Ayna Appoints Michael Aluko as Chief Operating Officer

Accomplished investment, legal and financial services executive joins Ayna to support the firm’s continued growth and expansion across the industrial technology sector

NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ayna, a premier advisory and implementation firm focused on the industrial technology sector, today announced the appointment of Michael Aluko as Chief Operating Officer.

Aluko joins Ayna after more than two decades advising some of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment firms, private equity sponsors, institutional investors, entrepreneurs and business leaders. Most recently, he served as a Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, where his practice focused on private investment funds, investment management, strategic partnerships and transactions involving private equity, venture capital, real estate, technology and sports.

As Chief Operating Officer, Aluko will work alongside Ayna’s leadership team as the firm continues to scale its advisory and implementation platform and deepen its work with industrial technology companies, private equity sponsors and other investors. His background spanning private practice, investment management, institutional investing and global financial institutions brings a distinctive combination of legal, financial, governance and strategic experience to Ayna’s executive team.

Ayna works with companies, executives, and private equity and public-market investors across the industrial technology sector, providing advisory and implementation services designed to drive performance improvement and value creation. Its offerings include inorganic growth, end-to-end transformation and sustaining transformation, with experience across sectors including industrial machinery, semiconductors, energy and electrical infrastructure.

Throughout his career, Aluko has advised private equity and venture capital sponsors, institutional investors, pension plans, family offices, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals on investment structures, strategic partnerships and complex transactions. His work has also included representing current and former professional athletes and other investors in transactions involving professional sports teams and leagues.

About Ayna

Ayna is an advisory and implementation firm focused on the industrial technology sector. The firm works with companies, executives, private equity investors and public-market investors to drive performance improvement and value creation through strategy, operational transformation, inorganic growth and implementation. Ayna brings together professionals with backgrounds in management consulting, investment management, financial advisory, technology and industrial operations.

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