Nick Lawson

Nick previously worked for Deutsche Bank where he built and ran the world’s most profitable merger arbitrage and special situations platform. In 2015 he joined the $6bn multi-strategy hedge fund Arrowgrass Capital LLP as a Partner and Head of Strategic Capital. In 2019 he set up his own specialist boutique Ocean Wall Ltd. Ocean Wall specializes in niche alternatives and in 2020 was rated ‘Best niche alternative advisory firm’ by HFM, the global hedge fund magazine. Nick is the Founding Chair of the ALMT, a £6m regranting children’s charity with over 140 projects that he set up in 2006. More recently Nick has worked with the Home Office around county lines & knife crime. He has also been a trustee of Afghan Connection and Unlocking Potential as well as serving as an ambassador for Afrikids.