Stefan Scholz is a senior investment banker with more than 30 years of experience in banking who is passionate about helping clients executing M&A, capital markets and other corporate finance transactions to achieve their goals.​

Stefan started his investment banking career at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, where he advised small-cap and mid-cap IT services, software, telecom and other technology companies from Europe, North America and the Middle East on equity offerings such as IPOs. He subsequently expanded his coverage of industry sectors at JPMorgan in London and managed cross-border equity capital market transactions in Central and Eastern Europe, North America, and Africa.​

As Head of Investment Banking, Stefan afterwards built up the leading local investment banking franchise in Central Asia. Closing complex M&A and capital market transactions in excess of USD 12 billion across industry sectors including oil & gas, metals & mining and financial services, Stefan’s team was voted “Best Corporate Finance and M&A Team” and “Best Local Investment Bank” in the CEE & CIS Banking Awards 2009 and 2010. ​

Stefan co-founded ScholzvonGleich in 2011 in response to the increasing need for an independent firm in Central Asia to provide professional financial advisory services and, following a buy-out of the firm in 2014, remains its sole owner and Managing Partner. ​

Stefan studied Economics and Business Administration in Germany and the UK and holds a full-time MBA from the Henley Management College.