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Andrea Ash, Investment Director, RPMI Railpen
Andrea is an Investment Director within the Private Markets team at RPMI Railpen. She is responsible for originating, structuring and executing private market investments including,
primary responsibility for alternative debt investments. Andrea joined in 2018 from Tesco Pension Investments where she was an Alternatives Fund Manager. Andrea has allocated to
alternative funds since 2006 and has worked in financial services for over 15 years.
Andrea is a CFA Charterholder and has a BA (Hons) in Economics with French.
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Francesco Battazzi, Head of Diversified Debt Funds, European Investment Fund
Francesco is the head of the diversified debt funds division, focused on encouraging more flexible and tailor-made financing solutions for EU SME by supporting direct lending funds.
Through cornerstone investments in direct lending funds,the EIF supports their fundraising process, and encourage institutional investors to enter the alternative lending space.
Francesco has 20-years' experience in structured finance and fund investment at EIF, Morgan Stanley and Capitalia.
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Abigail Bell, Partner, Financial Services and Investment Management, Dechert LLP
Abigail Bell advises on the structuring, establishment and distribution of private funds including hedge, hybrid and private equity products, both regulated and unregulated, across
a broad range of asset classes and domiciled in a range of onshore and offshore jurisdictions. Ms. Bell also advises on the negotiation of seed investments, post-launch acceleration
capital transactions and revenue sharing arrangements. Ms. Bell has acted on the establishment of a number of asset management businesses and has assisted on the drafting and
negotiation of a wide range of corporate documentation, including shareholders’ agreements, partnership agreements, limited liability partnership deeds and fund management
and advisory agreements.
Ms. Bell also advises investment funds on the use of derivatives, securities lending and repurchase arrangements, give-up arrangements, custody, brokerage and prime brokerage
documentation and financing arrangements and associated regulatory requirements including advice on the impact of EMIR, SFTR, MiFID II, MiFIR and AIFMD.
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Kamal Bhatia, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Head, OC Private Capital
Kamal Bhatia is CEO and Co-Head for OC Private Capital – a joint venture between OFI Global and Carlyle Group focused on private credit solutions for the HNW market globally.
He also serves as Chairman of the Board and Vice-Chairof the Portfolio Allocation Committee. His teams’ key responsibilities are product structuring, client engagement, distribution
strategy and operating platform. He also serves as a team leader for the Investment Products and Solutions group at OppenheimerFunds in New York focused on strategic initiatives a
cross roughly $250 billion of global equity and fixed income business. Prior to joining OppenheimerFunds in 2011, Kamal served as Managing Director for investment solutions in the
real assets and socially responsible investments at TIAA-CREF asset management. He also served on the board of Westchester Group, a global farmland investment manager. Previously,
he served as First Vice President for Mellon Institutional Asset Management holding various roles in investment analytics, corporate strategy and product development. He started his
career with the Global Corporate and Investment Banking Group at Citigroup where he last held the position of Vice President, Client Relationship Management with the Global Commercial
Credit unit. Kamal holds a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India) and a M.S. from Washington University in St. Louis as a Sever Fellowship Scholar. He is a CFA charterholder
and volunteer advisor to CFA Society NY and strategic leadership council for MFEA. He serves on the board of a local not-for-profit “Big Apple Greeter” in New York City. He is frequent industry
expert and speaker at leading conferences on topics of client advocacy, strategic development and investment innovation.
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Joshua Bloomstein, Partner, Co-General Counsel (Credit), Ares Management
Mr. Bloomstein serves as a Partner and Co-General Counsel (Credit) and Deputy General Counsel (Corporate) of Ares Management, where he focuses on direct lending matters. He is General
Counsel, Vice President and Secretary of Ares Capital Corporation and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of ACRE. Additionally, he serves as Vice President and Assistant Secretary of CION
Ares Diversified Credit Fund. Mr. Bloomstein joined Ares in 2006, from Latham & Watkins where he was an associate in its private equity and corporate groups, focusing on mergers and
acquisitions transactions and securities law and general corporate matters. Mr. Bloomstein graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York
at Albany and received a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami, where he was elected to The Order of the Coif.
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Kirsten Bode, Co-Head of Private Debt, Pan-European, Muzinich & Co
Kirsten is Co-Head of Pan European Private Debt at Muzinich & Co. Before joining Muzinich, Kirsten worked as a Managing Director in the principal debt investing team at Macquarie, responsible
for sourcing and executing transactions ranging from leveraged senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt to equity in the UK, Germany and Benelux. Previously, she worked for Silver Point Capital,
US based credit/distressed fund, in the private debt team in Europe. Kirsten started her career at Morgan Stanley in 1999, working in the generalist M&A and Leveraged Finance teams in Germany
and London. Kirsten graduated from ESB Reutlingen and Middlesex University London with a B.A. Honors in European Business Administration.
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Neale Broadhead, Senior Manager Director and Portfolio Manager, CVC Credit Partners
Neale Broadhead joined CVC Credit Partners in February 2014 and is a Senior Manager Director and Portfolio Manager in charge of their European Direct Lending franchise. Neale has been
responsible for leading 200+ management buyouts in his career, having worked in both London and New York. Prior to joining CVC, Neale worked at Lloyds Banking Group as Managing Director
and Head of Mid-Market Acquisition Finance, which he founded in 2004 and also was a member of the Board Investment Committee as well as the Investment Committee for Acquisition Finance.
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Stephan Caron, Managing Director, Head of European Middle Market Private Debt, BlackRock Alternative Investors
Stephan Caron, Managing Director, is Head of European Middle Market Private Debt within BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). In this role, he is responsible for leading the platform, originating
and executing investment opportunities, leading the investment process and maintaining relationships with key sponsors and intermediaries across Europe. He is the Lead Portfolio Manager
and Chairman of the Investment Committee of BlackRock's European Middle Market Private Debt Fund and also serves on BlackRock's Global Credit Executive Committee. Prior to joining BlackRock
in 2014 Mr. Caron was Chief Commercial Officer at GE Capital Bank Ltd, where he was responsible for originating, structuring and executing mid-market lending and leasing transactions and was
also member of the Bank Executive and Investment Committees. He was with GE for 14 years in roles of increasing responsibility in structured finance, equity investing, Mergers & Acquisitions
and leveraged finance. Prior to that Mr. Caron worked at Suez and JP Morgan. He also served on the Board of Euromedic International. Mr Caron earned an undergraduate degree from ISG in Paris
is 1991 and a Masters from ESCP-EAP European School of Management in 1992. He is also a two-time Olympic medalist in swimming.
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Nikhil Chandra, Investment Strategist, Alternative Income Solutions
Nikhil is responsible for designing and delivering investment strategies to meet investors’ specific objectives. In particular, he focusses on alternative income solutions. He works closely with
colleagues across a wide range of functions including business development and client service, portfolio management, operations and legal.
Prior to joining Aviva, Nikhil most recently worked for a London-based family office, where he was responsible for direct investments in public and private equity, real estate, and credit
investments across the capital structure. Prior to the family office, Nikhil was a senior investment professional at a special situations hedge fund, with a focus on turnaround, distressed,
and event-driven opportunities. He began his career at McKinsey & Co and then Deutsche Bank’s Distressed Products Group.
Nikhil holds an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, an MBA from Wharton School of Business, and an MPhil in Linguistics from Cambridge University.
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Sanjeev Dhuna, Partner, Allen & Overy
Sanjeev has acted on a broad range of high profile and cross-border structured banking transactions including syndicated loans, leveraged and investment grade acquisition financings,
structured emerging markets financing, property transactions and international financing structures. He has also worked on a number of project financing, ECA financing and
infrastructure transactions. Furthermore, he has a particular focus on emerging markets and is chairman of the India Group and a core member of the Africa Group at Allen & Overy.
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Benjamin Fanger, Managing Partner & Founder, ShoreVest Partners
Benjamin Fanger is the Managing Partner and founder of ShoreVest Partners and is one of the pioneering investors in China's credit markets. He has managed over $1.6 billion in Chinese distressed
debt and special situations investments, and sits on ShoreVest’s Investment Committee. In 2004, Mr. Fanger was one of the founders of Shoreline Capital and architected the firm and its strategies.
In over a decade of Chinese distressed experience, Mr. Fanger has been involved in sourcing, analysis, negotiation, restructuring and liquidation related to acquiring and disposing countless distressed
assets in China. He has worked directly with Chinese distressed asset sellers, borrowers, judges, and government officials related to the investments. Prior to co-founding Shoreline Capital and
ShoreVest Partners, Mr. Fanger started several companies, two of which he sold to public companies. During graduate school, he also worked at the law firm O’Melveny & Myers on early Chinese
distressed debt and private equity transactions. Mr. Fanger has been fluent in spoken and written Chinese for over twenty years. He also holds a JD and MBA from the University of Chicago and is a
licensed attorney in the State of California.
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Stuart Fiertz, Co-Founder, President & Director of Research, Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP
Stuart Fiertz is the Co-Founder, President and Director of Research of Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP. Cheyne currently manages over £5 billion and invests across the capital structure from
the senior debt to the equity of corporates and real estate. With a philosophy grounded in rigorous fundamental analysis, the firm's investment strategies are: Real Estate Debt, Social Property Impact,
Investment Grade Corporate Credit, Strategic Value Credit and Equity-Linked Investing. From 1991 to June 2000, and prior to establishing Cheyne Capital with Jonathan Lourie, Stuart worked for
Morgan Stanley where he was responsible for the development and implementation of customised portfolio strategies and for credit research in the convertible bond management practice.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Stuart was an equity research analyst for the Value Line Investment Survey, and a high yield credit analyst in Boston at Merrill Lynch and in New York at Lehman Brothers.
Stuart is a CFA® charterholder and a CAIA designee. He is a council director of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), chairman of the AIMA Alternative Credit Council, a founder
& trustee of the Standards Board for Alternative Investments and a former director of the CFA Society of the UK. Stuart was educated at the International School of Geneva and at Dartmouth
College where he was awarded a BA degree in Political Science and Economics.
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Sabrina Fox, Executive Advisor, European Leveraged Finance Alliance
Sabrina is a recognised expert in the European leveraged finance market focused on increasing transparency, improving disclosure standards, and educating market participants on the importance
of lender protections in documentation. Sabrina is currently Executive Advisor to the European Leveraged Finance Alliance, a trade association comprised of European leveraged finance investors
that seeks to create a more transparent, efficient, and resilient leveraged finance market while acting as the voice of its investor community. Most recently, Sabrina was Head of High Yield Research
for Covenant Review. Prior to that, she was Counsel with DLA Piper in London.
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Charles Friedberg, President and Chief Operating Officer, Argentem Creek Partners
As President and Chief Operating Officer, Charles is responsible for formulating and implementing the firm’s strategic plan while ensuring that the business is operationally sound. He impacts
the investment processby serving as a portfolio strategist and by leading the firm’s risk effort. He serves on the Management, Investment, Risk Management, Valuation and Compliance Committees.
Charles is based in New York. Prior to joining Argentem Creek at its inception, Charles was a Portfolio Strategist for the emerging markets credit team at Black River Asset Management. Beginning
in 2012, he was a partner and chief investment officer for Stride Capital Group, a multi-manager firm focused on seeding investment managers. In 2013, Charles became a partner at Barnstar Funds,
a special situations investment manager seeded by Stride, where he developed, implemented and led all non-investment related activities. From 2003 until 2011, Charles was a founding investment
director of Angelo Gordon’s fund-of-funds business, where he was responsible for building a multi-manager investment business, which was sold to Carleon Capital Partners at the end of 2010.
From 1994 until 1999 and from 2001 until 2003, he was at SEI Investments, first as a Senior Investment Analyst focused on manager sourcing, due diligence and oversight of SEI’s international equity
funds and then as a Portfolio Manager. When he returned to SEI in 2001, he was a Director focused on product development. From 1999 to 2001, Charles was an early employee at InvestorForce,
where he was responsible for the firm’s investment and technology products, ultimately becoming a Senior Vice President.
Charles graduated with honors from Lehigh University in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Susanne Gahler, Manager of Asset Management Sector Team in Wholesale Supervision - Investment, Wholesale & Specialists Division, Financial Conduct Authority
At the FCA, Susanne Gahler oversees the work of the sector team in the Asset Management Department. The latter is responsible for the supervision of asset management firms and investment
funds, including alternatives; custody banks; and CFD providers. The sector team plays a key role in identifying and mitigating the risks that emanate from the activities of these firms and funds. It
provides technical expertise on all asset management issues to the FCA’s Supervision, Policy, Competition, and Senior Management teams. Similarly, it contributes jointly with the Bank of England to
Financial Policy Committee discussions on financial stability issues and recommendations related to the sector, and supports corresponding international work streams by the FSB, IOSCO, ESMA and ESRB.
Prior to joining the FCA in early 2011, Susanne gained her asset management, financial and market experience as fund manager, fixed income & currency strategist, and economist in London, working
with F&C Asset Management and JP Morgan. She started her career at the Inter- American Development Bank and Institute of International Finance in Washington DC. Susanne holds post-graduate
degrees gained from Stanford and Munich University, and completed the Ph.D. program in International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Jiří Krόl, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Global Head of Government Affairs, AIMA
Jiří Krόl, Deputy CEO, Global Head of Government Affairs, joined AIMA in April 2010. Jiří looks after the Alternative Credit Council, a trade body which was established to represent the interests of
private credit and non-bank finance participants in asset management. The role of the Alternative Credit Council is to provide direction on the developments and trends in the alternative and
private credit strategy space, throughthought-leadership, research, education, high-level advocacy and policy guidance. Jiří started his career at the Czech securities market regulator. He then
moved to the European Commission’s Internal Market Directorate-General, where he was responsible for the drafting and negotiation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
implementing measures. Previously, Jiří was appointed financial markets policy director in the Czech Ministry of Finance in 2007. In 2009, he led the Czech European Union Presidency’s work in the
area of financial services. Jiří studied International Relations, Economics and Politics at Tufts University, London School of Economics and Sciences Po.
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Fiona Lehane, Partner, PwC
Fiona is a partner in PwC ’s Consulting practice, specialising in banking and asset management industry and leads the UK Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) Financial Services Risk
& Regulation (FSRR) Consulting practice. Fiona has several years of experience working with banks, asset managers, service providers and spend time on secondment with the Central Bank of Ireland.
Fiona specialises in large scale regulatory change projects, assessing strategic, operational and implementation issues associated with new and proposed regulations (for example, MIFID II) for cross border
financial services organisations. She is leading the PwC UK’s AWM LIBOR work.
She also assists global asset managers to design, assess and implement their 2LOD functions.
She has worked with numerous asset managers and service providers across a range of topics and challenges. She has particular experience working on hedge funds and private asset classes both in
Channel Islands and Ireland. She is a chartered accountant and certified under PRINCE 2.
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Cécile Mayer-Lévi, Head of Private Debt, Tikehau Capital
Cécile Mayer-Lévi joined Tikehau Capital in 2013 and heads the Private Debt platform of the asset management firm. She has extensive knowledge in direct lending transactions, and has worked closely
with major private equity houses, investment funds and corporates. Cécile graduated from HEC and started her career at Merrill Lynch in 1988 in the Corporate Finance department and in M&A in Paris
and New York. In 1991, she joined Elig one of France’s pioneers in capital investment. In 2001, she joined Mezzanis (Omnes), the mezzanine fund of Credit Lyonnais Private Equity, as Investment Director.
From 2005 to 2013, she launched and developed the Private Debt activity at AXA Private Equity (ARDIAN). In addition to mezzanine investments, she broadened the scope to unitranche, forming strong
partnerships with corporates and investment funds. She seats as board observers on over 10 Boards of portfolio companies. Cecile is also chairing the Private Debt Commission of France Invest and seats
as board member of the Alternative Credit Council (ACC). In these functions, Cécile is promoting the collaboration of investors on ESG topics (notably via the adoption of a standard ESG clause at France
invest level).
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Brian McMahon, Managing Director, Alternative Investment Services, Europe, BNY Mellon
Brian McMahon is BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services business development executive in Luxembourg. Brian has particular expertise in private equity and real estate. Brian previously held
roles at Citi and State Street in investment services and is an active member of a variety of industry groups. Brian qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Ireland, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce
(Accounting) and a Masters in Management Science from University College Dublin, Ireland.
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Lindsey McMurray, Managing Partner, Pollen Street Capital
Lindsey McMurray has over 25 years’ experience in credit and private equity strategies, with a focus on the financial services sector. Lindsey is the founder and Managing Partner of Pollen Street Capital
and chairs the Investment and Executive Committees.
Prior to founding Pollen Street Capital in 2013, Lindsey led the Principal Finance business for the Royal Bank of Scotland (‘RBS’). Lindsey successfully structured and executed several credit investments
on behalf of the bank’s balance sheet. From 2007, Lindsey led the launch of the Special Opportunities Fund within RBS, raising c.£1bn from several external institutional investors.
Prior to RBS, Lindsey spent six years as a Partner of Cabot Square Capital, focusing on asset backed investments, together with investments in the financial services sector. Lindsey started her career as a derivatives trader at Kleinwort Benson. She has a First-Class Honours degree in Accounting and Finance and studied for an MPhil in Finance from Strathclyde University.
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Ian Meade, Partner, Akin Gump
Ian Meade advises asset managers, particularly hedge fund managers, on a broad range of issues relevant to their businesses. He is particularly experienced in structuring and establishing hedge
funds and in the ongoing operations of those funds. He provides advice to asset managers on the negotiation of investments in funds and other products by institutional investors, including
sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies and a range of other institutional investors. Ian also advises clients on transactions involving asset management businesses and financial
services regulatory matters.
Prior to joining Akin Gump, Ian was a partner at a large London-based international law firm. He is a frequent writer and speaker on hedge funds and related topics at industry conferences internationally.
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Neil Odom-Haslett, Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Neil joined ASI in Q4 13 and set up a Commercial Real Estate Lending platform. Being a Investment Manager all capital for the Debt funds is third party and currently the amount raised is c£3bln, spread
across a number of Debt Funds (both segregated and pooled). Neil is also a member of the London Leadership team at ASI and co-Chair of ASI Balance Network which focuses on supporting colleagues to
realise their full potential across all genders and promoting a inclusive environment. He is also the current President of the Association of Property Lenders which is proactive in providing networking and
educational events for its membership. Previously Neil worked at PBB (Deutsche Pfandbrief Bank), initially as a Originator before moving to the non-core part of the Bank as the Senior Negotiator to
restructure non compliant loans across Europe. Prior to PBB, he held Origination roles at RBS and Wells Fargo.
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Tingting Peng, Director, Head of Investor Relations & Business Development, Eso Capital UK Ltd
Tingting is the Head of Investor Relations and Business Development at ESO, with coverage of investors across Europe, North America and Asia. Prior to joining ESO, Tingting was Principal and Chief
Operating Officer at Real Asset Partners, a boutique advisory firm in London where she was responsible for raising capital from family offices and institutional investors across Asia and the US for real
estate direct and fund investments. Previously, Tingting was based in Hong Kong where she worked in real estate development and investment across Asia and the US. She began her career as an
investment banking analyst in Morgan Stanley’s M&A team in Hong Kong and was subsequently a pan-Asian equity analyst at Fortress Investment Group. She is fluent in Mandarin and English. BSc,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MBA, London Business School.
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Mikhaelle Schiappacasse, Partner, Financial Services and Investment Management, Dechert LLP
Mikhaelle Schiappacasse’s practice focuses on the structuring, establishment, management, marketing, and restructuring of fund platforms and investment funds, including hedge, debt, real estate,
private equity and fund of funds across a broad range of asset classes and fund domiciles. She also provides investor-side advice in connection with investments into a variety of fund structures.
Ms. Schiappacasse has experience in the cross-border aspects of marketing alternative investment funds in Europe.
Ms. Schiappacasse also advises on the establishment of asset management businesses, including the drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreements and limited liability partnership
agreements. She also acts for investment funds and their managers on general corporate, regulatory and compliance matters.
The 2018 edition of The Legal 500 UK recommends Ms. Schiappacasse in the area of investment funds.
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Tajinder Sidhu, Managing Director, Carlyle Credit Opportunities Fund
Mr. Sidhu is a Managing Director of the Carlyle Credit Opportunities Fund, Head of CCOF in Europe based in London. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Sidhu was a Managing Director and Head of
European Private Credit for Oz Management (Och-Ziff) where he worked for almost fourteen years. Mr. Sidhu led Private Credit in Europe, was a member of Oz Management’s Global
Commitments Committee, European Institutional Credit Strategies Investment Committee and European Executive Committee. Mr. Sidhu joined Oz Management in 2004 and during his tenure
was involved in a broad spectrum of the firm’s investment strategies. Prior to joining Oz Management, Mr. Sidhu was an Investment Banking Associate at Merrill Lynch in the Financial Sponsors
and Leveraged Finance Groups. Mr. Sidhu has a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Warwick Mathematics Institute.
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Daniel Sinclair, Partner, Ares Credit Group
Mr. Sinclair is a Partner in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on European direct lending. Additionally, Mr. Sinclair a member of the Ares Credit Group’s European Direct Lending
Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2007, Mr. Sinclair was an Associate Director in the Financial Sponsors Group at Barclays, where he focused on originating and transacting
mid-market leveraged financings. Previously, Mr. Sinclair was part of the Marks & Spencer graduate program, where he focused on finance, undertaking roles in procurement, marketing and
corporate finance. Mr. Sinclair holds a diploma from Leicester University in Management and an M.B.A., with merit, from Imperial College London.
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Anna Spector, Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer, CVC Credit Partners
Anna Spector, is a Managing Director and the Global Chief Compliance Officer for CVC Credit Partners having joined CVC in 2016. Anna oversees CVC Credit Partners' global compliance efforts
and splits her time between the New York and London. Prior to joining CVC, she worked for three years at KKR, where she was the deputy chief compliance officer overseeing the compliance efforts for
KKR's hedge fund solutions business. Previously, Anna also held compliance roles at PwC, Highland Capital Management, and Fisher Investments. Anna is involved in 100 Women in Finance and is the
Co-Chair of the New York Education Committee. Anna holds a BA in political science, cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the Cox School of Business at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Anna is a licensed registered representative of CVC Funding, LLC, holding her Series 7 and 63 licenses.
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Rodrigo Trelles, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Co-Head of O'Connor Private Credit, UBS O’Connor LLC
Rodrigo Trelles is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for the O'Connor Capital Solutions business within UBS O’Connor LLC. He is based in New York. Mr. Trelles focuses on structured
credit investing, corporate direct lending, asset acquisitions and asset finance in the U.S. and internationally. Since joining O’Connor in 2015, he has been actively involved in launching the Private
Credit business and actively negotiating and closing transactions across structured credit, real estate and corporate credit. Prior to joining O’Connor, Mr. Trelles led Risk and Trading for the US
Credit Opportunities Group and was the Risk Manager for the Asset Finance book. Prior to that role, Mr. Trelles headed Deutsche Bank’s Structured Finance team for Latin America. Mr. Trelles
began his career at the Argentine Ministry of Finance where he was a Debt Coordinator. Mr. Trelles received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his B.A.
from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa.
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Elissa von Broembsen-Kluever, Partner & Managing Director, Omni Partners LLP
Elissa is a Partner and Managing Director of Omni Partners. She is responsible for the management of the firm’s private debt business. Elissa joined the firm in 2009 as Marketing / Investor
Relations Manager. During her early years at Omni Partners, Elissa covered a variety of strategies, most notably equity event-driven and discretionary global macro. In 2013 she began
seveloping the company’s private debt offering and has successfully raised three vintages of the Omni Secured Lending strategy. Elissa was appointed Partner in April 2014. Prior to joining
Omni Partners Elissa was an Associate at Piper Jaffray Limited, a mid-cap investment bank, in the Corporate Broking/Equity Capital Markets (ECM) department in London. She began her
financial services career in ECM at Piper Jaffray’s global headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Elissa holds an Honours Bachelor’s degree (with Distinction) in Finance, Economics and Risk
Management from the University of Wisconsin.
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Mark Wilton, Managing Director, European Private Finance, Barings Global Finance Group
Mark Wilton is a senior member of Barings’ Global Private Finance Group and a member of the European Private Finance Investment Committee. He is responsible for originating,
executing and monitoring European private finance investments with management responsibilities. From the United Kingdom, Mark has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining
the firm in 2005, Mark was with the Royal Bank of Scotland ("RBS") where he worked in the mid-market leverage finance business. Prior to RBS, Mark was a Corporate Finance Adviser
for Catalyst Corporate Finance, an independent boutique, and PricewaterhouseCoopers ("PwC"). Mark qualified as an ACA in 1996 at PwC and holds a B.Sc. (Honours) in
Management Sciences from Loughborough University. He is also a Portfolio Manager for the European Private Loan Funds.
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Deborah Zurkow, Global Head of Alternatives, Allianz Global Investors
Deborah Zurkow is Global Head of Alternatives at Allianz Global Investors, and a member of the Global Executive Committee. Deborah is responsible for AllianzGI’s fast-growing
Alternatives business, which includes a diverse mix of both liquid and illiquid alternative investment solutions for clients, including a market-leading infrastructure debt capability and
green-focused infrastructure equity team, a fast-growing global private debt business and highly successful liquid alternative strategies with track-records stretching back over a decade.
Deborah joined AllianzGI in 2012 as CIO and Head of Infrastructure Debt, leading a team that pioneered infrastructure debt as an asset class for institutional investors. Since its inception,
the team has made over EUR 14bn of debt investments in a variety of infrastructure sectors across the globe.
Before joining AllianzGI, Deborah was CEO of Trifinium Advisors Limited and head of Public Finance EMEA for MBIA UK Insurance Limited. Deborah holds an MBA from Yale School of
Management and a BA from Wellesley College. She is on the board of the ACC (Alternatives Credit Council) and the LTIIA (Long-term Infrastructure Investors Association). She has been
included in Financial News’ list of ‘100 Most Influential Women in European Finance’ on multiple occasions.
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