Providing developing economies with a strategic investment partner beyond geo-political boundaries
OUR IMPACT INVESTMENT TEAM
The Sovereign Equity Partners team has strong investment, legal, and operational experience across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors in numerous development and emerging economies.
Stanley Hancock
Chairman & CEO
Frank Svenfelt
Investment Strategy
Peter Schimmann
Transaction M&A
Stanley Hancock provides the team with insights into the Asia / Pacific region's economic and political landscape as a former Regional Advisor with Deloitte & Touche (UK) Stanley has over 22 years of experience in tourism and multi-million dollar integrated hotel developments as well investments within other sectors including communications, television, real estate, and fintech. Stanley brings to the team a structured vision that encompasses social, cultural and environmentally responsible & sustainable Private Equity investments without compromising investor returns and burdening fragile economies.
Frank Svenfelt has over 20 years of Investment Banking & Private Equity experience. From Vice President of Citigroup Global Markets in London to Swicorp Executive Director (UAE) (Saudi Arabia), Frank brings to the team considerable experience in M&A and multi-billion-dollar structured finance transactions in the middle-east within infrastructure, technology, real estate development, energy and biotech. Frank was instrumental in the $5b debt finance for King Abdullah Economic City and been a Private Equity advisor across multiple sectors. As an entrepreneur and investor in a number of enterprises in Europe, Frank provides substantial portfolio management skills and will drive the P&L's across the group's investments.
Peter has over 20 years experience as attorney-at-law in major international law firms, where he has worked in Germany, the UK, Italy, England and Japan. Before setting up his own transactional advisory business, he was partner at Baker & McKenzie in Tokyo, Japan, and Frankfurt, Germany. Peter’s expertise is in structuring and negotiating complex cross-border corporate, energy and real estate transactions. Throughout his career he has worked in matters involving over 30 different jurisdictions in Europe, Asia/Pacific and the Americas, and he speaks 6 languages fluently.
Marcel Naime
Structured Investments
Marcel Naime, is a former Wall Street banker with 20+ years of experience in the corporate investment banking industry. Marcel has worked 18 years with Deutsche Bank accountable for developing and implementing Emerging Markets business strategy for Deutsche Bank’s investments across various divisions. Appointed as COO of Emerging Markets Latam in NY, Marcel served on several Deutsche Bank subsidiary boards. As an Investment banker he specialises in Structured Finance / M&A advisory, Marcel is an entrepreneur and investor with a vision and drive to help build solutions in novel ways to challenge fundamental macro issues within the social impact, health care, space tech and real estate and the financial industry.
Marcels focus in the team is Private Equity and Debt portfolio management: advising high growth companies from seed to series A/B mandates providing advisory, research, development and investment. Focus in Biotech, Fintech, Blockchain; Life style; Space Tech, Real Estate.