Grey Spark Partners has announced the appointment of Jamie Lake as managing consultant, where he will develop the Investment Banking Operations team. Lake reports in to Bradley Wood, partner.

Lake joins GreySpark after five years at Goldman Sachs in various senior positions. Most recently, he was executive director; responsible for new business and industry initiatives affecting the collateral department. Earlier in his tenure he managed the exotics team within the OTC cross product collateral management group. Prior to Goldman, Lake was a senior associate with Morgan Stanley covering OTC equity derivatives. Before this, he set up and managed his own consulting practice that restructured middle office operations within major financial institutions to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Lake began his career as a research analyst with Okasan International.

Jamie Lake, Grey Spark Partners managing consultant, commented, “It was clear from the word go that GreySpark offered substantial and lasting improvements to the performance of its clients. The firm is focussed entirely on building long-term relationships which is an extremely appealing proposition to prospective clients and employees. The investment banking sector has come under unprecedented pressure in recent times and there is a renewed focus on operating responsibly and efficiently, and delivering real value. GreySpark is committed to these principles and is extremely well placed within the City to help its clients achieve them”.