Christopher Stainforth is an Investment Banker with over 40 years of experience in the City.
He is the Founder and Director of AuRER, a minerals company which processes nanoparticles of gold, sourced from its own property in the USA. He is Founder and Chairman of Asset Time Invest, which develops student accommodation in Spain and Portugal. Christopher is also Founder and Chairman of ESM, which is involved in equity release for short leases.
During his career, Christopher has advised hundreds of businesses on a broad range of transactions across the whole spectrum of industrial and financial sectors. He has helped to create a number of companies and has been Chairman or Director of 20 or more small to medium-sized firms. Many of these have had to be nursed through either a recovery or a growth phase and the majority were either quoted or backed by institutional investors.
Christopher was Chief Executive of Durlacher plc between 2002 and 2004, where he rescued and turned the firm around to create an investment bank catering to small and mid-cap corporations.
He served seven years with Guinness Mahon as Head of Corporate Finance until 1999, after spending six years at UBS Phillips & Drew as Managing Director of UK Corporate Finance.
In his early career, Christopher qualified as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now KPMG) where he worked for eight years before joining Henry Schroder Wagg Ltd to work on Corporate Finance.
Christopher Stainforth’s Background
AuRER
Founder & Director
2013 - Present
London, UK
AuRER is a minerals processing business, which processes nanoparticles of gold from its own property in the USA.
Asset Time Invest Ltd
Founder & Chairman
2017 - Present
London, UK
Asset Time Invest creates real estate assets in the UK & western Europe on behalf of funds and investor groups across all sectors.
ESM LLP
Founder & Chairman
2015 - Present
London, UK
ESM LLP is an equity release business for short leases, based in London.
Libertas Partners LLP
Chairman
2011 - 2013
London, UK
Libertas Partners is the successor business to the London operations of the former Libertas Capital Group, acquired by its management from administrators in 2009. They are an AIM Nomad and broker, focusing on private and public financings for small and mid-cap international businesses.
Ermgassen & Co is a leading independent European investment banking firm focussed on cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance advisory services.
Saphire Finance
Partner
2004 - 2008
London, UK
Saphire Finance Llp was a specialist international corporate finance firm, offering merger & acquisition, private placement & restructuring advisory services.
Ermgassen & Co, a leading independent European investment banking firm focussed on cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance advisory services.
The Chapels as places of worship are governed by The HM Tower of London Chapels Royal Foundation. The Foundation was constituted jointly by the Lord Chamberlain on behalf of The Queen, the Constable of the Tower of London and the Bishop of London in his capacity as Dean of the Chapels Royal.
IPR Events London Ltd create and organis intelligent B2B events, delivering unique platforms for dynamic networking, knowledge exchange, open debates and genuine new business for many world leading brands.
Imperial Music & Media Plc is a company established as an investment vehicle to seek out opportunities in the music & media markets, both in talent development & property acquisition.
