Colonade's culture and business model are explicitly intended to cultivate partnerships and networks. Such approach allows our team to leverage the firm's broader intellectual capital and network of relationships to gain unique perspectives on markets, industries and companies. The firm believes that integrating and combining its intellectual capital with extensive know-how and intelligence of its network into individual investment and business processes creates a significant "investment edge".
Our network of intellectual capital includes but is not limited to the following:
| London Business School www.london.edu |  | | Network of more than 20,000 London Business School alumni, in all industries, located in all financial/business centers in the world |
| McKinsey & Company www.mckinsey.com |  | | Network of more than 15,000 McKinsey & Co. alumni in all industries, located in all financial/business centers in the world |
| Bain & Company www.bain.com |  | | Network of more than 7,000 Bain & Co. alumni in all industries, located in all financial/business centers in the world |
| London & United Kingdom |  | |
Very good personal and business relations at the Board Member/Managing Director level of London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Alternative Investments Marketplace (AIM)
Wide network of connections with capital markets participants of all specialties including nominated advisors (Nomads), legal advisors, corporate finance advisors, auditors, specialty consultants
Business and/or personal relations in most investment/commercial banks in the world
Business and/or personal contacts with most of the top strategy and specialty consulting firms, rating agencies, etc. such as Boston Consulting Group, Fitch Ratings, Moody's, Laurence Gould, etc. |
| Warsaw & Poland |  | |
Extensive business and personal contacts/relationships with numerous participants of Polish financial services sector including but not limited to commercial banks, insurance companies, corporate finance advisors, legal and tax advisors, auditors, institutional investors, other capital market participants, etc.
Business and personal relations with Board Members of Warsaw Stock Exchange
Wide network of direct and indirect relationships with several key players in many industries and economic sectors in Poland |
| Kiev & Ukraine | 
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Extensive business and personal contacts and relationships with numerous participants of Ukrainian financial services sector including but not limited to commercial banks, insurance companies, corporate finance advisors, legal and tax advisors, auditors, institutional investors, other capital market participants, etc.
Wide network of direct and indirect relationships with several key players in many industries and economic sectors in Ukraine via Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
www.uspp.org.ua |
| Gulf Cooperation Council |  | |
Extensive business and personal contacts/relationships in several GCC countries, especially Kuwait.
Access to and contacts with large pool of potential GCC based investors in UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Kingdom of Bahrain, State of Kuwait, Sultanate of Oman and State of Qatar. |
| Vienna & Austria |  | |
Relations with several "niche" capital markets advisors and legal firms.
Experience in the process of obtaining banking licence via AFA (Austrian Financial Authorities) application process. |
| Nicosia & Cyprus |  | | Very close business and personal relations/contacts with the most powerful and influential business/legal services company in Cyprus |
| Singapore |  | | Very close business and personal relations/contacts with several institutions |
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