Charles Maynard

Senior Managing Director, Co-Founder, BDA Partners

 Charles Maynard is co-founder and Senior Managing Director.

Since founding BDA in 1996, Mr. Maynard has been based in Singapore, Tokyo, New York, Beijing,

and now London.

Mr. Maynard was based in Tokyo from 2002 to 2005 and established BDA’s office there and in Seoul. 

He has advised on a number of successful transactions throughout the region.

Mr. Maynard advised Navis Capital in China’s largest control exit in 2014 by a private equity group,

the sale of Trio to Weir plc. In 2015 he has advised Cosma (a Magna International subsidiary) on its

acquisition of Chongqing Xingqiao and Cristal on its acquisition of Jiangxi Tikon.

Prior to BDA, he worked for the Jardine Matheson Group in Hong Kong and Singapore.

In 2011, he was named by M&A Advisor as one of their “40 Under 40” global M&A professionals.

Mr. Maynard was educated at Oxford University (MA Hons, Geography).