Mr. Ian Subel – Chief Financial Officer has over 20 years of international experience in investment banking, corporate finance advisory, and chartered accountancy in the U.S. and South Africa.

Before joining Novastus, Mr. Subel served as Managing Director and Founder of Fogel Capital Partners, a corporate finance advisory firm in the U.S. founded in 2002. The firm led several corporate finance, M&A, and related assignments on behalf of multiple industries and sectors, including mobile, banking, oil & gas, insurance, and internet social media companies. In addition to investment work, Mr. Subel had responsibilities for marketing, new business development, and office management, including P&L responsibilities.

Mr. Subel also spent nearly five years as CFO and Treasurer of a single-family office in the U.S. where he was responsible for raising capital, searching for private equity investments, conducting due diligence on potential acquisitions, and negotiating transactions from 2007 to 2011. The family office is focused on investing in the financial services industry.

Mr. Subel first moved from South Africa to the U.S. in 1998, when he joined Deloitte Corporate Finance as an investment banker (holding the title of Managing Director) covering the West region of the U.S. Before joining Deloitte, Mr. Subel was a Partner at Fisher Hoffman Sithole, a leading firm of chartered accountants in South Africa. Mr. Subel holds a bachelor’s in commerce and a Bachelor's in Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Mr. Subel also holds a CPA certification, numerous life insurance-related licenses, as well as prior Series 7 and 63 broker-dealer licenses.