Arowana Partners

Athea Lopez is a Technical Support Engineer at Arowana. She specializes in service desk support, resolving network, hardware, and software issues for end users.

Ed Fernandez is Chief AI Officer at Arowana and a partner and managing director at 352 Capital Partners, with board positions at Arowana International and BigML Inc. He holds faculty appointments in machine learning and AI at Northeastern University's Silicon Valley campus and serves as board trustee at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. With over two decades of experience in technology, venture capital, and private equity, Fernandez previously held senior leadership roles at BlackBerry and Nokia, and maintains teaching affiliations with IE Business School and the Financial Times.

Eric Achtmann serves as CFO and Chief Strategy Officer at Isar Aerospace. He brings over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, venture capital, private equity, and product development across aerospace, automotive, energy, and enterprise software sectors.

Francia Hernandez Malabo is a Digital Marketing Manager at Arowana with 15 years of experience in brand development, digital strategy, and campaign execution across B2B and B2C sectors. Her background spans SEO, social media, analytics, e-commerce, and public relations, with notable achievements including growing a client's LinkedIn following by over 7,900% and increasing organic monthly website traffic to 1,500+ visitors. Previously, she led marketing initiatives at Orthopaedic International that contributed to a 60–70% sales increase over three years and managed retail promotions and digital content at FUMA Retailers.

Heli Shah is an accountant with experience in the accounting industry, including work in Australian accounting and bookkeeping. Her skills include Xero, Tally ERP, income tax, auditing, and GST-related tasks such as BAS, payroll, and super reconciliations, as well as preparing final accounts, income tax returns, and ASIC solvency resolutions. She holds a Master's degree in Accounting from Gujarat University.

Marife Manaig is the Financial Controller for Australia and ASEAN at Arowana. Her background includes public accounting practice, tax preparation and consultancy, and audit work. She previously held roles at Procter & Gamble Asia Pte. Ltd. as an Accountant, General Ledger Team-leader, and Section Manager, with experience in account reconciliations, financial reporting, managing accounting teams, and leading global projects on accounting process improvements and software implementations.

Martin Bell is Co-Founder and CEO of EverSky AI Group, which acquires and develops SaaS companies. He previously served at Rocket Internet, where he contributed to the launch and scaling of numerous portfolio companies, including Zalando, Delivery Hero, and Lazada. Bell holds an MBA from Wharton and an MPA from Harvard, and he advises B2B SaaS businesses through Bell Ventures.

Naeem Ur Rehman is Business TechOps Manager at Arowana. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering (2016) and an MBA (2023), both from LUMS, and has five years of experience managing multiple departments in a family distribution business working with FMCG companies including Engro Foods, Bisconni, and LU Biscuits. He has also worked with startups such as Taraki, Airlift, and ALT in data and growth roles.

Verne Harnish is founder and CEO of Scaling Up, a global executive education and coaching company with more than 300 partners across six continents. He previously co-founded Growth Institute and founded the Entrepreneurs' Organization, chairing its MIT-based executive program "Birthing of Giants" for 15 years. Harnish has authored or co-authored several books on business growth and strategy, contributes to Fortune Magazine, and serves as a private investor in early-stage companies.