High
quality
Client
focused
Unbiaised
Advice
Independent
Thinking
Conflict
free
Unwavering commitment to deliver world-class strategic and tactical advice
Headquartered in London, HEKA Advisors is focused on a selected number of clients globally.
We believe in long-term relationships, ensuring best advice and innovative solutions.
Passion, trust and integrity at heart.
Core Values
Client Focused
A thoughtful, bespoke approach to our clients’ needs, focusing on long term shareholder value creation.
We only work with a select number of well established and long term clients.
Unbiased Advice
Everything we do is underpinned by integrity, passion and long standing expertise.
We provide thoughtful, independent and conflict free advice
Independent Thinking
With several decades of strategic advice experience, we deliver tailor made and innovative solutions. Unique industry insight and understanding.
“We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.”
– Edmund Burke
The team
Alex Blanchard
Founding Partner
Alex.blanchard@heka-advisors.com
Alex has over 25 years of strategic and M&A advisory experience. After having started his career in Paris in the late 90s, he moved to London in 1999 and joined UBS Investment Bank.
He progressively became responsible for the coverage globally of Basic Materials companies in the Industrial space, establishing one of the leading investment banking franchises.
He then joined CRH plc in 2017, one the largest building materials company globally, where he was responsible for the development origination of the Group and a senior advisor to the Executive Committee.
Skills across public and private M&A, IPOs, capital markets activity, corporate and portfolio management. Mix of coverage of the largest corporates in the Building Materials, Paper/Packaging and Steel industries as well as Private Equity firms in Europe and the US.
Cyrus Shabi
Partner
Cyrus.shabi@heka-advisors.com
Cyrus was most recently a Managing Director and global co-head of the Building Materials Investment Banking franchise at Citigroup, where he worked for almost 30 years.
The vast majority of his time was spent on serving clients primarily focused in the building materials sector, where he advised on some of the largest and industry defining transactions.
Prior to that, he held a number of other investment banking roles at Citigroup including head of EMEA basic materials and head of EMEA industrials. Before joining Citigroup, he qualified as a chartered accountant.
Skills across public and private M&A, joint ventures, carve-outs, spin offs, IPOs and debt and equity markets activity. Mix of coverage focused on the largest and most dynamic building materials companies globally.
Contact us
contact@heka-advisors.com