Team — Brillwood Capital Advisory

Senior practitioners. Aligned to outcome.

Brillwood is a partnership. Every mandate is led by a partner who has operated, invested, or transacted in the relevant domain — and the team around them is deliberately kept small. Our team is based across the continents — in Dubai, New York, New Delhi, London, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Zurich, Chicago, and South Africa.

Sahil Makker — Managing Partner
Sahil Makker
Managing Partner
Dubai, Seattle, New Delhi
Founded Brillwood Capital Advisory after 14+ years across senior management consulting and technology entrepreneurship. Previously at Booz Allen Hamilton and Delta Partners, with deep work for Fortune 500 banks, insurers, telcos, and SWF assets — including a $125 billion Saudi SWF city master plan and UAE SWF healthcare profitability mandates. Co-founded a venture-backed EdTech startup. INSEAD MBA; Thapar engineering.
Albin Crettol — Venture Advisor
Albin Crettol
Venture Advisor
Zurich
Twenty-plus years across leading investment banks — Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. Has advised on equity, debt, and hybrid capital transactions averaging €6 billion in annual placement volume across investment grade, high yield, emerging markets, IPOs, ABBs, secondaries, and corporate hybrids. Deep relationships across Swiss and global institutional and wealth-management investors. Stanford GSB; College of Europe; Sciences Po.
Hamdan Al Hudaidi — Venture Partner
Hamdan Al Hudaidi
Venture Partner
Dubai
Founder of Perpétuel Gallery (DIFC, London) and renowned horologist across the Middle East, advising global luxury watchmakers and a select base of elite collectors and investors. Serves as Family Office CIO overseeing real estate and land portfolios alongside premium F&B ventures. Previously Director at Sharjah Seaports & Customs, where he led procurement, marketing, and foreign contracts.
Antranik Artinian — Venture Partner
Antranik Artinian
Venture Partner
Chicago
Executive Vice President at an Abu Dhabi-backed Single Family Office investment vehicle. Previously senior associate at Introsight Advisors (Dubai, climate / energy / technology) and analyst at Risk Group, a multi-billion family office in Europe and the Middle East. Has built and exited businesses, with deep operating networks across the consumer and luxury sectors. HEC Paris MSc; Lebanese American University BSc (top 1%).
Bapi Dash — Venture Advisor
Bapi Dash
Venture Advisor
Dubai
Founder of MENAS Global Holdings Diversified Opportunities (ADGM); Partner at Good Human Being Index Fund (US) and Balance Growth Fund (Dubai). Has raised approximately $2 billion across real estate, hospitality, special-economic-zone, and infrastructure mandates spanning the US, Middle East, and South Asia. Deeptech investor across quantum computing, data centres, AI, blockchain, healthtech, and mobility.
Haidar Yahfoufi — Venture Partner
Haidar Yahfoufi
Venture Partner
Toronto
Senior M&A and capital advisor based in Toronto with active reach across North America. Runs the full transaction cycle for Brillwood clients: positioning, materials, investor and buyer targeting, negotiation strategy, diligence coordination, and closing execution. Particular focus on cross-border deal flow between North America and the Gulf, and on private secondaries in the lower middle market. University of Toronto.
Ivan Liutin — Venture Partner
Ivan Liutin
Venture Partner
California
FinTech expert with twenty-plus years bridging traditional banking and blockchain. Has led multiple trading platforms and worked with US banking-compliance authorities on regulatory frameworks. Operates at the intersection of power infrastructure, quantum computing, AI data centres, and sovereign digital currencies, with deep capital relationships across institutional and sovereign-adjacent allocators. Background in Diplomatic Studies and Business Administration.

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