Martin Pasek, MBA

PARTNER, INVESTMENT BANKING

Martin is a strategic finance professional with over 30 years of experience in investment banking and senior finance / CFO roles in corporates, financial institutions, and public sector organizations. 

He is currently an Executive Director of Finance in NEOM, the world’s largest infrastructure development project building six geographic regions and 14 industry sectors, funded by the Sovereign Wealth Fund (PIF) of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

He previously served in Director, Founder, Advisor, CFO, and investor roles for a number of early-stage tech ventures. Martin has a unique perspective in understanding how organizations can innovate, finance, scale and compete on a global basis. He is active in companies across construction, infrastructure, real estate, FinTech, BioTech, healthcare, enterprise IT, media and entertainment, and more. 

Martin worked for 20 years in investment banking roles for JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse and VTB Capital where he held senior global roles  structuring financing transactions across private and public markets.

Martin holds an MBA from Western University’s Ivey Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary.

Background Snapshot

NEOM, Executive Director, Finance (2022 – present)
APPIX Technologies, Board Director (2019 – present)
Diality, Board Director (2018 – present)
Finstripe, Founder and Board Director (2015 – present)
Ajilan & Bros Holding Group, Group Chief Financial Officer (2020 – 2021)
Pebble Labs, Co-Founder (2016 – 2018)
VTB Capital, Managing Director (2007 – 2014)
Credit Suisse, Director (2005 – 2007)
J.P. Morgan, Vice President (1997 – 2003)
EBRD, Associate (1994 – 1997)

Expertise

Martin specializes in advising and arranging debt and equity capital for companies across their life cycles. He also has a unique perspective on corporate financial operations across strategic financial planning, budgeting, and performance analysis which allows him to add significant contributions to value creation for portfolio companies.