Strix Asset Management
Unlocking intrinsic value of equity participations
Strix Asset Management Limited and its affiliates (“STRIX”) collectively focus on the private equity markets of Southeastern Europe (“SEE”) and is a leading player in this region with assets under management in excess of €900 million.
Strix Asset Management Limited and its affiliates (“STRIX”) collectively focus on the private equity markets of Southeastern Europe (“SEE”) and is a leading player in this region with assets under management in excess of €900 million.
Our team comprises experienced professionals with long and successful track record in the SEE private equity market. We are committed to providing the highest quality of service and results to our portfolio companies and their stakeholders, striving to develop meaningful and long-term relationships with our business partners.
Strix Team
Prior to joining Strix, Yannis was a General Manager at Piraeus Bank, responsible for the Bank’s non-performing exposures book (ca. €27 billion at its peak) and its participations in equity investments (ca. €1 billion). He was also responsible for the Bank’s portfolio divestments and securitizations.
From 2007-14, Yannis worked as a Partner at NBGI Private Equity in London, founding and leading the firm’s Emerging Europe division. During his tenure, the team developed into one of the most active private equity platforms across Southeastern Europe, managing committed capital of €300 million.
Prior to joining NBGI, he worked for ca. 7 years at Citigroup Venture Capital International in London, executing private equity transactions in Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.
Yannis holds an MBA from Ecole des Ponts and an MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
Cathal O’Connor is the CFO for Strix Asset Management Ltd.
He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and is responsible for operations and finance within the team. Cathal was most recently the COO for Aventicum Alternative Equities, a Swiss based asset manager.
He also served as Head of Fund Operations with BRT SA, a Geneva based financial services and wealth management company and prior to that worked for 9 years in the Fund Administration industry with Citco and BNY.
Cathal is an Irish national, a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and graduated from the Queen’s University of Belfast with a BSc in Pure Mathematics.
He is the Principal and Founder of FS Regulatory Solutions, a specialist firm offering fractional advisory and resourcing services to financial services institutions and their service providers. Ian has also held several non-executive director positions.
Ian previously held the positions of General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at NBC Global Finance Limited, a proprietary trading firm in Ireland.
Ian also worked as a Solicitor at Bank of Ireland (BOI), where he advised BOI Group Treasury and BOI Global Markets on a range of capital markets transactions and associated regulatory reform. Prior to this, he worked in private practice in Dublin initially for Dillon Eustace and subsequently for Maples and Calder.
Ian holds an LLB (Hons.) Law from the University of Wales. He is admitted as (i) a Solicitor in Ireland (non-practicing) and England and Wales and (ii) as an Attorney at Law to the New York Bar (non-practicing).
Strix Asset Management Limited (“STRIX”) portfolio spans across a diversified pool of sectors, including healthcare, infrastructure, real estate, passenger shipping and food manufacturing.