter that is not already in the range of experience of our people, we turn to Adeleja. The amount of information that comes back is always impressive. Adelaja used to be a contract code cutter and was involved in developing the nuts and bolts of a specialist search engine during the late 90s. Seeing change on the horizon with the rise of overseas IT contractors, Adelaja took the decision to move into researching and has done very well for 6 years now, experience we are very glad to have on board.

Roughly 15 Years ago Ranjit took up an opportunity to build on the 10 years he had accumulated in the retailing industry, by moving into commodity trading. Now with links into businesses in 4 continents spanning most of the world's major economies, Ranjit in addition to a highly experienced trader, is also an investor in his own right. Quite apart from the highly valuable skills, contacts and experience he has accumulated; this level of achievement in his personal business ventures ensures that Ranjit fits in solidly with the Pi Global Ethos.

Mark's early career led to his achieving chartered marketer status through the chartered institute of marketing. This valuable skill set has been combined with an admirable network of senior contacts that he has developed in Africa. Bringing these to bear on the rapidly developing portfolio of projects in Africa and long term relationships we hold in the region puts Mark at the forefront of the African team at Pi Global.

Chidi is a graduate of Agriculture in NIGERIA. Having worked as a classroom teacher for several of the oil majors in Nigeria he moved on to marketing for banks in the region and then as a Manager in Oil servicing firms. He now brings his extensive network of contacts to bear with Pi Global.

A fully qualified Electrical and Mechanical Engineer of many years standing, work has taken Ray to many corners of the globe. His early qualifying career in the armed forces (18 years), taught versatility and a flexible approach to the various jobs and duties. On leaving the service, Ray progressed to installation and commissioning projects with major engineering companies. For some time now Project Management and Site control positions have dominated. A number of major projects in West Africa saw Ray make the transition to independent Management consultant and Project Planner/Organiser.

The last 20 years have involved Ray completing projects, arranging and conducting Feasibility Studies and formulating Business Plans in West Africa. This has allowed him to absorb the ethos and business culture of the region, as well as acquire influential contacts in the region, Very much a necessity for doing business there. The recent addition of Crude Oil Sales/Purchasing experience further adds to his value to the Pi Global Team.

Patrick has worked world-wide in the oil exploration industry for fifteen years. He spent a further fifteen years running an IT company, developing bespoke software and hardware. Now, for the past six years he has diversified into Commodity Trading, covering various parts of the world and specialising in high value trade in Gold, diamonds and Crude Oil supply making valuable contacts along the way. He has undertaken the development of an Oil Refinery team to carry out planning, building and implementation in a number of African states.

Kemi holds a 1998 BSc. Degree in Accounting from one of the foremost and most respected universities in Nigeria. As a highly experienced Customer Service Executive/Consultant to a good number of front-line companies in Nigeria, Kemi, has a keen interest in the business of oil and gas.

With top-level connections in both the public and private sector players in the industry in Nigeria, which remains among the first five exporters of crude oil in the world, Kemi has in the last 10 years, as an agent/consultant, closed many mutually rewarding deals in Nigeria through her wide-ranging contacts with the business and political elite.

Backed with a Project Management Certificate, Kemi stands at a better advantage among her peers in the ever dynamic global oil industry. Determined to go the whole hog in her chosen business especially regarding the legal implication of the oil and gas industry, she is currently in Legal Studies to add further skills.

Theresa has a wide experience trading in the general marketplace. Her main areas of expertise are in general commodities and the currencies markets, which she has developed over a number of years. This includes crude oil import and export. She has been expanding her experience into trading of banking instruments to enhance her area of coverage. Theresa has gained extensive contacts and in-depth knowledge of the Francophone African nations. She also has involvement in developing contacts in the gold / diamond mining regions of the French West and central African states in order to develop future trading.

Since University, Peter has been Consulting for a good number of highly reputable front-line companies in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, United States and the Bahamas. Peter is widely known is highly experienced in Executive Negotiations and has an enthusiastic fascination in the business of oil and gas.

10 years of experience have given Peter the opportunity to connect with high level participants in the industry of Crude Oil in the world. London like the rest of the world has a contending interest in the business of oil and gas and Peter, through his wide-range of contacts within the business and political elite has closed many valuable deals in Nigeria.

Paul's role within Pi global partners is to develop and monitor the effective support team working across interdepartmental interfaces, whilst assisting and maintaining a customer oriented culture to enable the company to deliver high quality administrative service. He co-ordinates with the customers in conjunction with commercial partners to provide a continuous operational cover to ensure maximisation of resources and consistency of operations. He also provides support in the setting up and execution of meetings to assist management communications.

There is more to logistics than just transport. For us it also includes available capacity and managing resources so that they are used efficiently. Having specialised in biotechnology at University, process planning was nothing new for Thanos. He joined P&O shipping in the containerised division, where he stayed for almost 15 years. Now he backs up the oil and gas team here at Pi Global Partners.