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The Team

Our team brings decades of global investment, advisory, and consulting experience from top-tier firms. We blend rigor, entrepreneurial spirit, and cross-border expertise, backed by strong networks across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. At Alchemy, we don’t just advise—we build, invest, and operate with our partners to drive transformative growth.

About Us

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MATTIA TOMBA

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Managing Partner, Dubai

  • Founding Partner, Alchemy Capital Solutions.

  • Founder and Managing Partner, The PIO, a global investment firm.

  • Investment Manager, Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund (private equity and public markets).

  • Portfolio & Investment Management, Goldman Sachs Whitehall Funds.

  • Private Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch.

  • Senior Research Fellow, Middle East Institute at NUS.

  • Advisory Council, SOVNET at Fletcher School.

  • Education: MIA, Fletcher School (Tufts); BBA, Bocconi & Sciences Po.

  • Languages: Italian, English, French.

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MARCO BREU

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Managing Partner, Singapore

  • Founding Partner, Alchemy Capital Solutions.

  • Founder & Chairman, Orionis Capital – VC and advisory firm investing in 20+ startups across Southeast Asia and beyond.

  • Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company – 25+ years in management consulting.

  • Founder of VeDeDi – Southeast Asia’s first independent Single Malt Whisky Distillery.

  • Chairman, Vietcetera Media Company Vietnam.

  • Visiting Professor of Business Management, Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan.

  • Co-founder, Mekong Business Challenge – a not-for-profit entrepreneurship program.

  • Early career in Asset Management, Switzerland.

  • Education: Masters in Economics from University of Bern (Switzerland) and Strathclyde University (UK).

  • Languages: German, English, French.

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STEVE WASSERMAN

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Managing Partner, New York

  • Founding Partner, Alchemy Capital Solutions.

  • Principal, MSP Sports Capital – investment fund focused on professional sports (since 2019).

  • Former Vice Chairman, Roosevelt Investment Group (2018–2021).

  • Former CEO, Seaport Investment Management (2014–2018).

  • Co-founder & Managing Partner, AIC Investment Management.

  • Board Member, byNordic Acquisition Corp. & AIC Investments Acquisition Corp. 1 (SPACs).

  • Senior Advisor to Atalaya Capital (now BlueOwl) – focused on special situations/credit (since 2017).

  • Advisor, BlockWorksGroup – blockchain media & communications.

  • Former Senior Managing Director, Beige Group (2011–2014) – family office investment execution.

  • Licensed attorney with expertise in financial structuring and deal-making.

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Hobart Lee Epstein

Senior Advisor

  • Chair, SF Credit Partners, LLC – JV between Korea Investment & Securities and Stifel Financial, focused on leveraged loans and portfolio management.

  • Former Managing Director & Country Head, Goldman Sachs Korea – executed landmark M&A and capital markets deals.

  • Former Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asian Special Situations Group – managed $1B distressed fund in Korea during the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

  • Established Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) Korea as first Country Manager; earlier built CSFB’s Asian Equity Division in London & Hong Kong, named Best Equity House of the Year (1991).

  • Former Deputy President & COO, Tong Yang Securities (now Yuanta Securities Korea) – led wholesale businesses.

  • Former President & CEO, KTB Securities Co., Ltd. – transformed KTB Network into an investment banking organization.

  • Founder, Lodestone Partners, LLC – cross-border corporate advisory (Korea & U.S.).

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