Michael Whealon

Managing Director

KingsRock Advisors

London, UK

Michael Whealon’s Biography

Michael is a Managing Director at KingsRock Advisors LLC, a global investment banking firm, focusing on private capital markets, financial sponsors, corporate finance advisory, private equity, private credit, and alternative investment opportunities across Europe, Asia and North America.

Michael has more than 25 years of senior investment banking experience, with expertise spanning global private equity, leveraged finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining KingsRock, Michael founded Fox Point Partners LLP in 2009, a global merchant bank specialising in proprietary direct investment opportunities and strategic consulting. During this period, he also held partnership and board positions with several firms, including Vanbridge LLC (a former Stone Point Capital portfolio company, now part of EPIC Insurance), Global Family Partners Limited, Panmure Gordon, where he served as Head of Private Capital Solutions, and Vemi Capital.

Earlier in his career, Michael held senior executive positions at leading financial institutions. These included Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.,... Michael is a Managing Director at KingsRock Advisors LLC, a global investment banking firm, focusing on private capital markets, financial sponsors, corporate finance advisory, private equity, private credit, and alternative investment opportunities across Europe, Asia and North America.

Michael has more than 25 years of senior investment banking experience, with expertise spanning global private equity, leveraged finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining KingsRock, Michael founded Fox Point Partners LLP in 2009, a global merchant bank specialising in proprietary direct investment opportunities and strategic consulting. During this period, he also held partnership and board positions with several firms, including Vanbridge LLC (a former Stone Point Capital portfolio company, now part of EPIC Insurance), Global Family Partners Limited, Panmure Gordon, where he served as Head of Private Capital Solutions, and Vemi Capital.

Earlier in his career, Michael held senior executive positions at leading financial institutions. These included Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., where he served as Managing Director, Global Head of the Telecoms, Media & Technology Industry Practice Group and was an executive member of the firm's Private Equity/M&A Practice (PEMA). He was also Managing Director, Global Head of Telecoms, Media & Technology Investment & Corporate Banking at ING Barings Limited in London, where he served on both the European Management Committee and Investment Committee. Before that, he spent more than a decade with Bear Stearns in New York and London, concluding his tenure as Senior Managing Director and Head of the European Telecoms, Technology & Media Group.

Michael received a BA from Boston College and is an American national from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has been regulated by both the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). READ MORE VIEW LESS

Michael Whealon’s Background

KingsRock Advisors

Managing Director

2026 - Present

London, UK

An independent advisory firm with a global network that provides creative, objective financial and strategic advisory services to a broad range of clients and investors, shadowed by an extensive network of active, high profile independent senior advisors. Deep bench of seasoned investment bankers with strong track record in special situations, private credit and large cap M&A.

KingsRock Advisors

Senior Advisor

2020 - 2025

London, UK

Fox Point Partners LLP

Chairman & Co-Founder (Reincorporated from 2017)

2019 - Present

London, UK

Fox Point Partners began as a discreet, relationship-driven global merchant bank focused on M&A and private capital markets. Core operations now on high profile, strategic consulting, principally focused on ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) family offices, family-owned businesses and alternative investment platforms.

Panmure Gordon

Managing Director & Head of Private Capital Solutions Group

2017 - 2020

London, UK

Michael led “greenfield” development of an independent global private capital markets business for corporations and private equity GP’s, e.g. growth equity, acquisition financing, debt/venture debt, corporate secondaries, private equity fund raisings.

Fox Point Capital Advisors Limited

Founder & Managing Partner

2009 - 2017

London, UK

Highly discreet alternative & principal investment advisory firm. Focused on asset management, corporate M&A, direct private equity investments/co-investments & GP fund seed/acceleration capital placement.

Vanbridge (an EPIC company)

Partner & Managing Director

2009 - 2013

Vanbridge (originally a Stone Point Capital portfolio company), provides bespoke capital solutions and tailored portfolio risk transfer aggregation programs to the alternative asset management industry. Michael was based in London & New York.

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

Managing Director, Global Technology, Media & Telecoms Industry Practice Leader

2006 - 2009

Working out of Marsh & McLennan’s (MMC) London and New York offices, Michael was Head of the Global Telecoms, Media & Technology Industry Practice, an executive member of MMC’s Private Equity/M&A Practice (PEMA), and a member of their Global Leadership Committee.

ING Barings Limited

Managing Director & Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms Investment Banking

2000 - 2006

London, UK

Michael was the Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms Corporate Investment Banking at ING Barings. He was also a member of the European Management Committee, and the Investment Committee for ING Baring’s Client Investment Fund.

Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

Senior Managing Director & Head of European Telecoms & New Media Investment Banking

1990 - 2000

London, UK

During over a decade at Bear Stearns, Michael held various positions including Managing Director of the Structured Debt Capital Markets Group and Head of Canadian Investment Banking. In 1997 he moved to London from New York to set up Bear Stearns’s European investment banking division where he was Head of the European Technology, Media & Telecoms Group.

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Previous Board Positions

Global Family Partners

Partner

2013 - 2016

London, UK

GFP Limited is a multi-family office focused on direct investments & direct family-to-family trade. GFP oversees several of the world's largest family groups providing expert advice, sourcing and managing their direct investments & co-investing with them in targeted industry sectors.

European Credit Management (ECM)

Director & Senior Advisor

2010 - 2011

London, UK

Owned by Wells Fargo Asset Management, the European Credit Management (ECM) was a multi-billion AUM credit manager that offered alternative investment strategies.