CLEOPATRA CONSULTING UK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Institutional Investor
- Partner - Direct Investments
John David has been active as an institutional investor across private and public asset classes for the past 25 years.
Most recently, he was Managing Director of Investment Strategy for Palamon Capital Partners, a pan-European private equity sponsor with multiple funds focused on mid-market growth services businesses.
Prior to this, he was the Global Strategist for the publicly-listed Allstate Insurance Company's investment portfolios, with a focus on non-US investing and asset allocation.
His early background included roles as manager for interest rate, credit and currency portfolios in developed and emerging markets, and in derivatives research and trading for both Wall Street and proprietary trading firms. John earned an AB degree from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a US national based in London.
He began his career in the Chicago derivatives industry working for Banque Indosuez and Finacor Vendome before moving to Madrid to head fixed income sales at Bank of America. During his alternative investment marketing career, Mr. Rodriguez raised millions of dollars in investment capital for managers, in North America and Europe, while employed at AIG International Asset Management, DKR Capital, First Avenue Partners, Aladin Capital, and most recently Tactical Capital Partners.
Rollo Wigan is a Partner of Cleopatra having worked with the team since 2011 initially as a client and more recently as an independent advisor.
Rollo was the Founder of Branch Advisory Limited, an independent boutique focused on alternative strategies and previously the Co-Head of Client Advisory of BlueMountain Capital. Prior to this, Rollo worked at Eisenstat Capital, Halcyon Asset Management in London, and at MKP Capital in New York, commencing his career in institutional marketing and investor relations in 2002.
Rollo received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Politics and European Studies from the University of the West of England in 2001.