McIntyre Partners was established by Julian McIntyre, a serial entrepreneur and investor with unique experience in starting, building, and financing businesses in the world’s most exciting technology and energy markets.

Julian has started and invested in numerous businesses, raised billions of dollars of investment capital, and shared in the value creation with experienced operator management teams. Julian is recognised as a leading player in the mid-market buy-out and leveraged finance sector.

Venkat Siva joined McIntyre Partners in 2009 and is a successful entrepreneur and capital markets professional, with experience in energy, technology and investment banking.

Along with Julian, Venkat co-founded Greenfire Resources and Arq. From 2015 until 2023, Venkat served as Arq’s CFO, responsible for fundraising, corporate finance, financial planning and reporting.

Prior to this, Venkat worked as a corporate finance banker within Goldman Sachs' M&A franchise, where he advised Julian on the sale of Gateway Communications to Vodafone in 2008. During his tenure at Goldman, he advised some of the UK's leading blue-chip and mid-cap companies, including Cadbury's, Tesco's, and the BBC, amongst others, on issues relating to M&A, fundraising, restructuring and strategy. Venkat previously worked for Motorola in Singapore, and holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management.