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
SAM WEIR – EXCUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sam Weir is a senior corporate finance executive based in London with a 14+ year track record in investment banking and corporate development. He has an extensive track record leading complex M&A transactions across Australasia, China, Europe, and Latin America. His frontier and emerging market experience includes roles in Africa, the Middle East, Papua New Guinea, China, Brazil, Venezuela and Chile. Prior to joining Crasner Capital, Mr. Weir held various in-house leadership roles in M&A, ventures and strategy for Fonterra Co-operative Group, a leading dairy food and beverage multinational.
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.
CALLUM COX – ASSOCIATE
Callum Cox is an investment banking professional based in London with 2+ years of experience in boutique advisory across M&A, and capital market transactions. He has direct exposure to US IPO, SPAC, and M&A mandates, with origination and execution experience spanning APAC, EMEA, and US coverage. His international career has taken him across Dubai, Shanghai, and London.
Prior to joining Crasner Capital, Mr. Cox held analyst roles at ARC Group, where he developed his expertise across capital markets and cross-border M&A advisory. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Henley Business School.
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.
