Partners

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  Tony Johnson is an experienced financial services commercial leader with over 40 years in sales and 25 years managing large, multi-regional sales and relationship management teams. He began his career in the business information sector before moving into institutional banking and asset servicing in the early 1990s. Tony spent over two decades at RBC, including 13 years as Global Head of Sales & Relationship Management for the asset servicing business and a further three years leading international wealth management client engagement. He has deep experience managing complex, long-term institutional relationships and has served on global operating committees and subsidiary boards across the UK, Europe, and Australia. 

Over 20 years, Tony has built and embedded a global sales and relationship management methodology that transformed team performance—driving higher win rates, top-tier client satisfaction, strong retention, and coaching 1,000+ professionals across 15 markets.

https://antonyjohnson.co.uk/

Marcus Yang is a seasoned corporate finance professional and Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) with over 25 years of experience across global banking, corporate finance, and advisory roles. He began his career at KPMG and Deloitte, gaining expertise in audit, transaction services, and corporate finance before moving into senior roles at GE Asset Management, GE Capital Leveraged Finance, and the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. Marcus has led origination and execution teams across private equity and leveraged finance transactions and later advised institutional investors at Channel Capital Advisors. 

Marcus is currently Managing Director of Wester Capital and a board member of Westbridge Energy Corp, Abcor Finance, and Breathe Payments. 

He holds a degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and maintains CPA designations in Ontario, Canada, as well as CISI certification in the UK. 

https://www.westercapital.com/

Amin Rajan is the Chief Executive of CREATE-Research – a network of researchers undertaking research and advisory assignments for governments, global banks, fund managers, multinational companies and international bodies such as the EU, OECD and ILO. As well as appearing on radio and television regularly, he has contributed feature articles to The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Financial News, The London Evening Standard and IPE.
 

 He is a visiting professor at the Centre for Leadership Studies at Exeter University, and an associate fellow at Oxford University’s Said Business School until recently. 

His latest survey reports include:
 

• Rebooting the global asset management industry (2025)
• Seeking returns in private markets and emerging markets in a disruptive era (2024)
  

https://www.create-research-uk.com/