Brian Kearns

Olivant Advisers is an active, team-based manager which aims to deliver superior risk adjusted returns through operational alpha. They invest across all financial services sub-sectors, primarily in the banking and money transfer fields, targeting listed and unlisted companies in developed and emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm's investment team works across geographies and sectors, exploiting their high level networks to facilitate access to proprietary deals, decision makers and talent. They invest in companies where they have identified an opportunity to increase shareholder value through strategic, structural and operational change and where they have the necessary influence directly, or through agreement with other shareholders, to implement the changes. Olivant Advisers only invests when they have a clear and executable plan as to how to add and extract value, when they are empowered directly or in conjunction with co-owners to create long-term value in companies and when the investment combines providing operational advice and capital. Their flexible approach allows them to tailor the structure of investment opportunities, taking control or minority positions, but always provided that they have sufficient influence to deliver their targeted outcome. The firm understands the cultural realities of each country and sub-sector in which they invest and seeks to work with the support of governments, regulators and business leaders. They follow a team approach to each investment, aiming to provide owners and management with strategic and operational involvement of their partners, transfer of best practice know-how and innovative ideas and a global network to access talent. They occasionally engage in shareholder activism.