Diversifying the portfolio

Brian Cole

Group Chief Financial Officer
MARCOL
LONDON

Brian Cole joined MARCOL in 2015. Previously he was CFO International Operations at London & Regional Properties. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate investment and corporate finance, including complex cross border transactions, M&A and capital raising. He has held senior finance roles in real estate, private healthcare and retail companies with investments and operations both in the UK and internationally.

Brian heads and controls the Group’s finance function to help MARCOL’s continued growth in real estate, healthcare and venture-capital operations in the UK, Europe and elsewhere.

Rebekah Tobias

Managing Director - Investor Relations & Business Development
MARCOL
London

Rebekah joined MARCOL in September 2019 as Managing Director – Investor Relations and Business Development. Rebekah works closely with the Chairmen, Terence Cole and Mark Steinberg, and the senior management team in the UK and Europe to introduce new business growth opportunities and investor relationships across a diverse range of sectors in private equity and real estate.

Prior to joining MARCOL, Rebekah worked at M7 Real Estate as Divisional Director in the investor relations and capital raising team. Previously, she held various roles at CBRE in New York and London before moving to Cushman & Wakefield as a Partner in the London-based cross border capital markets team with primary responsibility for capital flows from North America into Europe.

Rebekah has over 15 years of real estate experience, she also holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Diego State University, during which time she completed a special study in English Literature at the University of Cambridge. Rebekah is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Pii Ketvel

CEO
MARCOL Europe
LUXEMBOURG

Pii joined MARCOL in 2007 from Clyde & Co, where he had been a partner since 2000, to focus on MARCOL’s acquisitions and existing investments across Europe.

Prior to joining MARCOL, Pii had a particular focus on large ticket cross-border investments in emerging markets, working extensively in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Former Soviet Union and Africa.

In addition to his investment work at MARCOL, Pii is an active start up investor through his family portfolio, and an avid supporter of a number of European initiatives to create growth in Europe. In his native Finland Pii is a founder member of the Start Up Sauna Foundation, which supports SLUSH, the largest non-profit start up event in the world.

As part of his pro bono work, Pii has held a number of leadership positions at the International Bar Association. He is also past board member of the Finnish-British Chamber of Commerce and the Slynn Foundation.

Pii and his family’s charitable work focuses on education and science, both in Europe and outside. Pii is fluent in Finnish, English, Swedish and Italian.

Ed Radkiewicz

CEO
MARCOL Health
London

Ed joined MARCOL in 2015 with more than 25 years’ experience within the health sector across the UK and Europe, the US and North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

Ed has built and managed several international healthcare businesses that included private-equity-backed operations in developed and emerging markets, as well as acquiring and integrating established companies across international regions. The health operations included care delivery, health technology & management, mental health, diagnostics and wellness. Prior to this he worked for the world’s largest healthcare business based out of the US, UnitedHealth Group, where he led their international health services & technology operations ‘Optum’.

At MARCOL Health, Ed brings with him extensive experience in scaling healthcare businesses and helping develop go-to-market strategies across the majority of the healthcare spectrum.

Particular interest in proven businesses that are technology enabled or data-led, where both these capabilities help ensure the expansion of new innovations that can be achieved at scale and are able to be internationalised.

Romain Weber

Investment Director
MARCOL
LONDON

Romain Weber joined MARCOL in November 2019 as Investment Director. Romain supports the investment team in the sourcing and execution of new private equity opportunities. He also advises the existing portfolio companies on strategic corporate finance matters and business development.

Prior to joining MARCOL, Romain worked for a private investment fund involved in public and private markets. Before that, he was an Associate Director in the investment banking division of HSBC where he held various M&A and Corporate Finance advisory roles in London and Dubai.

Romain holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School and is a graduate from Sciences Po Strasbourg in France.

Mark Crowley

Investment Director
MARCOL
London

Mark joined MARCOL Health at the beginning of 2019 as Investment Director supporting the ongoing growth and development of the MARCOL Health Portfolio. Mark’s responsibilities include sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments in high growth companies in the Healthtech sector, as well as providing ongoing support in strategic development, M&A structuring, and monitoring of existing portfolio companies.

Prior to joining MARCOL, Mark worked for a private equity firm focusing on pan-European deals within the technology and healthcare sectors, having formerly worked at PWC as Senior Associate in their Strategy team.

Mark holds a BBS Honors Degree in Business Studies from Trinity College Dublin.