Tony Barnes

Current

• Founder & Managing Partner at Lydden Partners LLC - Seattle, New York, Boston, London, Tokyo [lyddenpartners@gmail.com]

Past

• Co-founder & Managing Partner at Quorum Associates LLC (offices in New York, London, Madrid, Hong Kong, Tokyo)
• Vice President & Partner at Korn/Ferry International (New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul)
• Partner & Director at Carré, Orban & Partners (London)

• Co-founder and Managing Director at The Barnes Partnership London (Frankfurt, Paris, New York and Boston)
• Vice President at JP Morgan
• Managing Director, Banking Division at ICON Limited Merchant Bankers (Nigeria)
• Soda Jerk at The New York Times
• Special Weapons Technician at United States Army (Ordnance Corps)

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Education

• New York University
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• University of California, Berkeley

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

International Affairs

Websites

• Financial Times
• Economist
• Far Eastern Economic Review

Tony Barnes’s Summary

Unique cross-cultural experience in private equity, corporate finance and retained executive search with JP Morgan and Korn/Ferry International in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Extensive early career exposure to emerging markets.

Lydden Partners offers due diligence, human resources and strategy consulting expertise for private equity funds, financial services organizations, multinational businesses and non-profits. We work as one with our clients in designing innovative strategies for their most challenging management issues, especially those arising in M&A, cross-border capital investment, restructuring, broken strategies and turnaround situations.

The partnership has extensive experience gained over many years in managing complex international assignments involving transaction participants from widely different geographies and cultures whose organizations may exhibit confusing tangles of business and geographic reporting lines. Such assignments may require confidential 360° management due diligence to be carried out - within extremely tight time frames - on the track record and reputation of key executives in the context of both their current and former employments.

This challenging task is undertaken by experienced professionals using proven high-end retained executive search sourcing techniques, beginning (but not ending) with confidential in depth interviews with current and former colleagues, board directors, competitors, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners, professional services suppliers, industry experts, securities analysts, investment bankers, financial advisors, business journalists, management consultants, and colleagues from industry associations, community groups and other non-profit organizations.

By definition this work is highly sensitive, exceptionally time intensive, fiercely demanding on clients, and fully priced.

Tony Barnes’s Specialties:

Thirty-five years in global private equity investing and strategic advice. Clients have included early stage and mature businesses, fund sponsors, GPs, LPs, secondaries, placement agents, gatekeepers. Practical experience in fund design, international financing advice, effective reward mechanisms and partner search.

Tony Barnes’s Experience

• Founder & Managing Partner

  Lydden Partners LLC - Seattle, New York, Boston, London, Tokyo [lyddenpartners@gmail.com]

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years)

  Global search and advisory services for private equity funds, financial institutions, corporates, non-profits & NGOs. Twenty years working experience on the ground in Europe, Asia and Africa adds an extra dimension of value for clients.
  
  Selected clients: Asian Development Bank, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital/Lehman, Baring Private Equity Partners, BC Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Caterpillar, Citigroup, Crédit Suisse Private Equity, Daiwa Securities, Deutsche Bank, DFJ Esprit, Fidelity Investments/Fidelity Ventures, GE, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, HSBC, IBM, JP Morgan, Lazard Frères, Levi Strauss, LG Group, Li Ka Shing, McKinsey, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Group, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, Mizuho Group, Morgan Stanley, NM Rothschild, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Nomura/Lehman, Olympus Capital, Occidental Petroleum, Oxford Bioscience Partners, Pictet, Samsung, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS, Warburg Pincus.

• Co-founder & Managing Partner

  Quorum Associates LLC (offices in New York, London, Madrid, Hong Kong, Tokyo)

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1998 — 2005 (7 years)

  Predecessor firm to Lydden Partners. Global search firm with own offices in New York, London, Madrid, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Information in Lydden Partners profile incorporates my experience at Quorum Associates.

• Vice President & Partner

  Korn/Ferry International (New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KFY; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  1978 — 1997 (19 years)

  Invited to join the Korn/Ferry partnership as a senior member of the Financial Services Group in New York. Elected to the Management Committee after three years. Initiated the firm's investment banking and Europe-Middle East financial services/private equity practice in the US and Europe. Originated firm's first cash/equity option fee arrangements for selected private equity clients. Later joined Tokyo-based Asia-Pacific financial services practice serving US and European clients in Asia and Asia-based clients in Europe and the US. Led negotiations with Korean Government to gain approval to open first office in Seoul of any leading international retained executive search firm. During Asia financial crisis led challenging global search assignments for Chairman's Office of LG Group through board level introduction by McKinsey & Company. Principal senior client contact was with Mr. Nam Yong, now CEO of LG Electronics, the Asia market leader in advanced mobile phone technology.

• Partner & Director

  Carré, Orban & Partners (London)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Human Resources industry)

  1992 — 1994 (2 years)

  London office of Brussels-based executive search firm with own offices across Europe and, jointly with Paul R. Ray, in the US and Japan. Carré, Orban merged with Korn/Ferry in 1994.

• Co-founder and Managing Director

  The Barnes Partnership London (Frankfurt, Paris, New York and Boston)

  (Human Resources industry)

  1987 — 1991 (4 years)

  Joined with three British partners to establish London-based retained executive search firm focusing on financial services: especially investment banking, insurance, private equity. Forged alliances with similar partnerships in Frankfurt, Paris, New York and Boston. Firm was cash flow positive three weeks after opening its doors.

• Vice President

  JP Morgan

  (Investment Banking industry)

  1962 — 1978 (16 years)

  Corporate finance and international banking in New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Nigeria. Managed Morgan's business in Northern California. Originated their first private equity investments in Silicon Valley, co-investing with leading private equity firms including Bessemer Venture Partners, Citicorp Venture Capital and Warburg Pincus. Opened the bank's Hong Kong office, Morgan's first presence in non-Japan Asia. Managed the bank’s business in Greater China, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent. Member of the team that laid the groundwork for new businesses and joint ventures in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan. Spent five years with the Middle East/Africa team serving governments, banks, businesses and entrepreneurs in East, West and Southern Africa. Managed the banking division of a Nigerian merchant bank jointly owned by Morgan with British and Nigerian partners (see details below).

• Managing Director, Banking Division

  ICON Limited Merchant Bankers (Nigeria)

  (Banking industry)

  1975 — 1977 (2 years)

  Established corporate finance business for this pioneering Nigerian merchant bank owned by the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank, Nigerian Insurance Company, Baring Brothers (UK) and JP Morgan (USA). ICON was the first Nigerian-controlled bank to attract world class international banks as investors who were willing to collectively hold a minority shareholding. ICON subsequently acquired the valuable local human and financial assets of a major international bank that chose not to remain in Nigeria under those conditions.

• Soda Jerk

  The New York Times

  (Newspapers industry)

  1960 — 1962 (2 years)

  Part-time while at Columbia. One of my most successful jobs. Fortunately I was never asked to write anything for publication, although I lived in hope.
  
  "All the news that's fit to eat!"

• Special Weapons Technician

  United States Army (Ordnance Corps)

  (Military industry)

  1957 — 1959 (2 years)

  Following specialized training at Fort Monmouth, NJ and at Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, was assigned to Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile warhead electronics and mechanical maintenance crew. Secret clearance.

Tony Barnes’s Education

• New York University

  Economics, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Securities Analysis 1965 — 1967

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  BA , Political science, international affairs, Asia studies, Mandarin Chinese , 1956 — 1962

• University of California, Berkeley

  American diplomatic history - US, China, Japan from the 19th century forward - essential grounding 1960 — 1960

Additional Information

Tony Barnes’s Websites:

• Financial Times
• Economist
• Far Eastern Economic Review

Tony Barnes’s Interests:

+ Active in local and national political campaigns since the 1960s: - Co-coordinator - Connecticut, Campaign to Elect Wesley Clark President (2004) - Finance Committee Chair, Campaign to Elect Sean McNally to Congress 3d District CT (2004) + Long-time interest in foreign policy, international affairs (especially Asia and Africa), nuclear non-proliferation and related national security and military issues: - World Affairs Council (Seattle): organized landmark 2008 talk by Ambassador Christopher Hill, US envoy to Six-Party Talks between North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the US - Korea Society (NY) - pro bono consulting assistance to Chairman Donald Gregg. Organized first Korea-focused human resources conference following Asia crisis - Asia Society (NY) - undertook global search for new head of Hong Kong office - Women In International Security, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University - member Seattle chapter

Tony Barnes’s Groups:

+ Japan America Society (Seattle): Membership Development Committee

+ Oxford International Biomedical Centre, Oxford, England: co-founder

+ American & International Public Affairs Institute, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University: member International Advisory Council

+ The Future of East Anglia: Cambridge, UK: co-founder,

+ L'École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Paris: founding member, international advisory council

+ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: monitored internationally-funded malaria research projects in Nigeria.

+ Ford Foundation: advised on developing minority business lending capability in California

+ Hong Kong International Music Festival: co-founder

+ American Friends of English National Opera: co-founder

+ Dorset Opera, Sherborne, England: member of finance committee

+ Alliance High School, Kenya: co-founder of American Committee of this pioneering secondary school

•    European Corporate Finance Association
•    Columbia Business School PE/VC Network
•    Unitus
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
•    Invest in China
•    Link to Wall Street™
•    OpenNetworker.com
•    Harvard Club of Silicon Valley
•    Lighthouse Venture Group's Alternative Investments Roundtable
•    China Business
•    Linked:Seattle
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    Fidelity Investments Networking Group
•    SHRM Networking Group
•    BUSINESS IN CHINA
•    Seattle University Alumni
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    Family Offices Group
•    Private Equity Investment Group
•    Goldman Sachs Networking
•    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
•    Shenzhen
•    Venture Capital
•    Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
•    Six (6) Degrees of Separation (The Largest Group)
•    China Venture Capital & Private Equity Club
•    HSBC Bank
•    Private Equity Networking
•    GroupLinked.com
•    Private Equity - Dubai
•    Hong Kong Connection
•    New York Venture Community
•    Retained Executive Search Group
•    InvitesWelcome.com (Open Networkers)
•    The Indus Entrepreneur
•    ACG Boston (The Association for Corporate Growth - Boston Chapter)
•    KindExcellence
•    Scottish Enterprise Alumni
•    Overseas Chinese Network
•    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
•    Capital Markets in China
•    KindExcellence Authors
•    The Due Diligence Group (DDG)
•    Emerging Markets Equity Investor Network
•    Deal Flow Network™
•    China Asset Manager
•    China Due Diligence

Tony Barnes’s Honors:

++ Was one of a very small group of junior officers at JP Morgan receiving performance bonuses for serving on the first bank-wide management information & profitability analysis (MIPA) project team

++ Received special bonus award for identifying, nurturing, analyzing, negotiating. closing and post-investment monitoring of JP Morgan's first private equity investment transaction in Silicon Valley. The client, Four-Phase Systems, founded by ex-Fairchild guys and one of the true pioneers in distributed processing, subsequently went public and was ultimately sold to Motorola at a very high multiple. Was offered "friends and family" opportunity to invest at pre-IPO price.