About Obris

Marvin is a master at identifying unique investment opportunities and crafting them into bespoke deals.

In addition to being a partner in Obris, Marvin is the Managing of Crown Financial Services and its affiliated companies throughout New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia.

Marvin holds an MBA specializing in accounting and finance. He is a successful serial entrepreneur having listed a number of companies in New Zealand and Australia. He was at one point the youngest Chairman of a public listed merchant bank in New Zealand. He specializes in creating complex hybrid financial instruments.

He is based in Auckland but virtually lives out of an airplane and may be found in airport lounges throughout the world on any given day.

James came to Obris first as a member, and has found a natural fit engaging the companies in which we invest. His true passion is to make distressed companies thrive. When things go wrong, James is the person you want on speed dial. His expertise includes M&A, restructuring, strategic management and orchestrating leveraged growth. James’ successes range from start-ups to billion-dollar companies. While James has a home in Portland, Oregon, USA, friends and colleagues are seldom surprised to find James anywhere but home.

Olga is our first point of contact for Obris members.

Olga graduated Queens Academic Group in 2016 with a Diploma in Business (with strands in Management) Level 7 and has 3 years New Zealand experience in providing support to legal, compliance and accounting teams as well as to senior management.

In February 2018 Olga joined CFS as an Office Manager and assisting with various administrative and Membership service tasks such as communicating with investors, answering inbound phone calls and organising domestic and overseas meeting of investors and shareholders.