Our People
The Kingsley & Hartwell team combines backgrounds in Romanian fiscal law, EU regulatory compliance, and institutional asset management — all directed toward a single objective: keeping client capital intact.
Meet the Team
The founding of Kingsley & Hartwell in 2011 coincided with a period of acute uncertainty for Romanian private wealth — a sovereign debt scare, volatile RON, and widespread distrust of domestic banking institutions. The firm was built deliberately small: a senior-heavy team where every client speaks directly with an experienced adviser, not a junior account manager. Today, that model remains unchanged. We operate with a flat advisory structure — no call centres, no algorithmic client segmentation, no offshore back-offices. Every adviser holds relevant professional qualifications (CFA, CISI, or Romanian Bar Association affiliation where applicable) and participates in continuous EU regulatory training. The forest-cream palette of our offices — warm timber, ochre walls, deep green accents — was chosen deliberately: we want clients to feel the same quality of considered permanence that defines our advisory work.
Senior profiles across capital preservation, legal structuring, and succession advisory.
Jonathan has 22 years of experience in capital preservation advisory, having previously led the private wealth desk at a Bucharest-based investment bank before co-founding the firm. He holds a CFA charter and specialises in insurance-wrapper structuring and cross-border succession architecture for Romanian-domiciled clients.
Cristina is a qualified Romanian attorney and EU tax law specialist with particular expertise in Romanian holding-company law, Luxembourg vehicle establishment, and ANAF-compliant disclosure frameworks. She joined Kingsley & Hartwell in 2014 and has overseen the legal architecture for more than 80 client mandates.
Radu manages the firm's capital-floor mandate methodology, including zero-coupon bond ladder construction, EUR and CHF-denominated hedging overlays, and CVaR-constrained allocation models. He holds a CISI Diploma in Investment Management and an MSc in Quantitative Finance from ASE Bucharest.
Elena works directly with clients' extended families on governance documents, investment policy statements, and succession timetables. She has a background in family mediation and estate notary practice, giving her a rare combination of interpersonal and legal skills that proves invaluable during intergenerational transfers.
“I have worked with large international banks and two Bucharest advisory firms before arriving at Kingsley & Hartwell in 2017. The difference is the quality of attention: Cristina knew more about my specific Romanian estate exposure in our first meeting than advisers at larger firms had discovered in three years. That depth is what you pay for here.”
Gheorghe Stancu, Galați — client since 2017
The regulatory landscape for private wealth in Romania and the EU is evolving faster than at any point in the past two decades — DAC6 disclosure obligations, ATAD anti-avoidance rules, forthcoming amendments to Romanian inheritance law, and the gradual Europeanisation of Romanian capital markets all create moving targets for preservation structures. Every Kingsley & Hartwell adviser attends at minimum four days of structured external training per year, and the firm subscribes to specialist legal monitoring services covering both ANAF guidance and EU Directive implementation. We believe that the depth of our technical knowledge is the only honest basis for the fees we charge.
We do not route enquiries through assistants. Contact us and a named senior adviser will respond within one business day.
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