Our Team

Our core team has close to 100 years of combined investment banking and industry experience navigating some of the most challenging environments in the global resource sector with a proven track record of both value-add and loyalty to the clients / companies we have faced and worked for.

Management Team

  • Peter Bacchus

    Peter Bacchus

    Chairman & Chief Executive

    Peter has 25 years' experience as a leading global M&A adviser, with particularly deep experience in the natural resources sector.

  • Richard Allan

    Richard Allan

    Managing Director & COO

    Richard has a 20 year investment banking career spanning three continents with extensive cross-border transaction experience.

  • Chris Johannsen

    Chris Johannsen

    Managing Director & Head of Australia

    Chris has around 30 years’ experience in investment banking, including 13 years with Standard Chartered Bank and Gryphon Partners Advisory in the UK and Australia.

  • Steven Latimer

    Steven Latimer

    Managing Director & Head of North America

    Steven has 30 years investment banking experience and while based in Toronto has worked on natural resource transactions around the world.

  • Chris van Wyk

    Chris van Wyk

    Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking Advisory

    Chris has 25 years’ experience with growth-stage transformational technology companies as both a venture & growth capital investor and as a tech executive.

  • Shea O'Callaghan

    Shea O'Callaghan

    Director

    Shea has fifteen years' of investment banking and capital markets experience, including cross border transactions and financing advisory in EMEA and South East Asia.

  • Andrew Krelle

    Andrew Krelle

    Vice President

    Andrew has eight years’ experience in mining and finance, and during that time has developed an extensive network of corporates and investors in the metals & mining sector.

  • James Proud

    James Proud

    Associate

    James has three years' experience in investment banking, working on M&A and equity financing transactions with two leading London boutiques prior to joining Bacchus Capital in 2021.

  • Ben Abbs

    Ben Abbs

    Associate

    Prior to joining Bacchus Capital in 2021, Ben worked for three years in the UK Government across a range of management roles in economic intervention, crisis management, and trade.

Consultants

  • Jake Greenberg

    Jake Greenberg

    Senior Consultant

    Jake brings more than a decade of capital markets experience and an extensive network of natural resources investors to the team. Jake is Chief Commercial Officer at Enerjen Capital.

  • David Putnam

    David Putnam

    Senior Consultant

    David has over 20 years' experience of cross-border transactions involving Asia, advising both Asian companies and those from outside the region.

Advisory Board

  • Paul Cahill

    Paul Cahill

    Chairman of the Board

    Paul has over 30 years' of experience leading the origination, evaluation, negotiation and execution of major complex transactions as both senior adviser and principal.

  • John Munro

    John Munro

    Senior Consultant

    John is an international resources industry executive with over 25 years’ experience. He operates as an independent corporate finance and corporate development adviser to the mining industry, with a focus on African mining projects. John is currently CEO of Cupric Canyon Capital, a Botswana focused copper development company.

  • Karr McCurdy

    Karr McCurdy

    Senior Consultant

    Karr has over 35 years' of geologic and project development experience, combined with a background in executive management, finance and technical advisory. Previously Karr served as the Chief Executive Officer of Behre Dolbear.

  • Dustin J. Garrow

    Dustin J. Garrow

    Senior Consultant

    Dustin has spent over 40 years working in the nuclear fuel cycle, including holding senior executive positions with a broad range of companies involved in uranium development and production, conversion, trading and research and forecasting.