Foundations
A Law graduate (LLB) from the University of Warwick, Richard has completed key UK regulatory finance examinations, including programmes within the CFA framework.
03About Us
Institutional discipline. Independent conviction.
Pinnacle Group was founded on a simple premise: that the rigour of global capital markets, applied with the patience and care of an owner-operator, is the best way to help a well-built business reach its full potential.
01Our Story
Why we exist.
Too many good businesses face an exit process that is slow, opaque, or driven by financial engineering rather than genuine stewardship. Pinnacle Group was set up to offer a different path.
We are not a fund with a portfolio to manage from a distance, and we are not a broker looking to move a transaction along. We are a single, committed acquirer, backing one exceptional business at a time with real capital, real operating attention, and a long-term horizon.
That approach draws directly on a career spent inside the machinery of global finance, understanding how capital, structure and operational discipline combine to build lasting value, and now redirected toward UK small and mid-sized businesses that deserve the same calibre of thinking.
02Leadership
Richard OyinFounder
London, UKA decade in global capital markets, now focused on UK business.
Richard Oyin brings over a decade of tier-one institutional banking and corporate advisory experience across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. A Law graduate (LLB) from the University of Warwick, Richard has completed key UK regulatory finance exams including programmes within the CFA framework.
Throughout his ten years in investment banking based out of London and Dubai, Richard advised global corporations, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, and governments on complex debt structuring, capital markets access, and liquidity management.
Beyond large-scale corporate finance, Richard specialises in operational transformation, integrating technology, workflow processes, and personnel to eliminate inefficiencies and unlock end-to-end enterprise value. As a strategic advisor to growth-stage SMEs across the UK and UAE, he leverages his capital markets background and network to help businesses optimise capital structures, improve operating margins, and scale sustainably.
Global Advisory
Ten years in investment banking, based out of London and Dubai, advising global corporations, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and governments on complex debt structuring, capital markets access and liquidity management.
Operational Transformation
Specialising beyond large-scale corporate finance in integrating technology, workflow processes and people to eliminate inefficiencies and unlock end-to-end enterprise value.
SME Advisory
A strategic advisor to growth-stage SMEs across the UK and UAE, leveraging his capital markets background and network to help businesses optimise capital structures, improve operating margins, and scale sustainably.
03Our Values
What guides every conversation.
Integrity
Straightforward terms, honest timelines, and no surprises.
Rigour
Institutional-grade analysis applied to every business we consider.
Partnership
We work with owners and their teams, never around them.
Legacy
We build on what makes a business great. We don't dismantle it.