Team

We’ve worked hard to build a talented specialist Healthcare and Education focussed team that knows the industry, its people and the M&A market. We pride ourselves on providing independent, insightful, high quality advice to SMEs, investors and entrepreneurs, as well as private equity firms and venture capital firms.

Gordon Hamilton, Managing Director

Gordon founded Alpha Helix after buying out Nexus Corporate Finance from the Nexus Group. Gordon has over twenty years' experience advising healthcare companies, both public and private, domestic and international on a range of transactions and financial products.

Sam Rolls, Associate Director

Sam is responsible for assisting with all aspects of deal delivery across both the healthcare and education sectors. He previously worked for Darwin Alternatives, an alternative investment fund. He is a certified CFA charterholder and has also passed the IMC exams.

Bettina Salomon, Analyst

Bettina joined Alpha Helix as an analyst in September 2019. She is responsible for assisting Gordon with deal coordination. Prior to joining Alpha Helix, Bettina was an intern at Nexus Investments.

Christian Bestel, Associate

Chris performs research, analysis and financial modelling for Alpha Helix. He previously worked at Deloitte in South Africa for three years and completed a three-month secondment in Boston.

Ollie Clark, Analyst

Ollie performs research, analysis and financial modelling for Alpha Helix. He previously worked as a data engineer responsible for implementing valuation models and system architecture for asset managers. He holds a BCom (Honours) degree in Statistics and Finance form Stellenbosch University. He has passed level 2 of CFA.