Aurelie Hariton-Fardad
Managing Director, Head of EMEA Client Portfolio Management, MetLife Investment Management
Private Debt
Investor
Investor
Europe Summit London 2024
7 - 8 May 2024,
Hilton Tower Bridge, London
Navigating private credit in a complex market
The 11th annual PDI Europe Summit will return to Hilton Tower Bridge, London on 7-8 May 2024 with Europe’s leading investors, biggest funds and managers in the private debt space.
The Summit is the leading conference to uncover the latest trends, investor allocations, and solutions shaping Europe’s private debt market.
Meet with over 300 attendees comprising of institutional and private investors and key players of the private debt community in Europe. Join us for two days of unrivalled networking and actionable insights.
2023 Investor attendees included
Why Europe Summit?
Meet Europe’s leading investor community
Network with YOY investor attendees including AP Fonden 4, CDPQ, European Investment Fund and 100+ European investors from the region’s biggest pension funds, insurers, and family offices.
Understand investor appetites and allocation preferences
Join us for a deep dive into direct lending, distressed debt, ESG integration and other important and emerging topics in the space focusing on real estate debt, specialty finance and much more.
Build a strong private debt network
Meet with emerging players and industry veterans to understand the evolving asset class and the market. Partake at in-person networking drinks, roundtables, and 1-2-1 meetings throughout the conference.
2023 Keynote
Abbas Owainati
Macro Strategist
BT Pension Scheme Management
Hear from c.80bn British retirement plan, BT Pension Scheme Management, to share on the economic outlook formulating the dynamic asset allocations.
2023 Keynote Interview: The ingredients for success in private credit
Lulu Wang
Portfolio Strategist, Private Markets Solutions
Abrdn
Understand key drivers for private markets with portfolio strategist Lulu Wang at Abrdn on how to navigate the current risk landscape. Join Private Debt Investor‘s exclusive live interview with Lulu on how to successfully invest in private credit in the current climate.
2023 Speakers included:
Key event themes include:
- Emerging strategies in private debt for 2024 and beyond
- The increasing democratization of the private credit market
- Geopolitical considerations for investors in a volatile world
- Assessing private debt’s continuing ESG journey
- Real estate debt revitalisation
2024 in numbers
300+
Attendees
100+
Speakers
100+
Investors
What our delegates say?
Luca Di Rico
Racing Capital
A must for anyone in the industry
Amin Doulai
King & Spalding
Another excellent summit. An invaluable opportunity to engage with a wide range of private market participants.
Stephen McKenna
Altum Group
A fantastic event with a great turnout and extremely relevant content.
Apply for a complimentary Institutional Investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
Key trends shaping our agenda:
For more information on the agenda, please contact Hannah Ogun.
hannah.o@pei.group | +44 (0) 20 3994 7961
Network at the leading private debt event in Europe
Join the market-leading event and meet with 100+ active investors at this pivotal time for the private debt industry. Connect with institutional investors, fund managers, as well as the wider private debt community for two days of learning and networking.
The in-person networking experience
Gain access to a global community
As the flagship private debt event in Europe, the summit will attract investors and funds from across the world. Make sure you’re there to meet with leading global figures.
Meet in person, in London
We are once again back in London to offer unparalleled in-person networking opportunities. Supported by a digital event app, you’ll be able to arrange meetings and build relationships face to face.
More institutional and private investors than ever
Meet private and public pension funds; insurance firms, and a growing number of family offices and other private investors that are allocating towards private debt strategies in Europe.
2022 attendees included
Connect with active investors in debt strategies
Pre-Event Resources
Trending topics our speakers will cover:
For more information on speaking at the PDI Europe Summit, please contact Hannah Ogun.
hannah.o@pei.group | +44 (0) 20 3994 7961
2023 Speakers:
Wassyl Abdessemed
Senior Research Manager, PEI Group
Wassyl Abdessemed joined PEI’s research ＆ analytics team at the start of 2022, having previously worked in private asset management research. Wassyl looks after PEI’s institutional investor research globally and oversees number of rankings and report… Read full bio
Joe Abrams
Partner, Mercer
Joe is Mercer’s Head of Private Debt, Europe, based in London, managing a team of investment professionals specialised in researching and investing in Private Debt. Joe is a member of Mercer’s Private Debt Investment Committee, Private Debt Rating Re… Read full bio
Daniel Arques
Head of Debt Advisory, Strand Hanson
Daniel leads the debt advisory practice at London-based merchant bank Strand Hanson. Founded in 1993, Strand Hanson is one of London’s foremost, long standing independent advisory boutiques, and is a leading adviser to growth companies in both develo… Read full bio
Alon Avner
Head of Bain Capital Credit Europe, Bain Capital Credit
Mr. Avner joined Bain Capital in 2006. He is Head of Bain Capital Credit Europe, Portfolio Manager of the Special Situations Europe fund, a Partner in the Special Situations Group, and an Investment Committee member based in Bain Capital’s London off… Read full bio
John Bakie
News Editor, Private Debt Investor
John has been news editor at Private Debt Investor since 2017 covering all aspects of private debt’s development as an asset class. He has written about almost all areas of financial services including public markets trading, fintech, retail finance,… Read full bio
Johnnie Barnett
Partner, The New Amsterdam Group
Johnnie Barnett is a Partner at New Amsterdam based in London, England. Johnnie leads the firm’s distribution efforts across Europe and is involved across all aspects of fund raising for their GPs. He has been raising capital from institutional LPs a… Read full bio
Veronica Bateman
Private Credit Strategist, Aksia
Veronica is a Senior Vice President and Private Credit Strategist on the Investment Research team with over 19 years of industry experience working with private capital managers. She is responsible for sourcing, researching, and evaluating managers a… Read full bio
Hans-Jörg Baumann
Partner, Stepstone Group
Mr. Baumann is Partner and the chairman of StepStone Private Debt. As member of the management team he is responsible for global business development activities of PD. He is also Co-founder of the Swiss Alternative Investments Circle (SFAMA) and acte… Read full bio
Christopher Bone
Partner, Partners Group
Christopher Bone is Co-Head of Partners Group's London office and Head of Private Debt in Europe. He is Co-Chairman of the Global Direct Debt Investment Committee and Chairman of the Direct Debt Europe Investment Committee. He has been with Partners… Read full bio
Alex Bové Díez
Managing Partner, Paulson Asset Management
Alex is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Paulson AM. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan and Bank of America Merrilll Lynch. He accumulates 11 years of private markets experience and has successfully invested over €100M in the last 4 years… Read full bio
John Brantl
Co Head of European Investment Team, SVP
Mr. Brantl is Co-Head of the European investment team. He joined Strategic Value Partners in 2006 and has been based in London since 2012. Prior to joining Strategic Value Partners, Mr. Brantl worked in investment banking in Goldman, Sachs & Co.’… Read full bio
Paul Buckley
Managing Partner and CEO, FIRSTavenue’s
Paul is FIRSTavenue’s Managing Partner and CEO. Paul founded FIRSTavenue in 2006 and enjoys 16 years’ experience advising GPs in the private funds market. Under his leadership, FIRSTavenue has been an early mover in private infrastructure, private cr… Read full bio
Marco Busca
Head of Private Debt Fund of Funds, Generali Investments Partners SGR
Responsible for the management of GIP SGR’s Private Debt Fund-of-Funds, Marco is in charge of the selection, implementation and monitoring of investments in Private Debt funds managed by global asset management companies. He is also advisor of severa… Read full bio
Anish Butani
Senior Director, bfinance
Anish is a Senior Director in the Private Markets team at bfinance & leads the firm’s coverage of the infrastructure asset class. Since joining bfinance in 2017, Anish has advised a broad range of clients globally in allocating ~$10bn to the infr… Read full bio
Simon Champ
Founding partner and CEO, Newstead Capital
Founding partner and CEO of Newstead Capital - A London based private credit fund manager focused on residential real estate development finance. 2019 onwards. Advised on numerous private credit transactions with over £ 1bn of assets. Founding partne… Read full bio
Karan Chopra
Partner, Paul Hastings
Karan Chopra is a partner in the Global Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He advises clients on a range of cross-border leveraged transactions at all levels of the capital structure including senior, super se… Read full bio
Matteo Cidonio
Managing Partner, GWM Capital Advisors LLP
Matteo is a Managing Partner of GWM Group and Co-CIO of Real Estate Debt and Equity strategies. He has over 25 years of experience in the real estate investments and finance sectors. Prior to joining GWM Group in 2010, Matteo was a managing director… Read full bio
Penny Cochrane
Senior Investment Research Consultant, Hymans Robertson
Penny has over 16 years of investment experience and leads our asset class and manager research primarily across private debt products, from core, low-risk to opportunistic credit. Penny started her career in wealth management in the US before transi… Read full bio
Ben Colling
Director, Portfolio Management & ESG, Maslow Capital
Ben Colling is Director of Portfolio Management at Maslow Capital and leads their ESG & sustainability framework. Ben oversees all of Maslow Capital’s living sector assets from inception to completion and is instrumental in ensuring the whole-lif… Read full bio
Aris Constantinides
General Partner, Kreos Capital
Aris joined Kreos in 2016 is responsible for originating, assessing and managing transactions across Kreos’s target regions, predominantly in the healthcare space. Alongside the other partners, Aris is also responsible for general management of the f… Read full bio
Michael Curtis
Head of Private Credit Strategies, Fidelity International
Michael joined Fidelity in March 2021 bringing a team of 10 people, a long term loan track record and CLO AUM, with a strategic goal to develop a broad set of capabilities across private credit. Michael has over 20 years experience in the credit mark… Read full bio
Eduardo D'Alessandro
Partner - Global Real Assets, Castlelake
As leader of Castlelake’s Real Assets team, Mr. D’Alessandro focuses on originating investment opportunities in transitional real estate, infrastructure, renewables and power stability, and sub- and non-performing loans. Mr. D’Alessandro is also a me… Read full bio
Rebecca Davis
Senior Investment Director, Cambridge Associates
Becca is a Senior Investment Director at Cambridge Associates and is based in the London office. A member of the European Pensions Practice, Becca manages portfolios for public and private European pension plans, either on a discretionary or advisory… Read full bio
Bertrand de Comminges
Managing Director, Global Head Tread Finance Investments, Santander Asset Management
A renowned industry expert, Bertrand is currently the lead portfolio manager for the global Trade Finance strategy at Santander Asset Management. Before joining Santander Bertrand was for 8 years at HSBC & in his last role, he was responsible for… Read full bio
Theo Dickens
Managing Partner, Prefequity
Theo Dickens is Managing Partner of Prefequity, an investment firm that provides debt-based private capital to lower mid-market companies across the UK. Prior to founding Prefequity, Mr Dickens pursued a career in investment banking at Morgan Grenfel… Read full bio
Mustafa Dincer
Founder and Partner, MD Advisors
Mustafa is founder and partner of MD Advisors, a London-based independent debt advisory and restructuring platform providing high value-added, strategic and confidential advice in growth financings, LBO’s, special situations and distressed transactio… Read full bio
Walid Fakhry
Co-Managing Partner, Soho Square Capital
Walid leads Soho Square’s fundraising activities and has overall responsibility for the operations of the firm. Prior to Soho Square, he co-founded the private equity firm Core Capital in 2004, having worked previously in strategy consulting, operati… Read full bio
Aida Feriz
Executive Director, Wimmer Family Office
International Real Estate Investment Specialist focusing on originating and analyzing high scale real estate projects, providing funds (Equity and debt), in the commercial, residential and infrastructure sphere, ranging from hotels, mixed use, reside… Read full bio
Nicolas Ferretjans
Founding Partner, InPact Partners
Nicolas Ferretjans is a Founding Partner of InPact Partners, a trusted advisor of a community of large and international asset owners (Pension Funds, Insurances, Family Offices, Foundations & Endowments) combining more than $1.5 trillion of aggre… Read full bio
Tim Floyd
Executive Director, Westbourne Capital
Tim Floyd is Executive Director and head of the London office at Westbourne Capital, an independent investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure debt asset. Since joining Westbourne in 2013, Tim has expanded the firm’s investment foot… Read full bio
Thomas Foucoin
Senior Debt Origination Manager - Infrastructure, Pension Insurance Corporation (“PIC”)
Thomas is a Senior Debt Origination Manager, with over eight years of experience in infrastructure finance. During his time at PIC, Thomas has been responsible for sourcing and executing private debt transactions across the renewable energy, utilitie… Read full bio
Nicolas Fourt
Chief Risk Officer and ISR Director, Sienna Private Credit
Nicolas is Chief Risk Officer and ISR Director of Sienna Private Credit. Until 2008, he was Head of Capital Markets at CDC, Ixis and then Natixis. Nicolas joined the management team at Acofi Gestion in 2014 as Deputy CEO after the Alfafinance-Acofi m… Read full bio
Sabrina Fox
Chief Executive Officer, European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA)
Sabrina is the Chief Executive Officer for the European Leveraged Finance Association, an investor-only trade association comprised of European leveraged finance investors from over 60 institutional fixed income managers, including investment advisor… Read full bio
Bonnie Frank
Managing Director and Head of Private Investment and Enterprise Risk, Public Sector Pension Investment Board
Bonnie Frank is Managing Director and Head of Private Investment and Enterprise Risk, at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), leading a team of diverse risk professionals who oversee private investment risk management coverin… Read full bio
Ilya Gertsberg
Managing Director and CIO, Apolis S.A.M.
Ilya Gertsberg is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at Apolis S.A.M. Based in Monaco, Apolis is a single family office whose main focus is private credit. Ilya was previously Director at Millennium Group AG (a family office with over $10… Read full bio
Sophie Gioanni
Head of Investor Relations, ILX Management B.V.
Sophie is the head of Investor Relations at ILX. Sophie has worked at various hedge funds, serving as general counsel and head of business development. She has experience with a broad range of institutional investors in Europe, the United States and… Read full bio
Chandra Gopinathan
Senior Investment Manager, Railpen
Chandra Gopinathan leads the Climate workstream at Railpen and is responsible for climate strategy, integration of risk management across Railpen’s portfolios and investment in climate and natural capital opportunities and solutions. Chandra has two… Read full bio
Sven Gralla
Fund Manager Private Debt, Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG
Sven joined the Private Debt team at Kapital 1852 at the beginning of 2022. As a member of the investment team, he is responsible for the entire investment process including sourcing of new opportunities, investment decisions and portfolio monitoring… Read full bio
Michael Griffin
Partner, Sixth Street
Michael Griffin is a Partner of Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm with $65 billion in assets under management. Sixth Street uses its long-term flexible capital, data-enabled capabilities, and One Team culture to offer solutions to compan… Read full bio
Sanjay Gupta
Managing Principal, Head of Co-investments, Moonfare
Sanjay is a Managing Principal and Head of Co-investments at Moonfare. He has more than 20 years of experience in private equity most of which was investing in funds, co-investments/directs, or secondaries. He has deployed over $3bn in dozens of inve… Read full bio
Damian Hahnloser
Founder and Co-CIO, Growth Credit Partners (GCP)
Damian founded Growth Credit Partners (GCP) in 2022 and is the Co-CIO. GCP is a dedicated, European-focused growth lending fund. Prior to founding GCP, Damian was a Partner at PrimeStone Capital, a concentrated public equities fund investing in Europ… Read full bio
Aurelie Hariton-Fardad
Managing Director, Head of EMEA Client Portfolio Management, MetLife Investment Management
Aurélie heads the EMEA Client Portfolio Management Team, helping MetLife Investment Management’s (MIM’s) clients invest in infrastructure and corporate private debt strategies. She is also ESG Team Lead for the Corporate and Infrastructure Private Pl… Read full bio
Jennifer Hartviksen
Managing Director, Global Credit, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)
Jennifer Hartviksen joined IMCO in 2020 and is responsible for the global credit asset class, a globally diversified portfolio of public and private credit assets across the risk spectrum. Previously, Jennifer spent over six years at Invesco Ltd wher… Read full bio
Carolyn Hastings
Partner, Bain Capital Credit
Ms. Hastings joined Bain Capital in 2008. She is a Partner in the Private Credit Group based in Bain Capital’s Boston office and a Credit Committee member. Previously, Ms. Hastings was an Associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners and an analyst in the Heal… Read full bio
Suresh Hegde
Head of Structured Private Debt, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Suresh is a Head of Structured Private Debt at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Prior to joining GSAM he worked at NN Investment Partners where he founded both the Structured Private Debt and Insurance Solutions businesses. He previously held roles in… Read full bio
Elza Holmstedt Pell
Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor
Elza is the deputy editor of Responsible Investor. She joined RI in 2019 and has a particular interest in sustainable finance regulation, Previously, she was a freelance journalist and conference producer for three years, covering sustainable finance… Read full bio
Johan Hultner
Managing Partner, ARCOS Capital
Johan Hultner is a Founder and Managing Partner of ARCOS Capital, a Senior Private Debt fund focusing on senior secured lending to the mid-cap corporate market in Northern Europe (DACH, Benelux and the Nordic Region). Johan has over 30 years of exper… Read full bio
You-Ha Hyun
Principal, Perpetual Investors
You-Ha Hyun leads the private debt program at Perpetual Investors GmbH, a German based professional single family office. In this role, he is mainly responsible for managing the private debt portfolio and focuses on manager selection across the broad… Read full bio
Natasha Jacobs
Investor Relations Manager, Pollen Capital
Natasha Jacobs serves as Investor Relations Manager at Pollen Street Capital
Ari Jauho
Partner, Chairman, Certior Capital
Since 2011 Mr. Jauho is one of the Founding Partners and the Chairman of Certior Capital Ltd, focusing on private equity and private credit fund investing and co-investing. Previously Mr. Jauho was Partner at Access Capital after Access Capital bough… Read full bio
Matthew Jones
Commercial Head Structured Finance, S&P Global Ratings
As Head of EMEA Specialized Finance, Matt and his team are responsible for Commercial Strategy and client relationships in markets covering Private Equity, Structured Finance, Infrastructure Finance and Financial Institutions in the region. Prior to… Read full bio
Konstantin Karchinov
Partner, Veld Capital
Konstantin is a Partner of Veld Capital. Having joined as an Associate at the inception of the credit strategy in 2009, Konstantin has led transactions across a broad range of countries and asset types, demonstrating an exceptional investment track r… Read full bio
Michael Katramados
Head of Structured Lending, Pollen Street
Michael is a Partner at Pollen Street and a member of the Investment Committee. He joined Pollen Street in 2017 and has over 15 years’ experience in credit investing and asset based lending. He leads the structured lending strategy, focused on provid… Read full bio
Dr. Gabriella Kindert
Independent Board Member, Neptune Leasing, a.o.
Dr. Gabriella Kindert is a senior banking and investment professional specialising in Alternative Credit and Private markets. She gained over 20 years of international experience in managing investment portfolios over the cycle for leading institutio… Read full bio
Matthias Kirchgaessner
Managing Partner, PLEXUS Research GmbH
Matthias Kirchgaessner has been Managing Partner of PLEXUS Research GmbH since 2021. He specializes in alternative investments such as hedge funds and private debt. He dedicates his work to research balanced risk-adjusted returns. Clients appreciate… Read full bio
Jiří Król
Global Head, Alternative Credit Council, Alternative Investment Management Association
Jiří is Global Head of 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 dir… Read full bio
Matthew Layton
Partner (Head of Europe), Pearl Diver Capital
Matthew is a Partner at Pearl Diver Capital, Head of Europe, co-Head of Credit and a member of the investment committee. Matthew joined Pearl Diver Capital in 2009 and has 20 years of experience in structured credit, leveraged finance and high yield.… Read full bio
Daniel Leger
Managing Director, MGG Investment Group
Mr. Leger has over 18 years of experience in the asset management business. Prior to joining MGG, Mr. Leger was Head of Strategic Planning and Client Services at Akre Capital Management in Virginia where he helped grow the then 24 year old firm’s pri… Read full bio
Domonique Lemonius
Research Manager, Funds, Private Debt Investor
Domonique Lemonius is a Research Manager at Private Equity International. Based in London, she is responsible for overseeing research and analysis of the private equity fund market globally. She is also responsible for several leading market rankings… Read full bio
Ben Levenstein
Head of Private Credit & Alternative Income, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)
Ben is responsible for Private Credit in the Private Markets Group (‘PMG’) at USS Investment Management. The Private Credit business invests across the risk spectrum, both directly and through fiduciary managers. Ben oversees strategy, sourcing, unde… Read full bio
Jocelyn Lewis
Executive Director, Private Debt Strategy, Financial Services, S＆P Global Market Intelligence
Jocelyn Lewis has responsibility for the go-to-market strategy for our Private Debt Solution in S＆P Global Market Intelligence. Ms. Lewis is responsible for our private debt strategy globally as well as product development and client engagement. Prev… Read full bio
Bertrand Loubieres
Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts
Bertrand is Head of Infrastructure Finance at AXA IM Alts. His responsibilities include managing a team of seven infrastructure specialists in underwriting infrastructure loans and bonds. Before joining AXA IM Alts in 2015, Bertrand headed the origin… Read full bio
Marco Lukesch
Head of Private Credit, Emso Asset Management Limited
Marco started his career as a consultant focused on financial services at Oliver, Wyman ＆ Co. He joined HBK Capital Management in 2005, where he was the co-head of EM. From 2013 onwards, he was co-head of EM at Pine River Capital Management, focusing… Read full bio
Rhys Marsh
Portfolio Manager, Lombard Odier Asset Management
Rhys Marsh is a Portfolio Manager of the LOIM Sustainable Private Credit Strategy focused on providing senior secured loans to climate solutions. Before joining LOIM, Rhys was Managing Director and head of origination for the Avenue Sustainable Solut… Read full bio
Prasun Mathur
Head of Private Assets, Aviva UK Life
Prasun joined Aviva in October 2016 where he is responsible for investing in private assets and delivering associated P&L for Aviva UK. Currently, he focuses on investing optimally across a variety of fixed income asset classes. This involves mar… Read full bio
Kristina Matthews
Managing Director, ONEX
Kristina is focused on fundraising efforts across all Onex Credit products. Prior to joining Onex, Kristina was Head of Investor Relations and ESG at Brightwood Capital Advisors. Kristina earned a Master of Business Administration in Economics and In… Read full bio
Renato Meduri
Senior Vice President, Oaktree Capital Management
Renato is a senior vice president in Oaktree’s Opportunities group in London. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, Renato worked for the EMEA Leveraged Finance Group of Jefferies International in London. He received a B.S. degree with first-class honou… Read full bio
David Merriman
Head of European Private Debt, Beechbrook Capital
David is Head of European Private Debt at Beechbrook Capital. He joined in 2018 and is responsible for Beechbrook’s European lending activities. He is highly experienced in both sponsored and non-sponsored corporate lending and is a member of the Inv… Read full bio
Sarah Miller
Senior Vice President, Manager Research, Redington
Sarah works as a Senior Vice President in the Manager Research Team where she has a primary focus on private market strategies and specialises in impact investing. Sarah also leads on Inclusion and Diversity within fund research as well as chairing R… Read full bio
Ian Milton
Founder ＆ CEO, Mercia Capital Partners
Since founding Mercia Capital Partners in 2013, Ian has served as an adviser, principally to private credit GP’s, helping them to raise capital from UK investors for both first-time and later vintage funds investing across the capital structure in a… Read full bio
Sanjay Mistry
Head of Alternative Credit, Pension Protection Fund
Sanjay Mistry is the Head of Alternative Credit and interim Head of Alternatives. As a senior portfolio manager with 25 years investment experience, he is responsible for setting the strategy and all investments within a portfolio, spanning all sub-i… Read full bio
Philippe Mojon
Head of NAV Financing, AXA IM PRIME
Philippe is an Executive Director in the Structuring & Private Debt Team where he leads the firm’s NAV Financing efforts and is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing NAV Financing transactions. Philippe joined AXA IM Prime in 2022 up… Read full bio
Charlotte Moore
Freelance journalist and communications consultantt, Charlotte Moore
Charlotte Moore is an award-winning journalist and communications consultant who has written about investments and pensions for 17 years. She writes for a number of well-respected trade magazines including IPE, Professional Pensions and PLSA Viewpoin… Read full bio
George Moros
Executive Director, Wimmer Financial
George is an Executive Director with a specialty in real estate. George is part of the deal origination and capital raising teams for real estate development projects across asset classes and regions. George studied Economics and has prior real estat… Read full bio
Ross Morrow
Co-Founder & Executive Director, DunPort Capital Management
Ross Morrow is a Co-Founder & Executive Director of DunPort Capital Management. Prior to establishing DunPort, Ross was a Senior Analyst at BlueBay, where he was responsible for the origination, execution and management of debt investments in Iri… Read full bio
Shaun Mullin
Managing Director, European Private Credit, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Mr. Mullin is a Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was a Principal at Sixth Street Partners where he helped to develop the firm's thematic focus on European financial services investments i… Read full bio
Vinit Nagarajan
Managing Director, Head of Direct Investments, Private Credit Group, GIC
Vinit heads the Direct Investing business within GIC’s private credit group. He is a member of the Credit and TMT investment committee. Vinit was previously in GIC’s private equity team responsible for tech, media and telecom investing in Europe. Vin… Read full bio
Dalit Nuttall
Principal, West Valley Capital
Following an institutional career with Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia, Dalit founded WestValley Capital in 2007 to connect preferred solution providers with European pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers in ways that addre… Read full bio
Peter J. Olds
Partner, Private Investment Funds, Proskauer
Peter Olds is a partner in Proskauer’s Private Funds Group. He specializes in advising on the establishment of private funds globally and also acts for a number of large private fund investors, across the full range of alternative asset classes inclu… Read full bio
Adriana Oller
Founder and Partner, Resilience Partners
Adriana Oller started her career as a principal investor over 20 years ago and continued providing direct lending solutions to SME’s. Specifically focused on established and profitable Spanish companies, which could not find suitable financing soluti… Read full bio
Obinna Onyeagoro
Consultant, Egon Zehnder
Based in London, Obinna (Obi) is a core member in Egon Zehnder's Global Infrastructure Practice. Obi's focus is to build close, trusted relationships advising senior executives both on the fund level and the portfolio companies on their leadership ch… Read full bio
Abbas Owainati
Macro Strategist, Brightwell
Abbas Owainati is a macro strategist for Brightwell. Brightwell manages the BT Pension Scheme, UK’s largest defined benefit corporate retirement plan, with £47bn in assets. Abbas’ responsibilities cover macroeconomic research and formulating the dyna… Read full bio
Chris Palmer
Head of Illiquid Assets Origination, Phoenix Group
Chris is Head of Illiquid Assets Origination at Phoenix Group plc, with prime responsibility for the deployment and economic returns of Phoenix Group's private credit portfolios. He was previously an Investment Director at ReAssure, leading up to the… Read full bio
Rakesh Pavithran
Head of European Origination – Private Credit, Credit Suisse Asset Management
Rakesh Pavithran leads origination efforts in Europe for CSAM Private Credit having joined the business at inception in late 2020. Rakesh has over 17 years of experience in leveraged finance and was previously a senior banker in the Financial Sponsor… Read full bio
Andrea Pescatori
CEO and Managing Partner, Ver Capital SGRpA
Founder of Ver Capital. Before establishing Ver Capital, Andrea earned 15 years of experience in fixed income and capital markets at Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Hill Samuel and Finprogetti. Andrea holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi University in Milan a… Read full bio
Jason Proctor
Managing Director, Truffle Private Markets
Jason is Managing Director of Truffle and a member of the Firm’s Investment Committee. Jason has spent his career selecting and investing in a range of private markets funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutiona… Read full bio
Chris Quayle
Managing Director, DC Advisory
Chris is a Managing Director in the DC Advisory Infrastructure team based in London, with over 12 years’ experience in infrastructure financing. Recent transactions include advising on Cory’s equity capital raise and debt financing for the Riverside… Read full bio
Stephen Quinn
Senior Managing Director, 17Capital
Stephen is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of 17Capital’s Credit Offering and a member of the Investment Committee at 17Capital, the go-to global source of strategic finance for investors in private equity. Stephen joined the firm in 2019 from… Read full bio
Patrick Raffard
Partner, Head of Business Development, Rivage Investment
Patrick joined Rivage Investment in 2016 as the Head of Business Development. Patrick started his career as an interest rate swaps trader for BNP and Commerz Financial Products. He moved to a marketing position, in charge of sales of derivative produ… Read full bio
Faisal Ramzan
Partner, Proskauer
Faisal's practice focuses on complex cross-border and domestic finance transactions and credit arrangements, particularly those financings that involve private sources of capital. He structures and negotiates a wide range of financing facilities such… Read full bio
David Renshaw
Managing Director and Co-Head of European Debt Platform, Fiera Real Estate
David joined Fiera Real Estate in September 2022 and is Managing Director and Co-Head of Fiera Real Estate’s European Debt Platform. Prior to joining Fiera Real Estate, David held a senior position in the pan-European real estate debt team at Cheyne… Read full bio
Richard Roberts
Principal, Head of Origination and M&A, Arrow Global Group
Richard leads Origination and is a Fund Principal for Arrow’s ACO Funds. He is also responsible for Arrow’s M&A strategy alongside leading origination across the Platforms and Aggregation Vehicles. Richard joined Arrow in 2017 after 19 years at G… Read full bio
Sonia Rocher
Sonia Rocher, Managing Director
Sonia joined BlackRock in 2015 and is a founding member of the European Private Debt platform, as part of BlackRock’s $47bn global private credit platform. With over 18 years of experience, Sonia is a senior portfolio manager focusing on originating,… Read full bio
Daniel Roddick
Founder, Ely Place Partners
Daniel Roddick CFA founded Ely Place Partners in 2018. Daniel has 20 years of experience in private equity advisory, formerly running the placement division of EPIC Private Equity. Prior to that he worked at Campbell Lutyens and McKinsey and Co. Dani… Read full bio
Daniel Humphrey Rodriguez
Head of Private Markets Research, PDI
Daniel Humphrey Rodriguez is PDI’s Head of Private Markets Research. Based in London, he is responsible for leading PDI’s research and analysis of private market GPs globally. He is also responsible for a number of leading market rankings and reports… Read full bio
David Ross
Managing Director & Head of Private Credit, Northleaf Capital Partners
David is head of Northleaf's private credit program and a member of the Private Credit and Private Equity Investment Committees. David oversees all aspects of Northleaf’s private credit investment activities, including the origination, evaluation and… Read full bio
James Ruane
Managing Director, Capital Solutions, International, CDPQ
James Ruane has been Managing Director, Capital Solutions, International since January 2022. Based in the London office, he develops the international strategy for the Capital Solutions team in Europe, Asia and South America. He is also responsible f… Read full bio
Steve Ruby
Senior Managing Director, Audax Private Debt
Steve is the Co-Head of Origination at Audax Private Debt, a leading debt capital partner with over $34 billion invested across more than 1,250 companies and over $27 billion in capital raised. Steve oversees our unitranche and junior debt investment… Read full bio
Daljit Sandhu
COO ＆ Co-Founder, Precede Capital Partners
Daljit Sandhu is the Co-Founder and COO of Precede Capital Partners, a real estate lending platform that delivers large-ticket financing solutions to real estate developers for projects across the UK. In her role as COO, Sandhu is responsible for ove… Read full bio
Alexander Schmitt
Senior Portfolio Manager – Global Private Debt, Allianz Global Investors
Alex is a senior portfolio manager for global private debt with a focus on infrastructure and real estate debt at Allianz Global Investors. Prior to joining Allianz Global Investors in 2021, Alex was part of Allianz Investment Management’s Private De… Read full bio
Raphael Schorr
Partner and Deputy CIO, HighVista Strategies
Raphi Schorr is a Partner and Deputy CIO at HighVista Strategies. He joined the firm in 2004 and currently leads the private investments team. With nearly two decades of experience, Raphi brings a strong background in risk management and specializes… Read full bio
Sebastian Schroff
Lead Portfolio Manager Private Debt, Allianz Global Investors
Sebastian is the Lead Portfolio Manager for Global Private Debt at Allianz Global Investors. Previously, he was responsible for the Private Debt Portfolio of Allianz Group and the Alternative Investment Portfolio of the Germany Life & Health port… Read full bio
Helene Schütrumpf
Director, Ely Place Partners
Helene Schütrumpf has over 15 years of experience in financial markets, having started her career in proprietary trading at Merrill Lynch, analysing credit and structured credit products. She has been fundraising for Private Equity, Private Credit an… Read full bio
Diana Sepulveda
Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Debt Investments, HSBC Asset Management
Diana is a Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Debt Investments, at HSBC Asset Management. She has been working in infrastructure finance since 2000 and is experienced in structuring and executing infrastructure financings across developed and e… Read full bio
Saad Sheikh
Partner, Enko Capital
Saad Sheikh is a Partner at Enko Capital and co-heads its private credit strategy, located in the London office. Prior to joining Enko, Saad was a Principal at TLG Capital, where he was responsible for deal origination, structuring, and execution for… Read full bio
Deborah Shire
Deputy Head of AXA IM Alts, AXA Investment Managers
Deborah Shire is Deputy Head of AXA IM Alts, a global leader in alternative investments, with €186bn+ in assets under management. Deborah was appointed Deputy Head of AXA IM Alts in 2020 and has over 26 years of experience in alternative markets, joi… Read full bio
Parvoleta Shtereva
CIO, Gemcorp Capital Management Ltd
Parvoleta Shtereva is responsible for the firm’s investment portfolio as well as execution and management of investments. She is one of the founders of the firm and is a member of the Investment Committee and Management Committee. Parvoleta has spent… Read full bio
Karen Simeone
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners
Karen Simeone joined HarbourVest in 2018 and focuses on investments in senior and junior private credit transactions. Throughout her career, Karen has managed all aspects of the private credit investment process including sourcing, evaluating, struct… Read full bio
Nick Smith
Managing Director, Private Credit, Alternative Credit Council, AIMA
Nick Smith joined AIMA in February 2017 and is the Managing Director, Private Credit for AIMA’s private credit affiliate, the Alternative Credit Council (ACC). His role focuses on public policy and regulatory issues affecting private credit managers… Read full bio
Merary Soto-Saunders
Global Head of Diversity, Equity ＆ Inclusion, CVC Capital Partners
Merary is responsible for driving initiatives and policies that will make CVC and its portfolio companies more diverse and inclusive, and providing all employees the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Merary drives CVC’s DE&I strategy a… Read full bio
Matias Sottile
Managing Director, Ayres Partners
Matias Sottile is the founder of Ayres Partners, a boutique financial and strategy advisory firm specializing in funding of energy transition, digital infrastructure and infrastructure funds across investment grade and emerging markets. Ayres Partner… Read full bio
Justin Staadecker
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, HPS Investment Partners
Justin Staadecker is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners and a Portfolio Manager of the Asset Value Funds. Prior to joining HPS in 2013, Mr. Staadecker was Managing Director and Co-Head of the European Special Situations Credit Opportuniti… Read full bio
Edward Talmor-Gera
Founding Managing Partner, NewVest
Edward Talmor-Gera is the Founding Managing Partner and CEO of NewVest and is based in Tel Aviv. He is also the Co-Founder of Fund Placement Israel (FPI), a boutique private capital placement agent in Israel that has successfully raised over $5 billi… Read full bio
Andy Thomson
Senior Editor, Private Debt Investor, PEI Group
Andy has been with PEI Group since 2003, working on a number of titles including as Editor of Private Equity International and Senior Editor of Infrastructure Investor. Since H2 2015, he took over responsibility for Real Estate Capital and, in the fi… Read full bio
Toni Vainio
Partner, Pantheon
Toni is a Partner in Pantheon’s Global Private Credit Investment and European Investment Teams. He previously worked in the private markets team at Cambridge Associates, where he advised institutional investors on their private market investment prog… Read full bio
Richard von Gusovius
Partner, Campbell Lutyens
Richard joined Campbell Lutyens in 2006. He is the Co-Head of Global Private Debt and is also Head of Sales for Europe, the Middle East and APAC, and a member of the Executive Committee. Richard joined Campbell Lutyens’ secondary practice before taki… Read full bio
Orla Walsh
Managing Director, European Private Debt, StepStone Group
Ms. Walsh is a member of the European Private Debt team, and leads the London based Investment Team. She has worked across illiquid credit investments; Primary Commingled Funds, SMA’s, Secondary GP/ LP transactions, and European Co-Investments. She i… Read full bio
Dr. Lulu Wang
Portfolio Strategist – Global Private Markets' Solutions, abrdn
Dr. Lulu Wang leads the Research and Strategy function of the Global Private Markets Fund (GPMF) and Aberdeen Diversified Income and estate, infrastructure and natural resources Growth Fund in abrdn. Her focus is on the analysis of fundamental driver… Read full bio
Dominic Webb
Reporter, Responsible Investor
Dominic is a reporter for the ESG and sustainable investment news publication Responsible Investor, writing about sustainability in fixed income, as well as EU and UK regulatory issues and investment stewardship. Since joining Responsible Investor in… Read full bio
Adam Wheeler
Co-Head of Global Private Finance, Barings
Adam Wheeler is Co-Head of Barings’ Global Private Finance Group and a member of the firm’s North American, European and Asia-Pacific Private Finance Investment Committees. He is responsible for leading a team that originates, underwrites and manages… Read full bio
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Speakers
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Institutional Investors
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