Mentor
Robin Saunders
Overview
Robin Saunders is a founding partner of Clearbrook and its Chief Investment Officer, with more than 25 years’ experience leading and managing investments across Europe, the US and the Middle East. Over the course of her career, she has been responsible for investments and related managed assets in excess of $13bn, and is recognised for combining rigorous capital markets discipline with a strong commercial instinct for value creation and risk management.
Robin began her career at Northern Trust in Chicago before moving into senior roles at Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Westdeutsche Landesbank, specialising in capital markets and principal finance. This early grounding in structured finance and complex transactions underpins her later work as an investor, where she has led deals across multiple sectors, ownership models and jurisdictions.
She currently serves as Chair of Hawk Group SA and as Senior Director at Quarterhill Inc., and has held a wide range of board positions spanning infrastructure, consumer, regulated utilities, financial services and media. Her previous directorships include Formula One Holdings, Pubmaster, BHS, Whyte & Mackay, Odeon Cinemas, Mid Kent Water, Harbourmaster Capital Management, All Services Group, the UK Office of the Rail Regulator, Seamless Distribution AB and other private and public companies. Across these roles, she has worked closely with founders, families, private equity sponsors and public market investors, often in situations involving growth, restructuring or strategic repositioning.
Alongside her board and investment work, Robin is actively engaged in education and transatlantic exchange. She is a Visiting Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, a mentor at the Oxford Foundry, a Governor of the British Film Institute and a Commissioner of the Fulbright Commission.
Robin brings deep cross-sector expertise in:
• Private equity, principal investing & asset management – originating, structuring and managing multi-billion-dollar portfolios.
• Capital markets, structured finance & risk management – senior banking roles across leading global institutions.
• Infrastructure, utilities & regulated industries – oversight of transport, water and regulatory bodies in the UK and internationally.
• Education, mentoring & international exchange – advisory and mentoring roles at Oxford, the BFI and the Fulbright Commission.
She brings a strong commitment to developing the next generation of leaders and to widening access to opportunity across sectors and geographies.
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Clearbrook Capital Partners LLP
Managing Partner and Founder
Hawk Group SA
Chair
Cashbox plc
Chair
Eclipse Scientific Group Ltd
Founder and Non-Executive Director
Other Career Highlights:
Quarterhill Inc
Independent Director
Clearbrook Scotland GP Ltd
Non-Executive Director
Blackstone Ireland Ltd
Non-Executive Director
Quarterhill Inc
Independent Director
Principal Finance Group
Managing Director
Portigon AG (formerly WestLB AG)
Regional Managing Director - Principal Finance Unit
Fulbright Commission
Commissioner
Office of Rail and Road
Director (Non-Board)
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