Nadav Livni
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Founder & Managing Director
London, GB
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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Biography
Nadav Livni is a seasoned investment professional and board-level executive with over 25 years of experience in alternative investments, financial restructuring, and complex strategic transactions totalling over $150 billion across Europe, UK, Africa and the US.
His expertise includes research-led investment strategies, product structuring, regulatory, risk management, investor relations, and developing long-term capital partnerships. Nadav has experience in financial services, healthcare, transportation, energy, mining, digital infrastructure, hospitality, and commercial real estate.
Before founding an international alternative asset management and strategic advisory firm, Nadav was Vice President at Deutsche Bank in the Investment Banking Division, advising multinational companies, sovereign wealth funds, private equity sponsors, and structured credit funds. Earlier in his career, Nadav was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and a chartered accountant at KPMG.
Nadav has served as a principal investor and trusted adviser to a select group of high-profile stakeholders, including governments on bond issuances, sovereign wealth fund structures and public-private partnerships. His experience also includes advising private equity funds, controlling shareholders, and entrepreneurs on strategic and financing matters.
He has served as an independent director of publicly listed companies, including LSE-listed Plaza Centres and NASDAQ-listed Elbit Imaging Ltd. Nadav speaks on private equity, sovereign wealth funds, and entrepreneurship, has participated in events at London Business School, Saïd Business School, as well as conferences and industry panels. Nadav is dedicated to mentoring emerging leaders, building teams, and supporting educational and community initiatives.
Nadav holds a BCom in Economics, an MSc in Finance and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has completed executive education programmes at Harvard Business School.
The Record
Background
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2007 — 2026
Founder & Managing Director
HVG
At HVG, Nadav led the firm’s investment strategy across asset-backed sectors and capital market advisory to a select group of stakeholders overseeing more than $12 billion of transactions in the UK, Europe, Africa and USA.
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2002 — 2006
Vice President
Deutsche Bank
Nadav held the position of Vice President at Deutsche Bank, within the Investment Banking Division, where he provided strategic advice to multinational corporations, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, and credit funds. His expertise spanned various sectors, including real estate, financial institutions, credit strategies, and asset management. Nadav specialised in structuring intricate cross-border transactions, such as take-privates, private placements, IPOs of asset-backed platforms, sale-and-leasebacks, and portfolio disposals, assisting clients with capital deployment and financial structuring.
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2000 — 2002
Associate
Goldman Sachs
Nadav served as an Associate in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in both London and New York, specialising in financial institutions and principal investments within the Financial Institutions Group, Real Estate, and Debt and Equity Capital Markets teams. His responsibilities included supporting underwriting and direct investments, performing market analysis, aiding in capital structuring, and providing advisory services to clients on cross-border transactions and strategic growth initiatives.
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1998 — 2000
Analyst
Lehman Brothers
At Lehman Brothers, Nadav worked as an Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group, where he specialised in consolidation strategies, capital restructurings, and government privatisations throughout the EMEA region. He delivered financial modelling, market analysis, and strategic insights to assist with intricate restructuring transactions and capital structure decisions for financial institutions and insurance companies.
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1992 — 1997
Assistant Manager
KPMG
At KPMG, Nadav held the position of Assistant Manager (Chartered Accountant) in the financial services and corporate finance sectors in both London and Johannesburg. His responsibilities included conducting audits, preparing financial reports, performing due diligence, and facilitating cross-border mergers and acquisitions for prominent financial institutions. Additionally, he developed and delivered internal training programmes and participated in secondments with international financial organisations, enhancing his knowledge in corporate governance and financial management.
Formative Years
Education
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Bayes Business School, City, University of London
MSc | Finance, Economics, Accounting & Statistics
1998 — 1999
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University of the Witwatersrand
BCom | Finance, Accounting & Economics
1991 — 1994
Areas Of Focus