TEAM
Our team comprises very experienced investment professionals with backgrounds in real estate and corporate investing, investment management and corporate finance, who have weathered several market cycles, to bring value to our clients, in the form of sound advice and consistent, risk adjusted returns
Arlington Board
John McDonald
Chairman
John has 35 years’ experience in financial markets and is a Senior Partnership Advisor at Tellsons Investors LLP and is a founding director of Alternative Research Ltd., an investment consultancy launched in 2010. He was most recently a co-founder of London Stock Exchange-listed BACIT Ltd (Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust), which merged with the Life Sciences investment firm, Syncona Partners, in late 2016. He previously worked with Patrick Teroerde and Edward Colins for six years at Hanson Asset Management as a non-Executive Director from its inception in 2010. Prior to this John was Head of Sales and Marketing at Impax Asset Management plc, Head of Alternative Investments Sales at New Star Asset Management plc, Investment Director at Eden Capital and co-founder of Fortune Asset Management. John began his career in European equity research at Morgan Grenfell & Co. in London, followed by HSBC James Capel and UBS Warburg in New York and the Europe Company Ltd in London. He is a graduate of EBS European Business School, studying in London, Paris and Frankfurt. John speaks English and German.
Patrick Teroerde
CEO
Patrick has over 25 years of principal investing and corporate finance experience. Before founding Arlington, he co-founded Hanson Asset Management the wealth manager, where he served as Joint Managing Director after serving as Head of Private Equity at Hanson Capital. Previously, he served as CEO and CIO at Adurion Capital, where he invested in in distressed corporate and real estate situations and deployed growth capital. Patrick also served at a distressed hedge fund, a mid-market leveraged buyout fund, and the Lazard partners’ principal investment fund. Patrick originally started his career in Lazard’s mergers and acquisitions advisory practice. He has been based in Frankfurt, Paris and London. He was educated at the EBS European Business School, studying in Germany, at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Dijon, France, and the Graduate School of Business at Pepperdine University, in California. His core competencies lie in the areas of management of financial services firms, principal investments, fund management, corporate finance, and structuring. Patrick speaks German, French and English.
Edward Collins
COO
Edward is a well-known investor from his background in the family office world and asset management. He first worked as a fund manager at New Star Asset Management in London. In 2004 the fund he managed with Patrick Evershed won the Lipper Citywire All-Stars Fund Manager of the Year award for the best performing fund in the UK All Companies Sector. He has served as the CIO of Hanson Family Holdings, a major UK family office and represented the family’s interests on the boards of several operating companies around the world and was CIO of Aldbourne Invesment Management. In addition, he was a Co-founder and joint Managing Director of Hanson Asset Management. In 2018 Edward became CEO of Earth Capital, a global sustainable private equity business managing in excess of $1.5 billion. At Earth Capital, he combined being a member of the global investment committee with overseeing the global operations. Edward re-joined Arlington Capital in 2020 which he co-founded in 2017.
Antonio Santarelli
Director
Antonio has over 25 years of experience in wealth management, equity sales, trading, and brokerage. He was most recently the Managing Director of Hanson Asset Management where advised high-net-worth individuals in both the UK and in Europe and led the firm. He assists on the Arlington board in a part time capacity. He previously served at Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for private banking operations and portfolio management. Antonio also served at Square Capital, was Managing Director and Asset Manager at AdviCorp and started his career as an Investment Analyst at Boussard & Gavaudan. Antonio has gained extensive and broad knowledge across the area of banking and investment management, in the core strategies as well as in emerging market strategies. Antonio speaks Italian, English and French..
Andrea Tenconi
Head of Principal Strategies
Andrea has over 25 years of investment experience across all parts of the capital structure in both public and private markets. Andrea is part of the founding team of Arlington Capital and joined in 2017 from Hanson Asset Management. He has directly managed tradable investment positions across debt and equity, direct private equity investments, as well as special situation investments, with a track record of consistent investment performance. He previously served as Managing Director at Strategic Value Partners and as Investment Officer of Morgan Capital (PE) at JP Morgan, where he also served as Proprietary Trader of the Securities Division of JP Morgan. He read Management Science at the London School of Economics and is fluent in Italian, French, Spanish and English. His core competence is in the area of principal investments, debt and equity. Andrea speaks Italian, Spanish and English.
Michael Turnbull
Head of Capital Markets
Michael has 35 years of international banking experience. 25 years with Morgan Stanley and BAML as head of European Capital Markets, creating capital funding solutions for clients and an excellent senior network within European Financial institutions, major corporates and institutional investors. His skills in negotiating and structuring innovative transactions delivered deals for corporates including Tesco, Shell, BP, DT, ENEL, KPN, British Land, Vodafone, Arqiva and institutions such as Prudential, Zurich, Barclays, AXA, RBS, San Paolo, as well as for the UK treasury and Bank of England. Joining Stormhabour as a partner in 2014 to lead origination, he led deals Barclays and Heathrow, later joining Anoa Capital where deals included a $1.5bn deal for Etihad Airways and capital raises in the film, e-gaming and digital advertising sectors including AP/AR procurement. Recent raises include Tradeshift, Gardenia and Data Interconnect. He has an MA in History from Oxford University.
Argenthal - Investment Banking Team
François Garcin
Partner
François Garcin has over 20 years of cross-border transactions across alternative assets, investment banking, and digital infrastructure. His execution track record comprises €3 billion in total closed transactions and €1 billion in institutional fund placements. International mandate execution includes GP stake development, secondary market restructuring, and principal investments across US, European, and Asian markets. Asset origination currently targets large-scale energy capacity and high-performance computing infrastructure. He holds degrees from École Polytechnique and ESCP Business School. Core technical capabilities encompass institutional capital raising, asset turnaround, and structural advisory. Francois speaks French, English and Italian.
Mark Martinson
Partner
Mark Martinson executes distressed credit and special situation strategies across a 20-year institutional finance career. He founded Orox Capital in 2012 as Managing Partner and CIO. Prior execution includes Senior Managing Director at Courage Capital Management, Director of Distressed Research at Cantor Fitzgerald, and Portfolio Manager at Highland Capital Management, where he oversaw a $5 billion asset base. Foundational roles encompass Wexford Capital and Merrill Lynch. Governance mandates comprise directorships at CCS Medical, Solstice Neurosciences, Osburn Companies, and a Chairmanship at Southwest Spirits & Wine. He holds an B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Marceau Savigny
Associate
Marceau Savigny has over five years of experience in M&A, private equity, and crypto-assets. He joined Argenthal (Arlington branch) in 2026. Previously, he advised French corporations and US/French Bitcoin miners through his firm, Phasis. He executed M&A and fundraising mandates for blockchain and technology entities at Odyssey, an M&A Boutique. His operational background includes SPV management and private equity analysis at Roundtable and Equisafe. He holds an MSc in Corporate Finance from Neoma Business School. Core capabilities include corporate valuation, financial modeling, and venture capital structuring. He speaks French and English.
Gavin McNicoll
Senior Executive
Gavin has been in family office asset management for 12 years, first with Hanson Asset Management, joining Arlington Capital at founding. Previously he founded a think tank which hosted one of the most significant transatlantic annual gatherings of the US and UK intelligence community in the decade post 9/11 with the support of all of the UK government's counter terror agencies. He went on to found one of the first cyber intelligence companies, serving blue chip clients. Gavin gained his Masters from St Andrews in International Relations and Philosophy, specialising in Terrorism, Intelligence, US Foreign Policy, and the Middle East. Gavin specialises in corporate finance, general advisory, KYC, AML and Due Diligence.
Daniel Hillman
Senior Executive
Daniel has over 10 years of experience investing and advising on direct investments globally with a focus on real assets. Previously he worked at Waterfund and beforehand served at Hanson Asset Management for four years, advising family offices on direct investments and specialty corporate finance mandates with a focus on UK, European and US real estate and debt restructuring. Having spent his entire professional career between New York and London, Daniel has gained a strong transatlantic network of investors and deal sourcing capabilities. Daniel’s core competencies lie in capital raising and other corporate finance.