Our team - Acolin

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

Matt Appleton is the Group CFO of ACOLIN and a member of the Executive Committee. Matt has extensive experience in the European private equity industry spanning over 17 years, most recently as Partner at DH Private Equity Partners (Doughty Hanson).

Matt Appleton

Chief Financial Officer

James is an Investment Director at Sovereign Capital Partners. He joined Sovereign from Lazard in 2018, where he worked in M&A, specialising in Technology and Education. Prior to that, James was at PwC in Transaction Services where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

James Dargan

Non-Executive Director

Executive team

Theo Splinter is the CEO of Acolin. 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

Matt Appleton is the Group CFO of Acolin. Matt has extensive experience in the European private equity industry spanning over 17 years, most recently as Partner at DH Private Equity Partners (Doughty Hanson).

Matt Appleton

Chief Financial Officer

Sonja Böhm is the Group Head of HR at Acolin. She has gained broad experience in HR and internal communication with various international organisations.

Sonja Böhm

Group Head of Human Resources

Neil Stiefel is the CCO of 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

Joe Sutton is the CTO at Acolin. Joe has over 20 years’ experience leading technology businesses within the global financial services sector and has worked with privately owned and listed companies, both large and small.

Joe Sutton

Chief Technology 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