About Jon Edirmanasinghe

Jon Edirmanasinghe, Founding Partner of Solano Partners, a next-generation boutique investment bank working exclusively with businesses at the forefront of technological innovation. He has a strong track record in financial markets and M&A, most recently at finnCap Cavendish, where he became one of London’s youngest-ever investment banking Partners. He headed the firm’s fintech and private capital teams and held senior positions in its executive committee as well as the wider Group management committee. As a dynamic tech advisor and serial investor, he recognized a need for independent, out-of-the-box thinking and specialist advice for fast-growing tech businesses. This forms Solano’s ethos. Mr. Jon Edirmanasinghe is the Founder of Solano Partners. He covers a variety of sectors having completed transactions across TMT, Consumer, Healthcare, Financial Services, and Business Services. He joined Cavendish in October 2013 as an Executive and most recently served as Director at Cavendish Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Cavendish, Edirmanasinghe was a Manager at Ernst & Young's Financial Services Office in the Cayman Islands for three years, focusing on the hedge fund and private equity sectors. His previous experience includes four years as a Senior Associate at Deloitte Canada working across sectors in various functions within the firm. Edirmanasinghe graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Entrepreneurship from the University of Manitoba in 2006 and later qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 2008. He then went on to complete an MBA at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in 2013, where he graduated with distinction.