Daniel Jacoel

Daniel Jacoel’s Biography

Daniel Jacoel is the Founder of Sino International Capital Group (SICG), a specialist strategic advisory and investment firm based in China. SICG focuses on 3 activities:

1. Strategic Advisory
SICG acts as a Senior Advisor to leading medium and large companies in respect of their China business, assisting in areas such as market entry, business development and government relations.

2. Capital Introduction
SICG works with medium and large corporates and funds that are looking to raise capital from Asia and/or sell part or all of their business to an Asian entity. SICG has well-established relationships with high-quality family offices, sponsors, sovereign wealth funds and corporates in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.

3. Principal Investments
SICG invests in early stage (Oakview Ventures) and later stage (Oakview Capital) companies in the UK, US and mainland Europe. Oakview Ventures and Oakview Capital are sector and geography agnostic but favour companies with a strong China synergy that they can assist post-investment. In most cases, Oakview Ventures and Oakview... Daniel Jacoel is the Founder of Sino International Capital Group (SICG), a specialist strategic advisory and investment firm based in China. SICG focuses on 3 activities:

1. Strategic Advisory
SICG acts as a Senior Advisor to leading medium and large companies in respect of their China business, assisting in areas such as market entry, business development and government relations.

2. Capital Introduction
SICG works with medium and large corporates and funds that are looking to raise capital from Asia and/or sell part or all of their business to an Asian entity. SICG has well-established relationships with high-quality family offices, sponsors, sovereign wealth funds and corporates in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.

3. Principal Investments
SICG invests in early stage (Oakview Ventures) and later stage (Oakview Capital) companies in the UK, US and mainland Europe. Oakview Ventures and Oakview Capital are sector and geography agnostic but favour companies with a strong China synergy that they can assist post-investment. In most cases, Oakview Ventures and Oakview Capital invest alongside a select handful of leading family offices.

Prior to founding SICG, Daniel worked at Standard Chartered in Beijing, was Head of Kaupthing, Singer & Friedlander’s China Team in London and was a Co-Founder & Equity Partner of Akur Partners and Head of their China Business Services division.

Daniel founded the 48 Group Club Young Icebreakers, a network of business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors dedicated to promoting positive, mutually beneficial trade and investment relations between the UK and China.

He sits on the Board of several charities that are important to him. Current and former roles include the Community Security Trust (CST) Real Estate & Finance Committee and The Yehudi Menuhin School's International Advisory Board.

Daniel graduated with a BA (Hons) in Modern & Classical Chinese from SOAS, University of London. more less

Daniel Jacoel’s Background

Sino International Capital Group

Founder

Jun 2010 - Present

Beijing, CN

Founded by Daniel in 2010, Sino International Capital Group is a specialist investment and advisory firm with offices in Beijing and London. SICG assists international companies with their China operations.

Akur Capital

Co-Founder, Equity Partner & Head of China Business Services

2008 - 2010

London, UK

Akur Capital, based in London, is a capital markets advisory firm. Their services include IPO assistance, M&A, strategic advice, and asset management. Daniel was an Equity Partner at the firm and Head of China Business Services.

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Daniel Jacoel’s Gallery

Daniel Jacoel and Shimon Peres, the 9th President of Israel, in 2015.

Daniel Jacoel met UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson in 2013 when Johnson was Mayor of London.

Daniel Jacoel with UK's former Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang, with Daniel Jacoel, Chairman of Young Icebreakers UK in 2011

Daniel Jacoel greeting China's Premier, Li Keqiang, in 2014.

Media

Quickfire Q&A with Daniel Jacoel

Sep 2022

Daniel Jacoel is interviewed in Family Office Global magazine, a Global Partnership Family Offices publication (see back page).

In the family way

Dec 2019

London, UK

Daniel is quoted in this feature by Savills on family offices in which they ask what they're buying, how they invest, and what their connection is to real estate.

Charitable Interests

CST

Member of the Finance / Real Estate Committee

The charity Community Security Trust (CST) is dedicated to defending British Jews against antisemitism. Granted charitable status in 1994, CST advises and trains Jewish organisations, synagogues and schools on security issues and helps protect more than 650 Jewish community buildings and 1,000 events every year.