Leadership
Mayfair Equity Advisory is selective about the team and advisors on board.
Benny Gala
Managing Director
Benny Gala
Benny Gala qualified as a chartered Accountant in 2001 and since then working in the field of Accounts and Finance. In the initial years of his career he has worked in the areas of Accounting, compliance and Tax Planning. In the recent years he is mainly working in the area of raising private equity, financing. He also works with growth companies in business expansion strategy nationally in UK, Europe and also international locations worldwide. His experience ranges in all the sectors with specific expertise in technology, healthcare, renewable energies and natural resources. He has wide network of close contacts with private equity, family office and funds based in UK, Europe, South East Asia and middle east.
Wayne Culley
Director – Business Development
Wayne Culley
Wayne is a business adviser who helps companies of all sizes to achieve their goals through advisory work. He offers value add services to develop and execute strategies that allows companies to achieve growth and success. He does this through practical support and by partnering with a small number of professional specialists that include legal advice, tax planning, investment capital, corporate finance and marketing. He also advises on residential and commercial property opportunities. He is a supporter of angel investing and likes to spot a great opportunity and be able to get an excellent return through the application of research and knowledge.
Rob Savage
Director – Business Development
Rob Savage
Rob has more than 34 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is a Chartered Accountant, ACA and ex PWC. His core competencies are in risk management and mitigation, clear and confident decision making, corporate governance maintenance and management, shareholder and stakeholder engagement, strategy delivery, relationship building, standards setting, financial reporting and performance monitoring. He has worked on transactions in multiple sectors in the UK, many other European countries and the USA and Asia and has developed particular strengths in M&A, Due Diligence, Financing, “Buy & Build” and Integration, Early stage and Growth Capital investing, Carve-Out and Realisation of Investments (Sale to PE/Trade or IPO). Rob has worked as a senior advisor to several private equity firms and has extensive board and managerial experience having been the NED & Shareholder representative on four boards, member of the Executive and Management committees of three boards and has two NED board seats.
Joachim Von Halaz
Consultant
Joachim Von Halaz
Joachim has over 20 years of experience in reputation management, investor relations, and global media relations. He specialised in strategic cross border cooperation between banks, family offices, pension funds, think tanks, asset and wealth managers. He is also the founder and CEO at Von Halasz Consulting. He also hosts the fortnightly Tuesday Club, a project he describes as a ‘mini United Nations of Business’ where all members share an exceptional entrepreneurial spirit and maintain global networks of high-quality contacts in the wealth management industry.’ He maintains strong networks between London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Geneva. He is also an expert in cryptocurrency and represents clients with blockchain and crypto advisory.
Martyn Ingram
Senior Advisor, Business Development
Martyn Ingram
Martyn worked exclusively in the financial services industry for 40 years. He worked with an independent financial services firm offering ‘whole of market’ recommendations and advice to both corporate and personal clients. He has a vast experience in many areas of the business, working on life, pensions, mortgages, protection and health cover, on an individual and group basis. Martyn soon began to specialise in providing advice and investment portfolio- management services to individuals approaching or in retirement. Martyn has worked fulltime as an investment portfolio manager and fund analyst. He is well known for writing independent investment reports that were commissioned by major UK financial services firms. He has forward-looking approach to managing, analysing or advising on asset-allocation on a multi-asset basis.
Purva Aggarwal
Research Analyst