Our Highly Experienced Global Investment Team
David Murrin
- Global Macro Principal /Fund Manager / CIO: specialized in geopolitical investment.
- Private Investment
- Principal and agent
- Built and managed, as Chairman, one of the largest African agricultural private equity funds in 2007 in a Partnership with Harvard
- Expertise in warfare and military structures, platforms and technology
- Advisory relationships with high-level UK and global military
- Authored four books on warfare
- Principal of Global Forecasters: open-source insights/intelligence service
Tony Bienstock
- Managing Partner, Revell Capital: Venture Capital principal investing
- 30 years of senior private equity experience
- Co-Founder and Partner, Cohesive Capital: PE Co-investment in growth equity to large capitalization investments across the spectrum of industries
- Co-Managing Partner, Citi Venture Capital: Citicorp’s middle market PE fund
- Partner, Park Avenue Equity Partners: small to middle market PE
- Relationships w high-level US military and intelligence
Spitfire Strategic Capital's Advisory Board
General Philip Breedlove (Ret.)
Gen Breedlove held eight major commands: 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe (and Commander of U.S. European Command), Commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe (and Commander of Air Component Command), and Commander 3rd US Air Force. He also commanded the 8th, the 56th and the 31st Fighter Wings, the 27th Fighter Group, and the 80th Fighter Squadron. Senior staff positions include Vice Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, Director of USAF Plans and Operations A3/5, and Vice Director for Plans and Policy, DJ-5 on the US Joint Staff. Currently he is CEO of Emerald Coast Strategic Solutions, is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice at Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and serves on the Board of Directors at the Atlantic Council.
General Wesley K Clark (Ret.)
General Wesley Clark, SSM, BVO, KBE. Commander of US Southern Command, Commander of US European Command / Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. Chairman & CEO Wesley K. Clark & Associates. Chairman and and Founder of Enverra, Inc., Chairman of Energy Security Partners. B.A. United States Military Academy, M.A. Oxford University, Rhodes Scholar.
General Andrew Leslie (Ret.)
Lt. General the Honourable Andrew Leslie PC, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD. Former Commander Canadian Army and Chief of the Land Staff, Former Member of Parliament, member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada.
Michael Ratney (Ret. US State Department)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy to Israel, Special Envoy for Syria. Taught at U.S. National Defense University. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. BS from Boston University, MA from George Washington University.
General Sir Richard Shirreff (Ret.)
General Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff, KCB, CBE. Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division. Chief of Staff at Land Command. Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade. Commanding Officer King’s Royal Hussars. Founding Partner of Strategia Worldwide. Author ‘2017: War with Russia’ (published 2016). Honorary Fellow Exeter College, Oxford.
Tom Sylvester
(Ret. CIA)
Former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Agency for Operations (DDO). Acting Director of the CIA in January 2025. CIA awards: Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Medal of Merit, CIA Director’s awards. White House awards: Presidential Rank Award, Distinguished Presidential Rank Award. Navy Seal:1985-1990. B.S. U.S. Naval Academy.
Rear Admiral John Weigold (Ret.)
Reserve Deputy Commander for U.S. Pacific Fleet. Deputy Director, Operations U.S Pacific Command. Deputy Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet. Commanding Officer/Reserve Chief of Staff, U.S. Seventh Fleet. Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Naval Forces Korea. Graduate of U.S. Army War College, Joint Forces Staff College, U.S. Naval War College. B.S. U.S. Naval Academy.
Why Choose Spitfire Strategic Capital
" Because freedom is worth defending"
Mission-Driven Defence Investing
Deep Sector Thesis & Market Opportunity
Decisive, Scalable Technology Focus
5th-Generation Manufacturing & Rapid Scale
