Global Wine Partners International Team
MARK DAVISON
Director, Global Wine Partners LLC and Global Wine Partners (Australia) Pty Ltd
Mr. Davison is an investment banker and solicitor admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland. Prior to co-founding International Wine Consultants Pty Ltd, he was a Partner with Freehills Hollingdale & Page, solicitors of Sydney, a Director of Rothschild Australia Ltd, leading the corporate finance group, and a founding Director of Gresham Partners Ltd, a Sydney based investment bank. He serves as Director of several private and public wine and investment companies.
EMAIL: mdavison@globalwinebank.com
AMAL WAHAB
Managing Director, Global Wine Partners (Australia) Pty Ltd
Mr. Wahab is an investment banker specializing in mergers, acquisitions, MBO’s and LBO’s. Prior to co-founding International Wine Consultants Pty Ltd, he was Director of Corporate Finance with the AusAsian group of companies, VP of M&A and MBO’s with Exeter Holdings LTD, a USA investment firm, and in corporate banking with Burgan Bank SAK, Kuwait and American Express International Banking Corporation. He is a Harvard MBA and a Director of several private wine and investment companies.
EMAIL: awahab@globalwinebank.com
RICHARD THOMAS
Director, Global Wine Partners (Australia) Pty Ltd
Mr. Thomas is an investment banker specializing in mergers, acquisitions, corporate finance and fund management. He has 35 years experience with major investment banks in Sydney, and has completed many major wine industry and investment transactions. He also is a winemaker and wine grape grower in Orange, Australia.
EMAIL: rthomas@globalwinebank.com
BILL CONN
Director, Global Wine Partners LLC
Bill is the Chairman of International Beverage Investments Limited, a 50% owner of Global Wine Partners LLC, and serves on the GWP Board of Directors. He is an investment banking consultant to Merrill Lynch International (Australia) Ltd, and was previously Executive Chairman of McIntosh Securities Ltd, and Chairman and CEO of Potter Warburg Ltd, investment banks. He serves as Director of several major companies and philanthropic organizations.
EMAIL: bconn@globalwinebank.com
JEAN BOURLAND
Director, Global Wine Partners (Europe)
Mr. Bourland is an investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience in the wine industry with Cordier in Bordeaux, Diageo and Rothschild wine interests, and as a Senior Partner in the Paris based consulting firm GM2.
EMAIL: jbourland@globalwinebank.com
FRANÇOIS FAURE
Director, Global Wine Partners (Europe)
Mr. Faure is an investment banker specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. He was previously an investment banker with the Paribas Group, originally in charge of direct investments in several industries, and then in charge of M&A in the major EU countries.
EMAIL: ffaure@globalwinebank.com
PETER SICHEL
Senior Advisor, Global Wine Partners LLC (New York)
Mr. Sichel is a fourth generation wine merchant and wine grower. He built the Blue Nun wine brand into a major international brand, and since then has been an investor, manager and dealmaker for a number of wine companies in Europe and the U.S. He is one of the industry’s best known and respected wine connoisseurs and businessmen.
HUGH JOHNSON
Senior Advisor, Global Wine Partners LLC (London)
Hugh Johnson is the world’s foremost writer on wine. Over the past 30 years he has written many books which have become landmarks on the subject, including World Atlas of Wine, Wine Companion and the Story of Wine. He serves as a senior advisor on wine, wine regions and through his relationships with prominent vintners around the world.