Welcome to AWR Lloyd
Strategy consulting and M&A advisory across Asia‑Pacific and the Middle East since 2000.
Specialised theme
Planning capital for AI-era demand and a decarbonising grid.
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Strategies and capital structures that hold up when conditions turn.
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Working both ends of the capital flowing between Asia and the Gulf.
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26
Years advising in Asia-Pacific
Since February 2000
500+
Assignments
Strategy, M&A and industry research
100+
Clients
Corporates, governments and investors
Recognised by
9th fastest-growing consulting firm in Asia‑Pacific
High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2024
Financial Times / Statista · 2024
Top 10 consulting firms in Asia‑Pacific
Vault Consulting 2024
Vault · 2024
#1 Women
Vault Asia‑Pacific · 2023
#1 Minorities
Vault Asia‑Pacific · 2023
#3 Diversity
Vault Asia‑Pacific · 2024
#4 Innovation
Vault Asia‑Pacific · 2024
World's Best Management Consulting FirmsPlaceholder
Forbes / Statista · 2025
Top Consulting Firms in the Middle EastPlaceholder
Consultancy-me.com · 2025
Top Consulting Firms in AsiaPlaceholder
Consultancy.asia · 2025
Client stories
We advised Banpu on a group restructuring and amalgamation designed to simplify the corporate structure, improve capital allocation and governance, and create a more flexible platform for future growth.
Learn how we helped“The firm has helped us to think about our strategy in terms of shareholder value and has worked with us to improve our investor relations program… Since 2000, Banpu has been able to achieve strong and sustainable share price growth.”
Our Abu Dhabi team works on both ends of the capital flowing between Asia and the Gulf. A published client story from the region will appear here.
Talk to our Gulf team
ADB's borrowers needed a way to evaluate and procure digital twin technology for infrastructure, where pilots rarely scaled beyond a single asset. We advised on the staged roadmap the bank published as practical guidance — now its reference point for building digital twins into investment due diligence.
Our strategy consulting workInsights
Industrial estates are shifting from selling land once to integrating infrastructure — with power and utilities, contracted over many years, becoming the core of the business.
Read the insight
Globalscope member
AWR Lloyd is a member of Globalscope, a network of independent M&A advisers founded in 1987. It puts buyers, sellers and investors on every continent within reach of our clients.
$33.4bn
Total transaction value
in 2025
206
Transactions closed
in 2025
57
Independent member firms
Worldwide
49
Countries
Across six continents
Source: Globalscope Partners, 2025 figures.
News
A veteran of three decades in Middle East and Africa investment banking now leads our Gulf joint venture with Siraj Holding.
A combination with the regional business of Mediterranean Corporate Finance, a fellow Globalscope member, builds on our Abu Dhabi launch.
Transaction advisory on the joint venture behind one of the region's landmark cross-border rail projects.
Our leadership
Since February 2000 we have advised corporates, governments and investors across Asia-Pacific — and, increasingly, the Middle East and Africa.
“Asia is our home, we take the long view.”
Alexander Wood
Group CEO
Ashreya Shrestha
Chief Operating Officer and Head of Sustainability & Resiliency
Krzysztof Tokarz
Chief Intelligence Officer
Vivek Mantri
Group Managing Director
Tuong Thi Thu Hanh
Managing Director - Vietnam & North Asia
Nadda Trisrisupa
Group Managing Director – Corporate Development
Nicolas Ponset
Managing Director, Sustainability
Charaka Sumanasekara
Managing Director - South Asia, Middle East and Africa
Ian Chriswanto
Managing Director - Indonesia
Akash Mirchandani
Director
Careers
A rare mix of investment banking and strategy consulting work, across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
We look for people who share our habits of continuous self-improvement, intellectual curiosity, initiative and accountability — and who want their work held to the standard of the world's leading strategy and investment banking firms.
career@awrlloyd.comWhere we work
Our teams are based in Bangkok, Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai, and advise clients from Africa and the Middle East across Asia to Australasia.
Local time --:--UTC+7
87/1 All Seasons Place, Capital Tower, 26th Floor, Witthayu Rd., Lumpinee, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, ThailandLocal time --:--UTC+4
Office 1401 (14th Floor), Al Otaiba Tower, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Street, 610 Al Danah, Sector E3, Abu Dhabi 22214, UAELocal time --:--UTC+7
Graha CIMB Niaga, 25th Floor, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav.58, Jakarta 12190, IndonesiaLocal time --:--UTC+7
Unit 1701, 17th Floor, Saigon Riverside Office Center, 2A-4A Ton Duc Thang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamLocal time --:--UTC+5:30
DBS Business Center, 213 Raheja Chambers, 2nd Floor, Free Press Journal Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021, IndiaRegistered companies (not staffed offices) in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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