Meet the team

Leadership
Team

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Chris Sullivan

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Managing Director / Sales

Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan is the Founder and Managing Director of ECM Group, a London-based capital raising and strategic advisory firm helping fund managers, UCITS platforms and financial technology companies raise capital across the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Europe.

Chris has supported hedge funds, UCITS managers, private equity firms and alternative investment managers, helping raise billions of dollars with various sales teams in assets under his management since 2009. His expertise includes Irish UCITS fund structures, European fund distribution, institutional fundraising and connecting fund managers with family offices, private banks and professional investors.

Chris is also the founder of HEDJIT™, an AI-powered SaaS platform designed for the Irish UCITS industry. HEDJIT DNA helps fund managers reduce operational costs, improve fund efficiency and lower Total Expense Ratios (TER) through secure, data-driven operational intelligence with a digital twin interface.

A native New Yorker born in Greenwich Village, Chris has lived in London for over 20 years and holds U.S., Swiss and Irish citizenship, bringing a unique international perspective to European capital markets and investment management.

Haresh Balani

02

CFO / Analyst

Haresh Balani

Haresh has long experience managing both mutual and hedge funds. He has worked at top institutions including JF/JP Morgan, Allianz Dresdner Thornton, Global Asset Management, Bessent Capital, and Cheyne Capital.

His primary focus was pan-Asian equities managing $8bn in AUM for the portfolio. More recently, he has been managing his own wealth covering global equity markets.

Some of the funds he has been involved with have been ranked #1 or in the top quartile in their category and he has earned 2 Lipper Awards.

Today, Haresh leads ECM's product origination — building a premier pipeline of future investors across our UCITS funds, hedge funds, private equity, and fintech offerings.

He has worked in Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York and London. He holds a B.Sc. in Finance from the Wharton School. Haresh has resided in London for many years with his family and is of Japanese/Indian descent.

Henry Levy

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COO / Finance

Henry Levy

Henry was born into a private banking family and film production world. He graduated with a Joint Maths and Physics degree at Bristol University, then qualified as a CIMA, working in the manufacturing/distribution industry.

He subsequently worked in a variety of sectors including venture capital and capital raising for hedge funds with our team.

The last 10 years have been focused on supporting ECM on all its administrative, financial, and tax matters.

Henry is a British citizen and lives with his family outside of London.

Caitlin Hafer

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CMO / Product Designer

Caitlin Hafer

Caitlin works with companies and clients to better understand their customers' needs and design messaging and products to meet them.

With a background in analytics-driven marketing, she has worked with companies from new start-ups to industry leaders.

She has worked with ECM over the past few years making sure our company and clients are presenting the best vision and message to our investors, using digital marketing and anything SaaS or cloud-driven.

Caitlin is co-founder of "What The Hack" and a former ballet and modern dancer. She is American and resides in Dublin, Ireland and London.

Manjit Ahir

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Senior Consultant

Manjit Ahir

Manjit is a strategic change leader helping blockchain and stablecoin startups scale from concept to fully operational businesses. With 20+ years in fintech, global markets, and digital transformation, he blends enterprise discipline with startup speed.

He builds operating models, governance, and delivery structures that let fast-growth teams move quickly while staying in control. His experience spans regulatory programmes, IT simplification, vendor strategy, and digital product launches across Tier 1 banks and emerging fintechs.

Focused on UCITS funds and Fintech, Manjit helps founders align strategy with execution, streamline decisions, and embed scalable, compliant processes from day one — balancing innovation with regulatory readiness and operational resilience.

He resides in London, England.