The team
Riccardo Termini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Riccardo founded Malahide Partners on a single conviction: technology companies raising $1M-$100M deserve the same process discipline the bulge bracket reserves for billion-dollar mandates. He leads every engagement from first conversation through close.
Giuseppe Termini
Managing Director
Giuseppe leads the firm's corporate finance practice, drawing on extensive business leadership experience, and directs transaction execution and M&A activity.
Roberta Termini
Managing Director
Roberta works closely with the firm's leadership on how the business runs day to day. She graduated summa cum laude in International Politics and Economics, and is involved across the full lifecycle of every mandate, from structuring through to close.
Carmela Toggi
Managing Director
Carmela oversees the delivery of active mandates from day one through to close. Her background is entirely client facing, and she is known across the firm for the relationships she builds and holds with founders and investors alike.
Hannes Shariputra Chopra
Senior Advisor - Strategic Partnerships & International Expansion
Former Allianz Group CEO and architect of Sberbank Insurance; he advises on international expansion, restructuring, and cross-border partnerships.
Dr. Serge Pierre Besanger
Senior Advisor - Deep Tech, Finance & IPOs
Long-time IMF consultant and Professor of Finance at HEC Paris; he advises on deep-tech M&A, complex financial analysis, and IPO execution.
Sebastian Bauch
Senior Advisor - Technology & M&A Advisory (Europe)
20+ years of European M&A across KPMG, IEG and his own advisory firms; he leads technology, software, and life-sciences transactions.
Wilfried Pototschnig
Senior Advisor - Cross-Border M&A & Financial Institutions
25+ years and $30bn+ in transactions across Europe and the CIS; he advises on cross-border M&A and financial-institution divestitures.
Dylan Opara
Director
Dylan has built and raised capital for his own ventures, bringing a founder's fluency in the raise and a sharp commercial instinct.
Kiara Cilia
Associate
Kiara brings a problem-solving mindset and strong execution across the firm's mandates.
