Our core team of nine directors has a wide range of skills developed
in leading international commercial banks and development finance
institutions. Between us, we have been responsible for
delivering and implementing over 100 projects in over 50 countries in
Africa, the
Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS, and South
and East Asia. Importantly, we believe in actually implementing change, rather than producing reports. We enjoy meeting new challenges in new
business environments, and particularly working in partnership with the
management and staff of clients. Good interpersonal skills
and the pleasure we take in mutual problem-solving comes through in our
work, demonstrated by the long-term relationships we have with many of
our clients. We are optimistic about the future growth and
success of many emerging markets, although we also realise through our experience that there are very real hazards and challenges to be navigated.
Some of us have links to our LinkedIn profiles, where you can find more information on our professional background. Do feel free to connect with us too and welcome genuine invitations.
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David Croft, Director
David has 30 years of international experience in investment banking, risk and balance sheet management with ING Bank, Citicorp, HSBC and Schroders, which involved heading business units in London, New York, Sydney, Zurich and Hong Kong. He has worked more recently as a consultant in London, New York, China, Thailand and Malaysia, including as an expert witness on cases involving complex structured transactions. |
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Johnny Rizq, Director
Johnny spent 23 years in international banking with Lloyds Banking Group, holding senior positions in country risk analysis, project finance, strategy, and heading the bank’s international consulting business from 1992 to 2006. Johnny has managed major consulting projects with governments and banks in the Middle East, Southern and Eastern Africa, Central, Asia, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. He speaks fluent Arabic. |
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Martin Edwards, Director, Asia
(from October 2011)
Martin will be joining GBRW in October to open our Singapore office. The largest part of his banking career has been spent in Asia with Crédit Agricole, Banque Indosuez and Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) and he has specialised in corporate banking, trade finance, and commodity financing. Martin also has considerable consulting experience working with banks in South East Asia.
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Mike Coates, Director
Mike is a banker who has worked for over ten
years in retail and corporate banking, finance and risk management. Mike
spent five years with the International Advisory Services unit in
Lloyds TSB and prior to joining GBRW was the head of financial sector consulting at Maxwell Stamp PLC. He has
particular experience in SME strategies and has worked with a number of
commercial banks in the CIS and Middle East. |
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Paul Rex, Managing Director
Paul has had 18 years of lending, credit and management experience at senior level with Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) and Crédit Agricole. Paul has been involved in consulting for the past 18 years and has worked on assignments in more than 20 countries, including Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, China, Egypt, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Ukraine, and West Bank/Gaza. |
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Jeremy Denton-Clark, Director
Jeremy initially worked with Kleinwort Benson and National Westminster Bank. He then became General Manager of London Interstate Bank before he spent eight years as Chief Executive Officer of City Merchants Bank. Since 1994 he has worked as a senior consultant with banks in more than 20 countries, including Ukraine, Russia, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Egypt, Belize, Sierra Leone, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Croatia and Bosnia. |
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David Phillips, Director
David joined GBRW from the World Bank in 1999. He has extensive experience in enterprise development and finance issues, especially in the MSME sector, and in economic impact assessment in transition and developing economies. He has carried out assignments in a wide range of countries, most recently in South Africa, Tanzania and a multi-country study for the IFC.
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John Pott, Director
John joined GBRW in 2005 after more than 20 years with the International Finance Corporation. Over this period he managed over 40 investment transactions and held over 20 Directorships as a Principal Investment Officer in the Financial Markets division. Before joining the IFC, John was a Strategy Consultant with Arthur D Little and has worked in nearly 30 emerging countries, with a strong focus on South Asia and Africa.
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Bernard Drum, Director, GBRW Inc
Bernard worked as an international management consultant, with the Economist Intelligence Unit and then the P-E Consulting Group, and later for the World Bank, seconded to the National Investment Bank of Jamaica. Since joining the World Bank in Washington DC in 1987, he has managed assignments in many developing countries as Lead Private Sector Development Specialist, including support for the post-Soviet transition, corporate restructuring in East Asia, corporate governance and capital markets reform, and small business development.
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