Oyin Bishi

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Oyin joined Hollyport in 2020 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Oyin began her career at Deloitte where she spent four years in their Transaction Services team, gaining her ACA qualification and becoming Assistant Manager working on both buy-side and sell-side transactions.

Oyin graduated with a BSc in Finance, Accounting and Management from the University of Nottingham before going on to study at Kings College London where she gained an MSc in Accounting, Accountability & Financial Management. She is ACA qualified.

Mahim Husnain

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Mahim joined Hollyport in 2020 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Mahim obtained her ACA qualification with the Private Equity Group at KPMG, specialising in Transaction services for Private Equity clients. She then moved on to work at Blackstone in their Real Estate Finance team.

Mahim graduated with a BSc in Economics from the University of Manchester and is ACA qualified.

Thomas Horrigan

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Thomas joined Hollyport in 2020 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Having started his career at EY, Thomas worked in their Wealth and Asset Management team focussing largely on Private Equity clients.

Thomas graduated from the University of East Anglia with a Master of Mathematics degree. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with ICAS.

Shalini Somchand

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Shalini joined Hollyport as a Fund Accountant in March 2020.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Shalini worked in the Finance function at Hermes GPE LLP assisting with 15 single and multi-investor fund and direct entities.

Shalini graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BSc honours degree in Economics and is currently studying towards the ACCA qualification.

Lynna Zhang

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Lynna joined Hollyport in 2020 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Lynna was an associate in the Corporate Finance department at KPMG, advising private equity and corporate clients on transactions and business valuations.

Lynna holds an MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Toronto. She is a qualified ACA and able to speak Mandarin.

James Wang

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James joined Hollyport in 2019 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Prior to joining Hollyport, James started his career in the audit and assurance department at Ernst & Young, where he obtained his Chartered Accountant qualification.

James holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick and a Master of Finance from University of Cambridge. He is able to speak Mandarin.

Arthur Wong

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Arthur joined Hollyport in 2019 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Arthur began his career as a management consultant in PwC, before he transferred to the Transaction Services team. As part of the valuation appraisal team in PwC, Arthur performed fair value assessments on private companies and assets across Europe, US and Asia, and advised private equity and corporate clients on transaction prices.

Arthur graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is also a qualified ACA and a certificated Financial Risk Manager, and speaks Cantonese and Mandarin.

Olivia Seymour

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Olivia joined Hollyport in October 2019 as an Office Assistant.

She began her career working as a Receptionist and Office Administrator for a property management company before moving on to become a Team Assistant for the industrial designer Marc Newson.

Olivia studied at the Oxford Media and Business school and holds an Executive PA Diploma.

Katy Lynch

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Katy joined Hollyport in June 2016 as Office Manager.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Katy worked as a PA and Office Manager in the property industry and for a luxury travel company, where she also worked alongside the product team to support supplier relations for Italy.

Katy holds a degree in Italian from the University of Bristol, which included a year studying political sciences at the Università di Cagliari in Sardinia, and is fluent in Italian.

Catherine Badour

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Catherine is Head of Investor Relations and focuses on the development of institutional client relationships and investor relations. She joined Hollyport in January 2014 as an Associate.

Before joining Hollyport, Catherine worked in primary research and due diligence for Private Equity and Hedge Fund clients at Coleman Research in London.

Catherine holds a degree in Political Science from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, which included a semester at Université Jean Moulin Lyon III, France, and a MSc. International Political Economy from the London School of Economics; she is fluent in French.