The Partners
A deliberately small group of principals, each with their own standing before they ever joined the firm. Every mandate is led by one of them, by name.
Tony Smith
Founder & Managing Partner
Two decades brokering quiet agreements between sovereigns, capital, and the institutions caught between them.
Naledi Okonjo-Reyes
Partner, Government & Political Affairs
Former senior ministerial adviser who now sits on the other side of the table for a smaller number of principals.
Marcus Thane
Partner, Strategic Intelligence & Analysis
Built and ran research desks for two multinational institutions before joining the firm at its founding.
Yumi Castellanos
Partner, Investment & Capital Strategy
Structured cross-border capital for sovereign and institutional allocators across three continents.
Elias Farrow
Partner, Crisis & Special Situations
Called in when a mandate has already gone public, his job is to make sure it does not stay that way.
Priya Anand-Whitfield
Partner, Media & Narrative Management
Two decades shaping how institutions are understood by the audiences that decide their fate.
The Standard Every Partner Holds
Personal accountability
Each mandate is led by a named partner who answers to the client directly, from first conversation to closing review.
Absolute discretion
What is learned in one room stays out of every other. Confidentiality is a condition of partnership, not a policy.
Independent judgment
Partners advise candidly, including when the answer is not what a client hoped to hear.
Earned relationships
Every partner brings standing of their own, built over years inside the institutions they now advise.
Depth over breadth
We take on fewer mandates, so that each partner can give every one the attention it deserves.
Principled conduct
We act within the law and decline work that would compromise our integrity or that of our clients.
Interested in joining the team?
We do not run a public job board. The people who join us tend to be introduced, or to introduce themselves thoughtfully.