Caitlin Griffin LLB, LPC, LLM
Legal Advisor Ms Griffin Caitlin is a member of the McCarthy Denning legal team, and assists the Team with research and analysis. She was a trainee solicitor at London’s Elborne Mitchell LLP working in several areas such as Dispute Resolution, Regulatory, Corporate/ Transactions, Insurance and Commercial. She joined McCarthy Denning as trainee solicitor. She has […]
Mr. Tim Morris
Senior Advisor (envisaged subject to contract) Former British Ambassador to South Sudan Mr. Tim Morris is a seasoned British diplomat who served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to South Sudan from May 2015 to April 2017. He joined the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1981 and held postings in London, Tokyo, Lisbon, and Madrid. […]
Dr Hartley Booth
Senior Advisor Dr Hartley Booth, OBE, was educated at Cambridge and Bristol Universities and practiced as a Barrister from 1970 to 1984. As the first Barrister appointed Special Advisor to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street (1984-1988), he advised on law and order and environmental policy, becoming senior advisor in the Prime Minister’s Policy […]
Professor Chris Sansom FHEA FRGS
Technical Advisor, (envisaged subject to contract) Chris Sansom is the Professor of CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) and the Head of Zero Carbon Research Theme, at the University of Derby. He is one of the UK’s leading specialists in the field leading a team of PHD doctoral students in research and actively engaged in developing industry […]
Professor Hany El-Kateb
Scientific Advisor Prof. Hany El Kateb is a Member of Egypt’s Presidential Advisory Council of Scientists and Experts, a Senior Scientist at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and an international consultant with over 40 years of experience in forestry, land use and resource management across all continents. He has led major interdisciplinary projects in […]
Lord Razzall
Senior Advisor Lord Razzall is a Member of the House of Lords in the British Parliament. He qualified as a solicitor in 1969 and worked for Frere Cholmeley (later Frere Cholmeley Bischoff), becoming a partner in 1973. He became the Chief Executive of Frere Cholmeley Bischoff in 1990 and oversaw the expansion strategy of the […]
Richard Beresford
Legal Counsel Richard is Chairman of the London based law firm McCarthy Denning which covers the full spectrum of practice areas and includes leading international lawyers who possess the relevant in-depth experience including in Islamic Finance. Richard is a commercially- minded corporate lawyer specialising in M&A and public company work, he has over 25 years’ […]
Patrick Newman
Director Patrick Newman, MA Oxon, Diploma in Law City University, Patrick has more than 25 years experience in the emerging markets of Africa and Central Asia, with particular emphasis on mining, food security and energy including renewables. He has negotiated licenses in Republic of Sudan (where the UK company in which he was a shareholder […]
Carel van Randwyck
Chief Financial Officer Carel has over 40 years financial services industry experience having worked as the COO of several multi-billion-dollar origination, sales and trading businesses at UBS Investment Bank, Head of Change Management, Group Sales, at Deutsche Börse, interim CFO/COO for a technology-focussed start-up PE firm, senior advisor to the Executive Chairman and Board of […]
Sheikh Bilal Khan MBA, MA, LL.B (Hons), BA (Hons), LPC
Chairman Sheikh Bilal is a Partner and the Global Head of Islamic Finance at McCarthy Denning, London. He is the adviser to several Heads of State and a member of multi-lateral, government and institutional boards. Member of the UK Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority; Solicitor/English Lawyer of the Senior Courts of England & Wales; […]