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Barefoot, caked in mud, and racing across a New Zealand field. Not much has changed - except, now the field has got much bigger with Clive representing New Zealand internationally in world duathlon championships (and proving that “old man’s categories” still come with medals). Glass-half-full, endlessly competitive, and fuelled by Monster energy drinks and Lindt, his dream of becoming the next master chef didn’t quite pan out - but he's certainly travelled some interesting paths en route to Clavana! From pressing sheep’s wool (and other things...) into bales, a stint as a shepherd (have you guessed he's from NZ yet?), through to a (slightly) more polished career in banking, his formative years have set Clive up to consistently challenge the limits of possibility. He's now led numerous businesses - and deals - across continents, and really is living proof of what can be accomplished when you dare to dream. Despite being an over-achiever, Clive is a team player to the core. If he were an animal, Clive would be a dolphin - always popping up at the right time to surprise and delight, and always reliable.

Dimples, charm, and a hockey stick - Willy peaked early. The NHL never called, but twice a week he still plays like the Scouts are watching. Off the ice, Willy is Clavana's golden retriever: boundless enthusiasm, always positive, ever dependable. Whilst Willy's dream of going pro is far from the world of deal flow, his knack of being able to talk for hours (and we mean hours) on end to literally anyone - be it client, company owner, someone in an elevator - a wall - his "tenacious" communication and boy-like charm equips him very well for speaking with company owners and understanding every single corner of a business . He certainly found his home in M&A! At Clavana, Willy is our team pilot - calm through turbulence, destination locked, able to navigate storms and course-correct like a pro. Just don't give him a messy workflow. He might whack you with his hockey stick.

From organising warehouses at a lighting shop aged 14 to organising datasets at Clavana, Hrag has always been about turning chaos into order. Obsessed with systems and routines, he’s the guy who’s read Atomic Habits ten times, is armed with more health tips than Gwyneth Paltrow, and loves nothing more than a new daily habit to add to his colour-coded to-do list. Calm under pressure and able to turn any data set into a thing of beauty, Hrag is the architect of workflows that actually work - keeping Clavana’s data sharp, and the team even sharper. Fun fact: he shares a birthday with Josh. Bucket list? Tour every WWII site in Europe and every single malt distillery in Scotland - probably not on the same trip.

By sunrise, Teal’s already rowed more miles than most people drive before work, downed a Celsius, and cleared her inbox - all before breakfast. A member of the 2024 United States Olympic Team in the Women’s Quadruple Sculls (that’s rowing, for the laymen out there), multiple gold medallist, and world-class multitasker, she somehow makes “doing it all” look effortless. Disciplined to her core but with a sense of humour about it, Teal’s mastered the art of juggling elite sport, professional life, and just enough sleep to qualify as human. When she’s not chasing medals or meetings, she’s cycling to cafés for pastries, experimenting in the kitchen, or rewatching Grey’s Anatomy for the tenth time. Friends call her unstoppable, family call her overdue for a rest day - and both are right. At Clavana, Teal brings the same precision, drive, and team-first energy that earned her Olympic stripes - just with fewer blisters.

Kali grew up in Hawaii, the kind of person who thinks every day should start at sunrise and preferably involve water. Curious, energetic, and socially unstoppable, she spent her childhood dragging friends out of bed for “one quick adventure” - a trait they still love and mildly resent. When she’s not training or working, she’s dancing bachata, doing pull-ups for fun, or deep-diving into real-estate listings she has absolutely no intention of buying. She’s an otter at heart: playful, happiest in the water, community-oriented, and moving between worlds with ease. As a Team USA Sprint Kayaker with her sights set on LA 2028 (and a World Surf Life Saving Championships detour for good measure), she has mastered the sport’s signature mix of explosiveness, precision, and calm under pressure - traits she carries everywhere. At Clavana, Kali channels that same fast-twitch, sunshine-powered energy into origination: quick to adapt, impossible not to like, and frighteningly good at getting founders to open up. She reads, she asks, she listens - then somehow convinces people to tell her everything.

Lara’s first deal? Age three, closing it on a toy phone. Not much has changed - she’s been calling clients ever since. Lara has never been afraid of "standing out from the crowd". Raised on martial arts movies and inspired by 90s heroines like Buffy and Xena, she started rescuing animals before she could walk (once adopting a cat that promptly gave birth to 12 kittens… later escalating to dogs, foxes, snakes, and other less-friendly critters). Lara channelled that grit and determination into black belts in kickboxing, a master’s in neuroscience, a career in financial services, and a second life in health and performance. She’s also a qualified clinical nutritionist and once launched her own nutraceutical company - because why stop at just one world? Fuelled by coconut matcha and a love of adventure, Lara’s trained in Thai fight camps, trekked solo through the Amazon, and built two worlds - one in deal origination, one in health. She’s Clavana's walking contradiction: equally at home in a business suit or on a BJJ mat; at a private equity conference or hiking the wilderness with her huskies; closing deals or teaching burnout seminars. Balanced? Definitely not. Driven? Always.

In Grade 2, Josh had big dreams of becoming a bus driver. These days he’s not behind the wheel, but he does spend his time helping clients “get where they need to go” - with fewer traffic lights and with a lot more speed! Josh's motto is work-hard play-hard. Outside of work, when he's not coaching basketball, entertaining a house-full of kids (or the family dogs), Josh can be found jumping out of planes. That's right, he has currently conducted three sky dives, is en route to his "solo flyer" certification and his ambition is to brave the "EdgeWalk" of the CN Tower...Clavana benefits from this high-octane positivity, where his style is that of a pro speed-dater: rapid-fire questions, world class efficiency, and always circling back for more. Josh is known for finding the bright side in any situation; ever smiling, always cracking a joke (although the laughs don't always follow...), Josh is Clavana's very own silver back gorilla - big presence, much friendlier than he looks.

Kiran’s childhood photo is legendary: a three-year-old hauling a cricket bat nearly twice his size, already convinced he was opening for India. The pro career didn’t happen, but the stubborn persistence did - once he sets his mind on something, it’s happening. Kiran applies that un-rivalled relentlessness, precision, and tenacity into breaking down datasets and turning complexity into clarity. And the Clavana team (and our clients!) thank you! Most unusual job? Kiran once taught abacus lessons. Bucket list? Visiting every country in the world; until then, he’s smashing boundaries closer to home.

Chris grew up in the mountains - the kind of kid who thought “downhill” was a lifestyle, not a direction. Since then, he’s only had two speeds: full throttle and deep focus. From launching himself off icy ridges at questionable velocities to quietly destroying crosswords like a retired professor, that mix of fearlessness and precision turned him into a three-time Olympian and World Champion in Ski Cross - essentially downhill chess at 70mph. After years competing for Canada, he made the rare switch back to Team USA, now coaching, competing, and helping rebuild the Ski Cross programme while chasing his Milano-Cortina 2026 shot. He does everything with absolute commitment and zero shortcuts - his 17,000-shot coffee machine confirms this. Off the snow, he’s the same: detail-driven, quietly intense, Sudoku assassin, and very much a wolf at heart - steady, thoughtful, always reading the terrain ahead. Whether it’s The Art of War, a puzzle grid, or a founder who only opens up when you strike the perfect tone, he reads, he thinks, he solves. At Clavana, he brings that calm, methodical, marathon-runner-meets-chess-player energy to origination. No drama. No shortcuts. Just the quiet excellence of someone who’s spent a lifetime flying down mountains… and always getting back up again.

By the time most people hit snooze, Lara’s already biked through the Everglades, nodded politely at a few alligators, and blended a smoothie with one of the three portable blenders she travels with (don’t ask how many adapters). A two-time Olympian, lifelong lake kid, and professional “let’s catch the sunrise” enthusiast, she’s built her life around curiosity, calm intensity, and a suspiciously consistent ability to switch between grace and grit at will. She grew up sailing on Minnesota’s White Bear Lake, treating “wind shifts” as standard childhood vocabulary. That early obsession carried her to Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, with podiums across Etchells, Melges 20s, Farr 40s, and a place in the Eckerd College Hall of Fame along the way. She’s also obsessed with patterns (crushes puzzles), positivity (her default setting), and smoothies (the portable blender is non-negotiable life support). If Lara were an animal, she’d be a bald eagle - clear-sighted, composed, always scanning the bigger picture. At Clavana, she brings that same steady-but-electric energy: calm when conditions get tricky, full breeze when it’s time to move, and always spotting the subtle patterns others miss.