Martin Somerville
Martin joined Bluewater in 2013 and has 20 years of private equity and M&A experience in the energy sector. Prior to joining Bluewater, he held senior roles at HitecVision, KPMG and RBC Capital Markets. Martin has leadership responsibilities on deals from origination, through execution, portfolio management and exit. He has a focus on companies within […]
Salil Oberoi
Salil joined Bluewater in 2013 and has more than 15 years of experience in the Energy and Industrials sector. Salil’s key responsibilities include origination, execution and portfolio management. He has a focus on companies within the energy and industrial manufacturing and technology segments. Salil was previously a Director in the Corporate Finance division at Ruspetro […]
Maral Sivzattian
Prior to joining Bluewater, Maral worked at Mubadala Capital where she led direct and fund investments into global asset managers and businesses looking to scale into the Middle East. She previously was a Vice President at Samena Capital, focusing on private equity investments in emerging markets under the firm’s Special Situation Funds. Maral started her […]
Farhad Abbasov
Farhad joined Bluewater in 2019 and his key responsibilities include deal origination, execution, and portfolio management. He focuses on manufacturing and services companies across energy and industrial sectors. During his time at Bluewater, Farhad has worked on a number of current and realised investments including px Group, CRC Evans, Kent, Galileo Global Technologies, Severn Group, […]
Daniel Badzire-Smith
Daniel joined the Bluewater investment team as a Vice President in 2023 and has responsibilities across all phases of the investment cycle, from the origination, initial screening / assessment of new opportunity and due diligence through to the acquisition and asset management of portfolio companies. Prior to Bluewater, Daniel previously worked at Macquarie, Allianz and […]
Nishant Tare
Nish joined Bluewater in May 2025 and is involved in all phases of the investment cycle, from initial assessment and due diligence to deal execution and portfolio company management. Prior to joining Bluewater, Nish was a Vice President in the Corporate Private Equity Investment team at Lone Star Funds, focusing on European investments in the […]
Joe Dipre
Joe joined Bluewater in March 2022 and is involved in all phases of the investment cycle, from initial assessment and due diligence to deal execution and portfolio company management. Prior to joining Bluewater, Joe worked on the investment team at Graham Partners private equity fund, focusing on industrial technology and advanced manufacturing investments in the […]
Kayra Sıla Özalp
Kayra joined Bluewater in June 2022 and is involved in all phases of the investment cycle, from initial assessment and due diligence to deal execution and portfolio company monitoring. During her time at Bluewater, she has contributed to several ongoing investments, including Excellence Logging, Authentix, Jernbro, and 3t. Before joining Bluewater, Kayra worked as an […]
Aakanksha Mohan
Aakanksha joined Bluewater in May 2024 and is actively involved in every stage of the investment cycle. Her role encompasses the initial assessment, conducting due diligence, executing deals, and managing portfolio companies across the energy and industrial sectors. Prior to joining Bluewater, Aakanksha worked at Bank of America in London where she was part of […]
Henry Fanti
Henry joined Bluewater in 2024 and his responsibilities include assessment of new opportunities, financial modelling, due diligence and portfolio company monitoring. Prior to Bluewater, Henry worked at Barclays in London in the EMEA Industrials and Services group where he worked on a range of clients and transactions across various subsectors. Henry holds a bachelors degree […]
Tom Sikorski
Tom co-founded Bluewater in 2011. Tom’s responsibilities range from deal origination and structuring to execution, monitoring and exit strategy evaluation. Tom is involved in investment activities throughout the entire energy industry, with particular expertise in industrial manufacturing and service, energy transition and storage and logistics. Before Bluewater, Tom served as Managing Director and, from 2006, […]