People
NICK CRASNER – CHAIRMAN
Nick Crasner is a senior investment banker, who oversees origination and relationships across the Firm. He has won multiple awards for deal-making and entrepreneurship and leads the Firm’s relationships.
With extensive experience advising family offices, strategics, and private equity firms on complex cross-border transactions across multiple sectors, he is recognized as a “pioneer in Emerging Markets Investment Banking” and maintains an extensive network of investors throughout these regions. Widely published on macroeconomics, investment banking, and foreign direct investment in emerging markets, he was recently featured in Africa Outlook in an article titled Africa’s Silicon Savannah. He also has deep experience across the African region, particularly East Africa, where he has advised clients on M&A and capital-raising in various industries
KATIE FAULDS – PRESIDENT
Katie Faulds is President of Crasner Capital, where she works closely with the Chairman on the Firm’s strategic direction, client relationships and day-to-day leadership.
Katie has spent the last decade working across the Crasner companies and marries her role as Crasner Capital President with her operating roles in Crasner Consulting and Crasner Ventures, the direct investment platform acting as a family office for Nick Crasner.
She is fluent in English, German and Spanish, and is a committed champion of diversity and inclusion.
Alongside her work, Katie is UK Board Chair and a member of the International Advisory Committee of Media Matters for Women, a charity that uses digital technology to connect women and girls in rural Africa with information about their rights.
FIORELLA MARTINEZ – ANALYST
Fiorella Martinez is an Analyst at Crasner Capital, supporting the team on origination and execution, with a particular focus on M&A deal marketing, where she collaborates with Nick Crasner very closely to run strategic outreach, on behalf of our PE, Family Office and strategic clients.
Fiorella brings a combined background in business and law, and is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian.
LUCA LE CORRE ROMERA – ANALYST
Luca Le Corre Romera is an investment banking professional based in London with experience spanning investment banking, private equity, asset management, and risk management. He has worked across M&A advisory, private equity transactions, and public equities investing, developing a broad understanding of corporate finance and capital markets through roles in London, Paris, and Lisbon.
Prior to joining Crasner Capital, Luca completed internships at Pithos Capital, where he focused on real estate LBOs, Colville Capital Partners covering large-cap public equities, and BNP Paribas in Operational Risk. Holding British, French, and Spanish nationalities, he is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, and has a bachelor’s degree in business administration, majoring in Finance, at EDHEC Business School.
VANESSA CRASNER – HEAD OF MARKETING
Vanessa Crasner is Head of Marketing at Crasner Capital, where she leads the Firm’s PR, marketing and business development initiatives. A core member of the team, she shapes how the Firm presents itself to Private Equity, Strategics and Family Office clients Vanessa is also key to developing our presence in the local markets the we serve from London and increasing our visibility within our core sectors across the Emerging Markets that we operate in.
Vanessa brings a joined-up approach to brand, communications and client engagement across the Firm’s activities.
CAROLINE ROBERTS – EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT & PROJECT COORDINATOR
Caroline Roberts brings over 30 years of professional services experience to her role supporting Crasner Consulting and Crasner Capital. She provides hands-on operational support across administration, marketing, finance, HR, and document management, contributing across deal coordination and client-facing work. A former Global Knowledge Manager at Hitachi Consulting, BAE Systems and Arthur Andersen.
