Our team |

Board of directors

Mike is an experienced Non-Executive Chairman and Director. He is currently Chairman of Ascot Lloyd, Chairman of Sackville Capital, Chairman of Le Masurier and Director of the Bank of Butterfield.

Michael Covell

Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

Alex is a Partner at Sovereign Capital Partners. He built up his deal experience at RJD Partners where he became a Partner in 2011. He was previously at Close Brothers Corporate Finance in M&A having qualified as an accountant with PwC.

Alex Hay

Non-Executive Director

Daniel Häfele is the founder of Acolin and Non-Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Daniel has spent his entire career in the banking and asset management sector and continues to be actively involved in the industry.

Daniel Häfele

Non-Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Theo Splinter is the CEO of Acolin and a member of the Executive Committee. With a career spanning 24 years, Theo brings extensive experience of working in international financial services businesses, most recently as COO at Intertrust.

Theo Splinter

Chief Executive Officer

Peter Eckersley joined Sovereign's investment team as an Investment Manager at the start of 2020 from Fenchurch Advisory Partners where he was focused exclusively on financial services M&A. Prior to this, he was a management consultant for KPMG where he qualified as an accountant.

Peter Eckersley

Non-Executive Director

Alex Erickson is the CFO of Acolin and a member of the Executive Committee. Alex qualified as an accountant in 2008 and has spent the last 13 years working as CFO in private equity backed businesses across various industries.

Alex Erickson

Chief Finance Officer

Executive team

Theo Splinter is the CEO at Acolin. With a career spanning 24 years, Theo brings extensive experience in working with international financial services businesses, most recently as COO at Intertrust.

Theo Splinter

Chief Executive Officer

Neil Stiefel is the CCO at Acolin. Neil has held senior global positions at UBS and co-led the build-up of start-up companies such as Fundbase prior to the acquisition of the company by ACOLIN.

Neil Stiefel

Chief Commercial Officer

Borko Jovanovic is the Chief Operating Officer at Acolin. With his in-depth expertise in IT and business administration, he has spent advised many companies in business planning and implementation.

Borko Jovanovic

Chief Operating Officer

Bart Res is the Chief Products & Services Officer at Acolin. Before joining Acolin, Bart worked at large international banks as well as smaller specialized banks and insurance firms in the Netherlands.

Bart Res

Chief Products & Services Officer

Robbie King is the CLO of Acolin. With 20+ years of international experience, he has previously held general counsel and company secretary roles with market leading listed and unlisted companies operating across multiple business sectors.

Robbie King

Chief Legal Officer

Alex Erickson

Chief Finance Officer

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