Daniel Pinto (financier)

Daniel Pinto (born 11 September 1966) is a British-French financier and author based in London, United Kingdom. He is Chief Executive and Founding Partner of Stanhope Capital, the asset management and advisory group. He is also the Founder of New City Initiative (NCI), a think tank whose members are a group of independent asset management firms in the UK and Europe.,[1]

Early life and education

Pinto was born in Paris, France, to a Sephardic Jewish family. He has an MBA from Harvard University, an MA in Economics and Finance from Instituts d'études politiques de Paris and a MSc in Finance from Université Paris-Dauphine.

Career

Early career

In 1993, Pinto worked in the corporate finance department of British merchant bank SG Warburg (subsequently UBS Warburg) in London and Paris.[2] In this capacity, he advised a number of industrial groups, institutions and governments in a range of mergers, acquisitions and privatisations.

In 2000, he became Chief Executive of a venture capital firm backed by CVC Capital Partners.

Stanhope Capital

In 2004, Pinto co-founded Stanhope Capital, the asset management and advisory group.[3][4] In 2015, the independent investment firm operates internationally,[5] and oversees about USD 9.0 billion dollars on behalf of entrepreneurs, families, charities and other institutions. In June 2011, the firm acquired Jewson Associates,[6] a specialist charity adviser to UK charities and university endowments.

Stanhope Capital has awards including "Asset Management Firm of the Year for Ultra High Net Worth clients"[7] (Spears Wealth Management Awards 2013, 2012, 2011) and "Private Investment Office of the Year" (Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2013,[8] STEP Awards 2012 ).[9]).

Pinto was named by Spear’s Wealth Magazine as one of the "Top 5 wealth managers in the UK"[10] and was listed among the "Top 20 men in investment management" by CityWealth magazin in 2011 and 2012.

New City Initiative

In 2010, Daniel Pinto founded the "New City Initiative", an independent think tank aiming at giving a voice to independent, owner-managed financial institutions.[11] The organisation interacts with ministers, legislators and regulators in the UK, France and Brussels and has produced several position papers addressing the need to make the financial system safer for investors, depositors and the economy as a whole.[12]

In 2011, the organisation launched an internship programme for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.[1][13] For its work in the area of social responsibility, NCI received the Spear’s City Champion Award.[14]

Author

Pinto’s book Capital Wars" – the New East West Challenge for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Economic Success was published by Bloomsbury in the UK in January 2014. It was first published in France by Odile Jacob in February 2013] (under the title Le Choc des capitalismes)[15] and was nominated as Economic Book of the Year by the Cercle Turgot. In this book, Pinto denies that globalisation is the cause of slow growth, unemployment and excessive debt in Western economies. Instead, he blames shareholder capitalism and insistence on short term results for dampening the growth of Western business enterprise[16]

Daniel Pinto is a regular media commentator and contributor for a number of outlets, including International New York Times, The Independent, The Telegraph,[17] Le Monde, Le Figaro and Les Echos.

Personal life

Pinto who holds dual French and British citizenship lives in London. He is married to Alexandra Pisar-Pinto and has two children.

References

  1. 1 2 "Margareta Pagano: London's drive to Hong Kong, via Mongolia". The Independent, 9 April 2011
  2. ↑ "Daniel Pinto is fighting the good fight to ‘save’ capitalism". The Times, Patrick Hosking Financial Editor, February 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Growth Capital: Maverick for whom ‘doing the right thing’ is paying off". London Evening Standard, Oscar Blend, 5 August 2013
  4. ↑ "Anthony Hilton: Calls for change to an absurd system". London Evening Standard. 25 March 2014
  5. ↑ "Shroud of secrecy starts to slip away". By Tanya Powley. Financial Times, November 6, 2013
  6. ↑ "Stanhope buys Jewson". E Financial News.
  7. ↑ "Spears Wealth management Awards 2013, 2012, 2011". Spear's.
  8. ↑ "Private Investment Office of the Year". Citywealth. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19.
  9. ↑ "STEP Awards 2012". STEP. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19.
  10. ↑ "Top 5 wealth managers in the UK - Citywealth" (PDF). Citywealth.
  11. ↑ "New City Initiative". New City Initiative.
  12. ↑ "Publications". New City Initiative.
  13. ↑ "David Willetts, Higher Education White Paper published in 2011" (PDF). BIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-02.
  14. ↑ "Spear's City Champion Award". Spear's.
  15. ↑ " Martin Sorrell's 10 steps to business success". Birmingham Post, 3 Dec 2013
  16. ↑ "How the west might still win". Financial Times Luce By Edward Luce
  17. ↑ "Britain's veto can't stem flood of City regulation from EU". The Telegraph, Emma Rowley 10 Dec 2011
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