Clarity before action
Capital should not move until purpose, risk, liquidity and alternatives are understood.
Founder and Principal Advisor
Yannick Salim
Investment banking discipline. Global financial perspective. Personal accountability.
US trainedInvestment banker and financial advisor
US$200MSelected capital raise experience
GlobalAfrica, USA, Europe and Asia
The advisor
Institutional thinking for consequential personal and business decisions.
Yannick is a United States trained investment banker and financial advisor whose experience spans banking, investment strategy, corporate finance and capital formation.
His transaction experience includes contributing to a US$200 million capital raise for the Dangote Group. That experience shaped a central belief behind YFA: serious capital deserves structured thinking, complete context and disciplined execution.
Through Yannick Financial Advisory, he works with founders, executives, families and institutions that need more than generic financial information. He helps clients frame the right questions, evaluate tradeoffs, diversify intelligently and coordinate the specialists required for complex decisions.
Advisory principles
Whole picture advice
Business ownership, family obligations, currencies and investments must be considered together.
Global without losing context
International opportunity is useful only when it fits the client’s real circumstances.
Accountability over noise
Every recommendation should lead to a clear decision, owner, next step and review point.
YFA×GEMSBOK GROUP SOUTH AFRICA
Strategic partnership
Expert advice, enabled by secure technology.
YFA has partnered with Gemsbok Group South Africa to build the digital, operational and technology infrastructure behind a modern global advisory practice.
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