Focused on financial security for the globally minded high net worth African market with only the client in mind, Mark McAllister is a cross-border financial planning and investment specialist with the unique knowledge and experience that comes from having lived abroad for many years. Mark McAllister was born in Guildford, United Kingdom and has been living in South Africa for 8 years following a successful career in mergers and acquisitions in London and the Middle East.

UK Level 4 Qualified in Wealth Management via the UK Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, Mark is Senior Partner at Holborn Africa, responsible for a team of advisors looking after globally mobile Africans.  His familiarity with African tax regimes and regulations is as important as his understanding of the common challenges experienced by high-net-worth Africans and has resulted in multimillion US dollar investment management for multi nationality client base that spans the globe. With experience in second citizenships by investment along with Sharia compliant investments and structures, he is able to understand and appreciate the limitations imposed on Africans by other countries and global institutions alike and provide world class solutions in conjunction with local Nigerian based partners.

As an experienced UK property landlord having owned significant residential and commercial property portfolios for over two decades Mark has been instrumental in creating UK property investment solutions for his African client base including unique tax efficient structures to own those property rental businesses with access to Sharia compliant lending. Marks goal is to protect clients from instability and volatility in the emerging market currencies, geopolitical risk in Africa whilst diversifying over multiple asset classes and wealth defences tools.  

Mark’s areas of specialism are citizenship by investment, wealth defence, tax mitigation, offshore jurisdictions, offshore investment property, Sharia compliant investments and instruments designed for family offices and institutions as well as high net worth individuals. Mark travels extensively across the continent assisting his clients and now resides in Somerset West in South Africa with his wife and two children, all of whom are British and they all love their new adopted South African homeland.