Team

Synergy Global Capital was founded in 2007 by Stefano Ghersi and Syd Hanna.

• Stefano Ghersi Chief Executive Officer
  
  Prior to founding Synergy Global Capital in 2007, Stefano spent 5 years as Head of Capital Markets at Nomura where he built a successful early franchise and dramatically increased profitability. Stefano pioneered the creation of a dedicated platform for public sector finance as a client segment globally at Merrill Lynch. Stefano was previously also Head of S. Europe Capital Markets at Paribas, and a former head of the Italian desk at Salomon Brothers. Stefano holds an MBA/MIEM Joint Degree SDA Bocconi and Wharton Business School (Cum Laude).

• Syd Hanna Chief Investment Officer
  
  Syd has extensive experience in the hedge fund, banking and financial sectors having previously co-founded and managed the asset based credit business at Cheyne Capital Management from 2003 to 2006. Prior to this he spent 11 years at Abbey National Treasury Services in a series of capital market and funding roles. Syd is a Chartered Management Accountant and holds a BSC Banking and Finance from the University of Ulster.

• Christian Fuchs Partner
  
  Christian was a Director and founding member of Deutsche Bank's Global Principal Finance (GPF) team, which grew from 7 persons in 2003 to 60 at the end of 2006, with desks in NYC, London and Singapore. Prior to this, Christian was a member of the Structured Finance Group at Merrill Lynch in London from 1999 to 2003. In both positions Christian's focus was on illiquid, special situations and private transactions. Christian has also worked in Emerging Markets at Credit Suisse and in management consulting in South Africa. He holds a Bachelor in Commerce from WITS, Johannesburg and a Higher Diploma in Tax Law from RAU, Johannesburg.

• Andrew Apps Partner
  
  Andrew joined Synergy from Banque AIG. Prior to this, Andrew was a member for the asset finance team at Deutsche Bank in London. He also held various positions within the Global Markets product Control function at Merrill Lynch in London. Andrew is a Chartered Accountant and also holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Warwick University.

• Holly Cook Partner
  
  Holly joined Synergy from Dresdner Bank, where she was a Director and Co-head of Portfolio Management for K2, their structured investment vehicle. During her 10 years with K2, Holly was involved in the project start-up, treasury and risk management and portfolio management, and has extensive experience investing in financial and structured finance asset classes. Prior joining Dresdner, Holly spent 5 years at the London Stock Exchange in various research and product/market development roles and she has a Ba(Hons) in Social Science from the University of Wolverhampton.

• Dominic Powell Partner
  
  Dominic was Global Head of the CDO business at JPMorgan Asset Management from 2006-2009. Prior to that he was 16 years at Henderson Global Investors, where as Head of Investment Solutions he established one of the first structured products platforms in Europe, encompassing a wide range of asset classes including derivatives, high yield bonds, leveraged loans and commercial property. He previously was Head of Credit for Henderson's predecessor, AMP Asset Management, where he helped establish a highly successful segregated Fixed Income platform. Dominic holds an MBA from the Open University and an MA in Mathematics from Oxford University.

• Steffen Hilgemann Associate
  
  Steffen holds an MSc in Management from Imperial College Business School and a BSc (First Class) in Physics from University College London.

• Opinder Kaur Office Manager & Legal Advisor
  
  Opinder holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Southampton and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from BPP Law School.