Bio

John Allen has investment banking and government experience in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Australia and New Zealand and leads ARC’s business and advisory activities. He founded ARC in 1988 in New York, moving the firm to London in 1990 and he remains the Executive Chairman. The transactions he has led at ARC comprise over $6 billion total value in the private and public markets and include fund raising, mergers and acquisitions and advisory projects. His career experience includes over $10 billion total transaction value, including debt and equity funding, corporate mergers, acquisitions and restructuring projects. His areas of expertise are transaction structuring, valuation, infrastructure, project finance, telecoms, technology and green financing initiatives. Prior to founding ARC, he was employed by The First Boston Corporation (“First Boston”) in New York and Australia and served in New Zealand as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Trade and Industry and in the Government Research Unit in Parliament. John Allen has investment banking and government experience in the United Kingdom and Europe, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. He is currently the Managing Partner of ARC Partners LLP and is the designated CEO, the Senior Manager responsible for Compliance and is the Money Laundering Reporting Officer as well as being an FCA Certified Person. His FCA reference number is: JAA01055. He is Non-Executive Chairman of hSo (High Speed Office Ltd) a London based telecoms services provider operating throughout the UK and Europe. He has served on the Boards of companies based in the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand variously as a Non-Executive Chairman, Non-Executive Director and has been Chairman of Audit, and Nomination committees in the US, UK and Australia and a Board Observer in the UK. Mr. Allen holds a master’s degree with honours from Canterbury University, New Zealand in Political Science and has been a Regulated Person with multiple registrations since 1993 under the Financial Conduct Authority regulatory regime and its predecessors.