KingsRock Advisors, an independent global advisory firm, made a series of new senior hires. This expansion aims to accelerate the growth of KingsRock’s capital solutions and corporate finance business, across industries, geographies and capital structures.
Bob Foresman joined at the firm’s new vice chairman, based in New York. Foresman is a veteran banker with a four-decade career in New York, Moscow and Kiev, having served as vice chairman of UBS, following roles as country head for Barclays and deputy chairman of Renaissance Capital. Foresman serves as a director for several private and public companies, including Miami Steel, Noventiq, Centurion Acquisition and Twelve Seas Investment III. Foresman is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a graduate of Harvard University and Bucknell University.
KingsRock welcomed the following senior investment bankers, who recently joined in the U.S. and EMEA as managing directors:
- John Bishop, Houston: Bishop has extensive experience in the energy industry, including corporate finance, private capital, corporate development, financial leadership and energy specific fund management. In addition to extensive experience in energy investment banking, Bishop recently served as the chief financial officer and corporate development officer for GFI Oil and Gas, joining publicly-listed Salamander Energy upon its acquisition of GFI.
- Guillaume du Cheyron, Paris: du Cheyron is a specialist in debt capital markets and M&A with over 25 years of international experience. His background includes a tenure as head of high yield bond origination and execution for Asia at Deutsche Bank. Passionate about innovation, du Cheyron is also an active investor in the French fintech and healthcare sectors.
- Vikas Nanda, Hamburg: Nanda is a private credit specialist with 20 years of international experience in structured equity solutions. Nanda has a robust track record over multiple credit cycles working for leading credit funds and financial institutions such as P Capital Partners, H.I.G. Bayside Capital, RBS and Bear Stearns.
- Laurent Quelin, London: Quelin has over 20 years of project and asset finance, structuring and investment experience in the natural resources, infrastructure, shipping and energy industries. After ten years at Credit Suisse in London and New York, Quelin spent six years at Chenavari Financial Group as a senior portfolio manager.
- Jane Wild, London and SE Asia: Wild specializes in private credit origination, structuring and matched distribution across complex, cross-border transactions. She has over 15 years of experience across structured finance, private credit and special situations, having held senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas and Union Bancaire Privée.
In addition, Yulia Rovnova, a veteran of the debt capital markets team at Deutsche Bank, has joined as a vice president based in Abu Dhabi.
