Alaco

Amy Lashinsky

CEO and Co-Founder
of Alaco

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Amy is the CEO and co-founder of Alaco, a business intelligence firm acquired by Sigma7. Amy trained on Wall Street as a securities analyst before joining Kroll to set up its first overseas office in London, where she became the managing director of its business intelligence unit.

Amy is also an independent non-executive director of FTSE 250 Company Energean Oil and Gas plc and a trustee of the Rathbones Folio Prize.

Ambrose Carey

Co-Founder and Director of Alaco

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Ambrose co-founded Alaco in 2002 alongside his long-term business partner and colleague, Amy Lashinsky.

His clients include banks, corporations, law firms and private investors, with whom he works on a full range of issues, from due diligence to fraud investigations. Ambrose has been involved in some of the most high-profile asset tracing cases of the past few decades, bringing an exceptional level of experience and expertise to the Sigma7 team.

Oliver Gorton

Director, Transaction Advisory

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Oliver Gorton joined Alaco in 2006 and co-heads our Transactions Advisory Practice.  He works with clients across a broad range of due diligence and litigation support investigations in both developed and emerging markets.  He has extensive experience of pre-transaction due diligence, managing longstanding relationships with leading investment banks, supporting their capital markets, M&A and private banking teams.  He has led many multi-jurisdictional dispute-related assignments for in-house counsel, involving asset tracing and fraud investigations.  His broad international footprint includes regular work in Russia and the CIS, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the Far East.  He speaks Spanish and French.

Prior to Alaco, Oliver worked for twelve years in client-facing research roles, firstly at a major international headhunting firm and then for a specialist research consultancy.  He has a degree in Modern Languages from the University of Cambridge.

Nikos Asimakopoulos

Director, Disputes Advisory

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Nikos Asimakopoulos joined Alaco in 2008.  He focuses on dispute-related assignments on behalf of law firms and their clients, working internationally.  He has developed specific expertise in the extractive industries, particularly in Russia, Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.  Nikos holds a BSc and an MSc in Economics from the universities of York and Bath, respectively.  He speaks Greek and Russian.

Lindsay Hufton

Director of Operations

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Lindsay Hufton joined Alaco in 2013, having previously worked in management consultancy and for a leading investment bank.  She manages due diligence projects and investigations around the world predominantly for financial sector clients, whilst also overseeing Alaco’s internal resourcing and operations.  Lindsay received a first class BA and an MSc in Biochemistry from St John’s College, Cambridge, and an MA in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.  She speaks Russian.

Jonny Melliss

Associate Director

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Jonny joined Alaco in 2013.  He has worked on a range of pre-transaction due diligence assignments and complex investigations across the CIS, Eastern Europe and Africa.  Before joining Alaco, Jonny worked in recruitment and investor relations.  He holds an MA from the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies and a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge.  He speaks French, Russian, Ukrainian and conversational Greek.

Richard Ankerson

Associate Director

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Richard joined Alaco in 2011. He has managed a range of complex corporate investigations, pre-transaction business intelligence assignments and litigation support cases, and other projects in the spaces where these intersect, often with a focus on countries in Latin America, where he has a strong understanding of investment and political issues. Prior to joining Alaco, Richard spent a year at an asset management firm in the City. He holds a MA in Religious Studies from Edinburgh University and speaks Spanish.

Nicolae Reutoi

Associate Director

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Nicolae Reutoi joined Alaco in 2014.  His portfolio of work includes complex litigation support investigations and asset recovery assignments.  Nicolae is regularly engaged in managing projects in the broader FSU region, including Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia, and he also oversees Alaco’s work in Romania and Moldova, where he has particular expertise.  He holds an MA in International Relations from King’s College London and a BSc in Business and Russian from Trinity College Dublin.