Our Team

Rohan Chanmugam is Chairman of Clevercoms Ltd, a management consultancy advising the telecoms, media, and technology (TMT) sector and has over 30 years of experience in the industry. In addition to founding Clevercoms, Mr Chanmugam was a Senior Vice President at Equant (Orange Business Services), Managing Director BT A&M, Strategic Advisor to the CEO of COLT Telecom, and Non-Executive Director of Host Europe Corporation.

Michael Balkin has over 35 years of capital market experience working with both public and private companies and is currently CEO of MPB Enterprises. MPB Enterprises is a senior strategic advisor to multiple public and private companies as well as the Wasson Enterprise family office. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Performance Health Systems, LLC and was a member of the board of managers of Innventure, “INV”, an Intellectual Property-based development company co-founded by Greg Wasson. He is also on the Board of Directors of Horizon Technology Finance Corporation “HRZN” and recently served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of a public company called Foresight Acquisition Corporation, where he led the merger with a $2.2 billion-dollar private health care company. Prior to Foresight, Mr. Balkin was a partner and formerly the co-Manager of the William Blair Small Institutional portfolio and the William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund, which he and his partners started in 1999.

William Gonyer is an independent contractor performing accounting, investment evaluation, and due diligence services. He was certified as a public accountant (CPA). He has worked in the field of accounting for over thirty (30) years. He has held positions at Will Stephenson Advisory (seven years, 2017 to present), Gold Coast Associates (six years, 2010 to 2016), Broad Street Banking Associates (two years, 2008 to 2010), Natixis Capital Markets (ten years, 1998 to 2008), Swiss Bank Corporation (six years, 1991 to 1997), and Price Waterhouse Coopers (five years, 1986 to 1991).

James E Honan Jr has served as CEO of Affluence since 2019. Prior to that he was a consultant to several companies and private equity firms advising on business development and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that he was a consultant to several companies and private equity firms Mr Honan has over 25 years of investment banking and Corporate Finance experience with Continental Bank, ABN Amro, LaSalle Bank and Ernst & Young where he developed business units focusing on debt and credit restructuring deals and developed products for the institutional banking markets.