Senior people, close to the work. — Capmark Advisory

Senior people, close to the work.

Capmark Advisory is a management and technology consulting firm for financial institutions and energy markets. Our senior practitioners bring specialist expertise, market perspective and delivery experience to the problems our clients need to solve.

Capmark Advisory, who we are

Who we are

Built around the problem.

We build the team around what the client needs to solve.

That may require deep subject-matter expertise, strategic advice, technology capability or delivery leadership — often a combination of them.

Senior practitioners remain directly involved, bringing in specialist capability where the work requires it rather than handing the engagement down once it begins.

Clients get experienced judgement close to the problem and clear accountability for what happens next.

Market perspective

Experience from different markets matters.

Our practitioners bring experience from leading institutions and financial markets in the UK and Australia.

That gives clients a broader view of how similar problems are being approached, where market practice is moving and what may be relevant to their own business.

We combine that perspective with the specialist expertise to assess what is appropriate for the client — and the delivery capability to put it into practice.

Our team

People who have done the work.

Our practitioners have worked inside and alongside major financial institutions and energy businesses. They bring specialist knowledge and practical experience of the markets, systems and business problems our clients are dealing with.

Sam Butt

Sam Butt

Founding Partner

Works with financial institutions on complex change across markets, technology and transformation, bringing experience from both industry and consulting to shape the response and oversee delivery.

Sam founded Capmark's consulting practice in London and has worked across capital markets, electronic trading, regulatory change and transformation for major financial institutions in the UK and Australia. He leads key client relationships and remains involved in shaping and overseeing Capmark engagements.

Umr Rasheed

Umr Rasheed

Managing Principal

Helps banks, wealth managers and energy companies make technology decisions that hold up in production, from solution design through build, testing and go-live

Technology and engineering specialist with more than twenty years across banking, wealth management and energy, including roles at ANZ and AGL. He helps clients make technology decisions that hold up in production, from solution design through build, testing and go-live.

Matthew Thomas

Matthew Thomas

Managing Principal

Works with institutions on problems that cross the front office, operations, technology and finance, risk and compliance functions, turning analysis into solutions they can implement

Senior adviser with more than 25 years across banking and financial services, with roles at Macquarie, Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered. He partners with executives to translate strategy into practical, implementable outcomes across regulatory change, risk and finance transformation.

Ian Burt

Ian Burt

Managing Principal

Treasury, finance and product control transformation for banks and asset managers, from platform and operating-model change to the P&L and financial-statement controls a board can rely on

Leads treasury, finance and product control transformation, with more than twenty years across banking and asset management, including senior roles at Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and NAB. He delivers the operating model, processes, systems and controls behind the P&L, balance sheet and financial statements.

John Chan

John Chan

Managing Principal

Helps banks rebuild the finance and product control processes, data and controls behind the daily P&L and balance sheet, so finance keeps pace with the business it supports

Finance and product control transformation specialist with a background inside bank finance functions, having previously worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He works with finance and product control teams to redesign the processes, data and controls behind the daily P&L and balance sheet — closing gaps between the front office and finance, and rebuilding control environments where they need to scale or move to new platforms.

Where we work

London. Sydney. Melbourne.

Capmark was founded in London in 2012 and today operates from London, Sydney and Melbourne.

Our presence across the UK and Australia keeps our practitioners connected to different markets, institutions and approaches — perspective we bring into our client work.

Get in touch

Talk to us about what you need to change.

Your first conversation is with a senior practitioner who can understand the problem, bring a relevant market perspective and help determine the right response.