People
CBHH brings together a team that has a focus on excellence, unrivalled expertise and a dedication to relationships.
Partners
Charles Cameron
Managing Partner
London
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Charles has advised public and private company boards and entrepreneurs for over 30 years at CBHH and previously as a director at Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Kleinwort Benson, working in London, New York and Tokyo.
From 2002 to 2005 he was CEO of InTechnology plc, the quoted provider of cloud-based and on-site data storage solutions; in 2008 he co-founded Encore Ventures, which acquired and managed a portfolio of private equity interests from 3i; and within CBHH he sits on the Investment Committee of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Partnership.
Michael Herbst
Managing Partner
London | Frankfurt
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Prior to CBHH, Michael was responsible for building and leading the European Telecommunications business at Jefferies International in London. He started his career at Kleinwort Benson in London, and then moved to UBS Investment Bank in 1999, where he was most recently Managing Director in the EMEA TMT team. He has lived in London since 1995 and has a global network of high-level contacts.
Education: Michael holds a B.A. in Business Administration from ESB Reutlingen and an M.Sc. in Finance from the London School of Economics.
He is fluent in German, English, French, Italian and speaks some Korean, Greek and Spanish.
Marc-Olaf Hilgenfeldt
Managing Partner
Frankfurt
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Marc-Olaf brings 20 years of investment banking experience with a particular focus on the European TMT market. He led Jefferies International’s TMT activities in German-speaking countries and was part of the EMEA TMT team at UBS Investment Bank in London. He started his career at Kuna & Co (now part of Evercore).
Education: Marc-Olaf holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the European Business School (EBS), Germany and an MBA from Georgia State University, USA.
He is fluent in German and English.
Alexander Hofmann
Managing Partner
Frankfurt
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Alex has more than 30 years of experience in global TMT investment banking. Before joining CBHH in late summer 2021, Alex spent 15 years at Jefferies, where he was Head of Investment Banking from 2015 and Chairman of the Management Board for Continental Europe from 2018. Prior to joining Jefferies, he spent 12 years at Credit Suisse First Boston in London, where he was Head of European Technology M&A.
Alex is qualified to practice law in Germany and speaks English (native), German (fluent) and French.
Peter Norris
Managing Partner
London
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Peter is an international investment banker who has advised corporates, private equity, governments and charities across a range of complex transactions.
His early career was with Kleinwort Benson and HSBC Investment Bank and he later became Head of European M&A at Bank of America.
Peter has advised on IPOs and other public and private financings, privatisations, and a variety of buy and sell side mandates.
David Scribner
Managing Partner
London
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David has more than 10 years of investment banking experience with a significant advisory and financing track record across the digital and energy transition sectors. He has been with CBHH since 2021.
Prior to joining CBHH, David worked for large multinational firms including Morgan Stanley, CIBC and Irving Oil with a focus on the energy sector.
He has advised listed and private corporations, private equity funds, institutional investors and governments across a range of complex transactions.
David is a CFA Charterholder.
Dr. Tom Strickland
Managing Partner
London
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Tom is an investment banker with a track record of advisory and financing experience across the energy transition, digital infrastructure and transport sectors.
Tom advises clients on capital raises and M&A transactions, with specialist knowledge in renewable energy generation, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, fibre broadband, and transport and logistics.
Previously at PwC, Tom is a CFA Charterholder and has a PhD in infrastructure funding models from Newcastle University.
Ben Browne-Clayton
Partner
London
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Ben is a Chartered Surveyor with 30+ years of pan-European real estate experience across transactions, investment, asset management, finance, fundraising, and ESG.
Ben is a non-executive member of The Valesco Group’s Investment Committee, a specialist European manager. Previously, he was Head of Real Estate at Oaktree CM’s pan-European NPL platform and led the Westbury Property Fund’s acquisition of Eddie Stobart, becoming Group Property Director of the FTSE250-listed Stobart Group.
A member of the RICS and CFA Society UK, Ben holds the Investment Management Certificate, an MA in Property Valuation & Law from City University Business School, and a BA (Hons) in Economics & Economic History from the University of Liverpool.
Hugo Montgomery
Partner
London
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Hugo has a focus on M&A and capital raising in the food and agribusiness space. Prior to joining CBHH, Hugo has been working for 10 years in the agribusiness sector. He co-founded a business which acquired one of the largest irrigation farms in Australia, backed by institutional capital. After overseeing a successful sale of the business, Hugo became a board member of 2 companies in Chile involved with the production, packing, logistics and marketing of export fruit, overseeing an exit for the largest shareholder.
Prior to this, Hugo worked in investment banking in both London and Santiago, with firms including Kleinwort Benson and Merrill Lynch, with a focus on the TMT sector.
Jeremy Ellis
Partner
London
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Jeremy is a corporate finance adviser and investment banker with almost 30 years’ experience, focusing on the Energy & Infrastructure sector. Before joining CBHH, he was a Partner in EY’s Corporate Finance team and previously a Managing Director in Investec’s Power & Infrastructure Finance team.
He has advised on well over 100 transactions, across private and public M&A and capital raisings (equity and debt), supporting UK and international funds and companies. He has led several innovative transactions, particularly in the energy transition and digital infrastructure, with further experience in transport and other core/core plus infrastructure.
Dr. Steven Fawkes
Partner
London
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In addition to being a partner at CBHH Steve is founder and Managing Partner of ep Group which provides consultancy, design and asset management services to support the energy transition. Steve has over 30 years experience in energy efficiency, energy services and finance.
He has been an NED for private and public companies and sat on the Investment Committee of the London Energy Efficiency Fund. He has published extensively on energy and sustainable finance and received awards from the Energy Institute, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy and the India Business Group.
Jendrik Kurzke
Partner
London
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Jendrik brings 25 years of experience across investment banking, corporate development and private markets investing. He has held senior roles at UBS Investment Bank and Credit Suisse where he worked in the transport & infrastructure, industrials and M&A generalist teams, at multinational food distributor METRO AG and a European family office where he focused on growth investing. He has a strong interest in scaling technology companies with positive impact and is an active early stage technology investor.
He holds B.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees in Economics from the London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge. He speaks English, German, French and Spanish.
Brian Robertson
Partner
London
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Brian has over 30 years of investment banking experience, having worked in the City since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1985.
For much of that time, he has specialised in the communications sector, working in financing and M&A in all the major development phases of the industry: including cable TV, Mobile communications, fixed-line liberalisation and, more recently, FTTH rollout, where he has helped raise finance for a series of UK operators.
Brian is also actively involved in CBHH's investment management activities and is Chairman of Wightfibre Limited.
Tim Stocks
Partner
London
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Tim qualified as a solicitor in 1983. He worked as a lawyer in both England & Wales and Hong Kong and became Head of Corporate Finance at international law firm Taylor Wessing LLP. In 2015, He founded and was CEO of corporate finance advisory firm, James Stocks & Co. which focused on real estate and infrastructure sectors. The firm was successfully sold in 2020.
Tim’s extensive transaction experience includes fund raisings, restructurings, M&A and public issuance whilst acting for clients including European Sovereigns, companies, special purpose funding vehicles and institutions. Published works include: Corporate Finance Law and Practice, Securities Legislation in Hong Kong, plus articles for newspapers and journals on all aspects of the financial services industry.
Mark Vargo
Strategic Advisor
London
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Mark J. Vargo is a recognized business leader with 30+ years of experience in scaling, optimizing and transforming the commercial and operational activities of large and small high technology companies. His executive experience spans hardware, software and services businesses in Europe and North America, including leadership roles at EMC, IBM and Akamai.
As a Strategic Adviser within CBHH, Mark brings an additional commercial focus to support CBHH’s clients in optimising their performance and strengthening their commercial processes when approaching a liquidity event and when raising capital. This is particularly the case in the context of digital infrastructure and services companies. Mark is based in London and serves as a non-executive director on a number of technology-centric companies.
Team members
Thies Arndt
Director
Frankfurt
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Thies started his career at Hamburg Commercial Bank where he gained his first experience in mergers & acquisitions.
Before joining CBHH in 2021, Thies was part of the Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory Services team of PwC in Frankfurt am Main. There, he advised, among others, companies on the preparation of financial statements as well as the issuance of bonds and supported the audit teams in special IFRS topics.
Thies’ education: Thies holds an M.Sc. in Money and Finance from Goethe University Frankfurt am Main as well as Bachelor’s degrees in economics (B.Sc.) and Business Administration (B.A.) from Leuphana University Lüneburg
He complemented his studies with stays abroad at Eastern Illinois University, USA and the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Thies is fluent in German and English.
Matthias Brück
Analyst
Frankfurt
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Matthias joined CBHH in 2024. He previously gained professional experience in Luxembourg, including roles at KPMG and Deutsche Bank. He started his career in investment banking at Deutsche Cleantech (D.CT) in Frankfurt, where he focused on international renewable energy transactions.
Matthias earned a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the University of Hohenheim where he majored in Finance. He is fluent in German and English.
Eleanor Doody
Director
London
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Prior to joining CBHH, Eleanor was a Director in the Energy team of Citigroup’s Investment Banking Division. Before that, Eleanor spent 5 years at Goldman Sachs in its equity research and investment banking divisions.
Eleanor joined Cameron Barney in 2016 as part of their Women Returners program following time-out from the industry to focus on her young family.
Julian Feulner
Managing Director
Frankfurt
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Before joining CBHH at the beginning of 2019, Julian was a member of the automotive sector team at Clearwater International. There, he gained experience advising companies and financial investors on various national and international transactions. Julian started his career in investment banking at UBS Investment Bank in the Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) in Frankfurt.
Julian’s education: He studied International Finance (B.Sc.) at the European School of Finance (ESF) of HfWU as well as at Montana State University Billings in the USA. He is fluent in German and English.
Stefanie Heselhaus
Office Manager
Frankfurt
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Stefanie joined CBHH in August 2024. She runs our office management as well as HR administration in Frankfurt and supports our Managing Partners.
Working at Jefferies for many years, Stefanie has gained extensive admin experience in investment banking and was office manager of an executive search firm specializing in the financial services sector prior before joining CBHH.
Vanessa Hilgenfeldt
Head of Finance & Accounts
Frankfurt
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Vanessa joined CBHH at the beginning of 2018, where she initially managed the new office in Frankfurt. Currently, she is Head of Finance and Accounts for the Frankfurt office.
Vanessa has more than 15 years of professional experience in various fields and industries.
Sol Kaufman
Analyst
London
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Prior to joining CBHH, Sol trained and qualified as a Private Equity and M&A lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in London. During his time at Weil, Sol acted for financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on both domestic and cross-border buyouts and disposals, as well as on general corporate and commercial matters. Sol also spent time on secondment with Weil’s Private Equity team in New York.
Sol has a First Class LLB from Newcastle University.
Louisa Klein-Boelting
Analyst
London
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Before joining CBHH in 2024, Louisa graduated from Columbia University in New York and the LSE with a double MPA in International Finance and Data Analytics. She brings professional experience from macro advisory and strategy consulting.
Louisa holds two bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and political science from LMU Munich.
Athena Loizou
Director
London
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Prior to joining CBHH, Athena spent 7 years in Hong Kong working for HSBC across the Asia-Pacific region focused on both project finance and M&A.
In that time, she gained experience advising and financing on complex infrastructure and energy projects including two of Asia’s largest offshore wind transactions, where she worked with some of the world’s leading sponsors and financiers.
Athena holds a Master of Arts (Hons) in Chinese and Economics from the University of Edinburgh and spent a year studying at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.
Athena grew up in London and speaks conversational Greek and Mandarin.
Audrey Low
Analyst
London
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Audrey joined CBHH in 2024.
Prior to joining CBHH, Audrey completed internships with CVC Credit, Citigroup, AIA Group and Nomura.
Audrey holds a BA in Land Economy from Downing College, Cambridge.
James O’Brien
Director
London
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Prior to joining CBHH, James spent three years at KPMG working in the banking audit department.
James is a ICAEW chartered accountant and holds a BSc in Mathematics and Economics from LSE.
Tristan Pahl
Analyst
Frankfurt
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Tristan started his career in the Real Assets team at Isio, an independent investment advisor to UK institutional clients. He then moved to mergers and acquisitions at Cowen, working on German mid-market transactions in the technology, healthcare and industrials sectors, before joining CBHH in 2024.
Tristan is a graduate of Durham University, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics and was active in the Finance Society and Debating Club. He also completed a placement at Accenture, where he assisted European banks with regulatory implementation. He holds the Investment Management Certificate and is pursuing the CFA charter.
He speaks fluent German and English.
Stefano Sasia
Associate
London
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Prior to joining CBHH, Stefano spent 3 years with Ince Corporate Finance and Zeus Capital, London where he worked on a wide variety of transactions but had a particular focus on real estate and debt financing.
Stefano is a graduate of Bocconi University, Milan and also holds a Masters in Management from ESCP Business School, Paris.
Paolo Trani
Associate
London
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Prior to joining CBHH Paolo spent 2 years in the Corporate Finance team of KPMG, advising on a range of valuation engagements in the infrastructure sector.
Previously he worked at Deloitte in audit and assurance, in the Large & Complex team.
Paolo holds a master's degree from IE Business School and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Warwick.
Michael Waters
Associate
London
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Michael joined CBHH in 2022. Prior to this, he worked at Scaling Partner, a corporate venture firm focused on growing young B2B startups.
Michael holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Bath.
Nick Woollhead
Director
London
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Prior to joining CBHH in 2022 Nick worked at Peel Hunt, advising on fundraising and M&A for London listed real estate clients.
Previously he spent three years at Deloitte in audit and assurance, with a focus on UK infrastructure fund valuations. Nick is an ICAEW chartered accountant and holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from Durham University.