RICHARD REINERT
CEO Director
Richard as well as being a Managing Partner of Citation an FCA authorised and regulated company is a non executive director of a number of Alternative Investment Funds and has been since 2001. He began his career in 1978 at Compagnie des Metaux Precieux (CMP), and moved to Gerald Metals Ltd. in 1979. In 1980, he became Account Executive at Drexel Burnham Lambert SA.1983 saw him move to Refco SA Paris as a Founding Director. In 1989 he moved to London to become Managing Director of Refco Overseas Ltd until September 1999. In October 1999 he formed Citation and from 2002 to 2007 became a Board Member of OTEKO the largest independent rail transporter of oil within the FSU. During his time at Refco Overseas Ltd he was appointed Chairman of the International Petroleum Exchange and the Futures Industry Association and a director of the board of the London Metal Exchange Ltd and the London Commodity Exchange.
Office Tel: +44 115 8883405
GSM: +32 471 064 597
rareinert@citcap.com
BENJAMIN SHAW
Associate
Corporate Finance
During his time as an independent trader with E-Local Trading, STA Limited, Quantec Derivatives and GHF Financials, Benjamin developed an important network of contacts. Benjamin has access to a large spectrum of investors and strategic partners both in the UK and abroad. Although a generalist covering all sectors, currently Benjamin’s main areas of focus are emerging markets, commodities and natural resources. Benjamin, a shareholder of Energyia Plc a company involved in the Ukrainian oil and gas industry, is responsible for managing the company’s planned upcoming IPO onto AIM. Recent and current deals have included the areas of oil and gas, natural resources, biotech, specialty chemicals, alternative energy and mortgage broking. Benjamin has a BA (Hons) in Economics from Leeds University.
GSM: +44 7957 910 753
benjaminshaw@citcap.com
ALEXANDER S ZAKHAROV
Associate
Risk Management
In 1989 Alexander graduated from the Moscow Institute of Aviation. In 1995 – London School of Economics. SFA. Started his career at Price Waterhouse in 1994. Worked with British brokerage company FRA Commodities on assets management at LME and IPE. Risk management and internal audit department manager at the “Norilsk Nickel” (Russian Mining Company) in 2001-2006. CEO of “Investment Energy Company” PLC, Russia, EPC + F in traditional and alternative energy. In 2009-2011 – Executive Director of Russian Investment Company RIC, project funding in IT, precious metal mining and industrial projects. In 2012 - Skywell Capital, PE Investment Fund, Director. Mr. Zakharov is qualified in GreenTech, Mining Industry, at Agricultural and Energy projects.
GSM: +381 62 8682 629
aszakharov@citcap.com
FREDERICK C SAYLE
Principal (Cyprus)
Fred started his career in the Aerospace industry where he held senior management positions at Boeing and ITT. He then moved to IBM and headed up one of their commercial division’s in Europe. Through his many connections he created business opprotunities in Ukraine from 1991 as the Soviet Union began to disintegrate. He set up hotel projects with Good Night Inns and distributed Pepsi across the region. He than began initiating projects in Azerbaijan where he owned a company that organised ecological cleanup operations for British Petroleum, Cameron Valves, Schlumberger and, Halliburton. His oil cleanup expertise lead to other similar projects in Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan as well as Ecuador and Iraq.
GSM: +357 99 225577
fcsayle@citcap.com
STEPHANIE REINERT
Senior Consultant
Stephanie holds a BA in History of Art from University College London and a Masters in Business Administration from Boston University where she graduated with a Distinguished Scholar Award. Stephanie’s first work experience included working for Sotheby’s in London and Attenborough Associates a Real Estate firm in the heart of South Kensington. After working for ICF Mostra as Business Development Manager overseeing the successful awards of European Commission tenders and call for proposals worth over € 500 M, she then founded Arts Square a strategic consultancy firm specialised in helping start-ups and established firms improve their overall business strategy and marketing. This multi-disciplinary experience naturally led her to pursue a career in Wealth Management. After working for WM Capital a Geneva based Wealth Management firm, where she oversaw the passion purchase financing branch of the company, Stephanie has since joined Citation Capital Management to continue to draw on her diverse background to create synergies and connect people across alternative investment asset classes. Stephanie is Monaco based and fluent in English, French and Spanish.
GSM: +33 6 79 30 45 14
sreinert@citcap.com
Peter Odorico
Senior Consultant
Pete holds MBAs from the Columbia Business School, London Business School and the University of Hong Kong. He also has a BS degree, Economics, Minor in Anthropology. As well as being a senior consultant for Citation, he is also an executive vice president business development CIDC/GRAC since 2017 and a senior consultant for Louis Hazelnut Inc since 2013.
GSM: +1562 209 0919
pete@louishazelnut.com