PDI Germany Forum 2024 | Discuss Private Debt in the DACH Region

Ian Anderson

Managing Director, KKR

Ian Anderson (London) joined KKR in 2014 and is a Managing Director in the Credit business. He serves as a portfolio manager for the firm’s private credit funds and portfolios and as a member of the European Private Credit Investment Committee. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Anderson was a vice president at Lazard in the corporate finance department, advising a diverse range of European and global corporate clients on M&A transactions and restructurings. Previously, Mr. Anderson worked at Key Capital, an Irish boutique capital markets and asset management firm. Mr. Anderson holds a first class degree in Engineering from Dublin University, Trinity College and is a CFA Charterholder.

Joaquin Ardit

Senior Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investors

Joaquin is Senior Portfolio Manager in the Global Private Debt unit of Allianz Global Investors. He joined Allianz in 2012 as a fixed income investment manager for the Life and Health insurance companies of Allianz Germany. Previously, Joaquin worked as a fixed income derivatives structurer for JPMorgan in London . Joaquin holds a Master’s degrees in industrial engineering from Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, a Master in Finance from Imperial College London and an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.

Allianz Global Investors

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with over 600 investment professionals in over 20 offices worldwide and managing EUR 553 billion in assets. We invest for the long term and seek to generate value for clients every step of the way. We do this by being active – in how we partner with clients and anticipate their changing needs, and build solutions based on capabilities across public and private markets. Our focus on protecting and enhancing our clients’ assets leads naturally to a commitment to sustainability to drive positive change. Our goal is to elevate the investment experience for clients, whatever their location or objectives.

Data as at 31 March 2024. Total assets under management are assets or securities portfolios, valued at current market value, for which Allianz Global Investors companies are responsible vis-á-vis clients for providing discretionary investment management decisions and portfolio management, either directly or via a sub-advisor (these include Allianz Global Investors assets which are now sub-advised by Voya IM since 25 July 2022). This excludes assets for which Allianz Global Investors companies are primarily responsible for administrative services only. Assets under management are managed on behalf of third parties as well as on behalf of the Allianz Group.

Olga Braun-Cangl

Senior Investment Director, Cambridge Associates

Olga is a senior Investment Director at Cambridge Associates and is, based in Munich. Olga joined Cambridge Associates in 2022 and focuses on the building and management for Private Markets portfolios for institutional clients across Europe.

Before joining Cambridge Associates, Olga spent 14 years with AllianzGI, where she contributed to shaping AllianGI Private Markets capabilities from different investment and advisory roles in the Munich and New York offices. She managed and advised institutional clients in the building of customized Private Markets Portfolios for European institutional clients. She served as a member of the investment committee and lead sourcing activities for Private Credit, including co-investments and secondaries, Private Equity, and Infrastructure. She also supported executive management, advising on potential strategic acquisition targets and M&A opportunities. Prior to that, Olga began her career in 2002 as a portfolio manager and hedge fund analyst at Berenberg Bank and UniCredit.

Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm. The firm aims to help pension plans, endowments & foundations and family offices implement and manage custom investment portfolios aimed at generating outperformance. With 50 years of institutional investing insights, particularly in alternative investment managers and strategies, our core focus is around active management and rigorous manager selection. Over 80% of our business is hands-on portfolio management services, which includes acting as an outsourced investment office (OCIO), providing directive day-to-day portfolio oversight on a non-discretionary basis, and managing alternative investment programs. The other core aspect of our business is partnering with clients closely as an extension of their own staff or serving as a valuable sounding board for investors who are leading their own investment processes. For more information including office locations, please visit our website.

Dr. Philipp Bunnenberg

Head of Alternative Markets, Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)

Dr. Philipp Bunnenberg is Head of Alternative Markets at Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI) and responsible for the association's activities in the areas of Private Markets & Liquid Alternatives, Research & Science and Public Relations. After studying economics and business administration at the Universities of Potsdam, Münster and Vigo (Spain), he initially worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Finance and Banking at the University of Potsdam. During this time, he completed his dissertation on Closet Indexing and risks in the ETF market.

Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)

The Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI) is the asset class- and product-spanning representation of interest for Alternative Investments in Germany. Founded 1997 in Bonn, the 295 association's members are resident in any field of the professional Alternative Investments Business. Our goal is to improve the level of public awareness for alternative strategies and asset classes.
We are creating internationally competitive and attractive conditions for the investment in Alternative Investments and represent the interests of the industry to politics and regulators. We are serving as a catalyst between professional German investors and recognized worldwide providers of Alternative Investments products and services and we support scientific research in the field of Alternative Investments.

Christophe Carrasco

Head of Private Debt, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Christophe has been Head of Private Debt at BNPP AM since joining the company in May 2017. He has over 23 years of experience in private debt financing (junior, senior and unitranche) and restructuring through equity turnaround and debt restructuring.

Before joining BNPP AM, he launched and headed the Senior Debt activity for Céréa Partenaire in 2013, specializing in senior debt and unitranche loans.
Prior to that, he spent more than 12 years at Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity), heading the North American mezzanine activity and being a founding member of the European mezzanine franchise.

Christophe has a master’s degree in banking, finance & insurance from EM Lyon Business School, a master’s degree in financial engineering from Université Paris Nanterre and a degree in finance from Université de Cergy–Pontoise.
Christophe is based in Paris.

Trevor Clark

Founder and Managing Partner, TPG Twin Brook

As Founder and Managing Partner of TPG Angelo Gordon’s middle market direct lending business, Twin Brook Capital Partners, Trevor Clark is a member of Twin Brook’s Investment Committee and has been responsible for overall operations of the business since its inception in 2014.
Prior to founding TPG Twin Brook, Trevor was a co-founder and C.E.O. of Madison Capital Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Investments, where he oversaw all operational and strategic activities of the middle market lending operation. Prior to forming Madison Capital, Trevor held various positions in loan underwriting and origination at Antares Capital, GE Capital, and Bank of America. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City and an M.B.A. degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Andrew Cleland-Bogle

Partner, Head of Direct Lending, Bridgepoint

Andrew is a Partner within Bridgepoint Credit and joined the Firm in 2020 from EQT Credit. Prior to joining EQT in 2014, he worked for DC Advisory in their European Restructuring and Debt Advisory Group, during which he spent three years based in Frankfurt office, where he advised a large number of stakeholders on special situations and healthy refinancing transactions across numerous jurisdictions. Prior to this, Andrew worked for Houlihan Lokey in their Financial Restructuring Group in London.
Andrew has a BA with honours in Economics and Politics from Newcastle University.

Siti Dawson

Senior Director, Cambridge Associates

Siti Dawson, lic. oec., joined SIGLO in 2023 as a Senior Analyst for private debt, alternative credit and impact investing. She started her career as a fund analyst in 2007 at VZ Vermoegenszentrum in Zurich, where she was responsible for the manager selection and asset allocation for fixed income, absolute return strategies and ILS. In 2012, she joined LGT Capital Partners in Pfäffikon SZ as a product specialist for ILS, where she played a key role in building the well-known brand of LGT ILS Partners within the institutional investor community worldwide. In addition, she developed the ESG framework for the ILS business and was a member of LGT Capital Partners' ESG committee. Siti studied Economics at the University of Zurich with a focus on Microeconomics and Management, is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) since 2011 and completed the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate exam in 2022.

Mustafa Dincer

Founder, 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 transactions.

Mustafa formerly held leadership roles at Rothschild, Morgan Stanley and Ondra Partners, and he has 26 years’ experience as lender, investor and advisor. At Rothschild Mustafa was responsible for the debt advisory and restructuring practice for financial sponsors. His expertise spans private and public financings across corporate, infrastructure and ABL debt.

Mustafa was a Fulbright Scholar and graduated from UC Berkeley.

MD Advisors

MD Advisors provides capital advisory services for financial investors and corporates. Where appropriate, we may co-invest with our clients to truly align our interests.

Our senior team, each with 25+ years’ experience spanning three credit cycles, is comprised of former senior Morgan Stanley and Rothschild debt and corporate finance bankers, providing unparalleled expertise and investor connectivity in respect of complex growth financings and buyouts as well as underperforming situations.

MD Advisors has recently had significant involvement in tech- and tech-enabled buyout and growth debt financings, particularly in the UK, DACH and the Nordics. Our team has advised top-tier large- and mid-cap financial sponsors in buyouts for over two decades with expertise in both private and public debt.

Our partners' restructuring expertise dates back to the early 2000's involving TMT companies as well as multiple financial restructurings during the GFC. We have also been active in selective mid-market financial restructurings post-COVID-19.

As trusted partners of our clients, we offer senior-level resources at each stage of a transaction, helping our clients implement the most optimum capital structure.

Our independent platform benefits from collaboration with a close network of select former Morgan Stanley M&A colleagues, helping to source investment opportunities for our clients.

MD Advisors is an Appointed Representative of Brooklands Fund Management Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 757575).

Hans-Peter Dohr

Founder & Managing Director, ICA - Institutional Capital Associates

Hans-Peter Dohr is the founder and CEO of ICA Institutional Capital Associates. He focuses on investment advisory for and capital introductions to institutional investors and has over 35 years of experience in investment and finance, including board and investment committee positions at state investment holding companies and infrastructure and private equity investment funds . Prior to founding ICA, he was Head of Advisory at DC Placement Advisors, one of Europe’s leading private markets advisory firms . Earlier in his career, he worked for several groups within the investment banking departments of Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Salomon Brothers, Credit Lyonnais, and Chase Manhattan Bank, as well as the Ministry of Finance and as credit officer in the State Development Bank in Austria. Hans-Peter Dohr holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

ICA

ICA Institutional Capital Associates (ICA) is an award-winning regional investment advisory boutique. The company offers customised advisory and investment solutions for institutional clients in the DACH region with a strong focus on private debt and real assets. Since 2019, ICA also offers placement services for investment firms for the marketing and distribution of funds to investors in the DACH region. These services are designed to support clients in raising capital from investors for their private markets programmes. ICA's customised distribution strategy provides managers with effective outsourcing of their business development and fundraising efforts, enabling significant asset growth and deepening relationships with a broad range of investors. The ICA team consists of senior and experienced professionals with over 80 years of combined investment and finance experience, including board and investment committee positions in state investment holding companies, infrastructure, private debt and private equity investment funds and insurance companies.

Laurent Dubois

Managing Director – Private Credit, Sienna Investment Managers

Managing Director of the Private Credit branch of Sienna IM since May 2024, Laurent Dubois began his career in structured products and had multiple opportunities to launch, develop and manage several activities (structured finance, indexed repo, fund derivatives, insurance derivatives, regulatory optimization). Laurent co-founded Alfafinance, before joining in 2014 the management team of Acofi Gestion (which became Sienna IM in 2022) as Deputy Managing Director. He is a graduate of ENSIMAG (Engineering) and holds a Master's degree in Finance from HEC.

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Christian Dybdahl-Ovesen

Partner and Investment Professional, CORDET Capital Partners

Prior to joining CORDET in 2013, Christian was part of Credit Suisse’s Financial Sponsor Group working on origination, structuring and execution of financings for LBOs and other private equity related transactions. Before that, he worked at StormHarbour and Dresdner Kleinwort in leveraged finance. Earlier in his career, Christian served in the Royal Danish Armed Forces (Navy).
Christian holds a MA (Honours) in Financial Economics from the University of St Andrews and an MBA from INSEAD.
He speaks Danish (native), Swedish (fluent), Norwegian (fluent), German (conversational) and French (basic).
Certified Function, SMF27 (Partner).

Michael Ewald

Partner, Global Head of the Private Credit Group, Bain Capital

Mr. Ewald joined Bain Capital in 1998. He is a Partner, Global Head of the Private Credit Group, Portfolio Manager for the Middle Market Credit and Senior Direct Lending strategies and a Credit Committee member. He also serves as CEO of Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., a registered business development company. He is based in Bain Capital's Boston office. Previously, Mr. Ewald was an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company and an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Regulated Industries group.
Mr. Ewald received an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.A. from Tufts University.

Sabine Fischer

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, BB Alternative Partners

Sabine Fischer started her professional career at Rheinmetall AG in the area of Strategic Corporate Development and Planning.

In 2012 she founded BB Alternatives Partners together with Alexander and the company is since active in supporting institutional investors in selecting Private Market funds and managers, performing Due Diligences and providing extensive reporting services to investors and fund managers alike.

BB Alternative Partners

BB Alternatives Partners is an independent advisory boutique to institutional investors providing support in the selection, evaluation, processing and reporting of alternative investments. Within its Advisory Unit the services provided include broader selection projects covering the entire investment process from market mapping, preselection, Scoring and Due Diligences to ongoing monitoring. Alternatively stand-alone services such as Second Opinions or Due Diligences are also provided.
Within its Reporting Unit BB Alternatives offers SaaS-solutions to provide investors with a fully automated reporting process covering automated file download, data extraction and validation and the provision of either data feed-ins for investors’ internal portfolio management tools or full scope fund and portfolio reporting based on individual investor requirements. The range of services also includes all required regulatory reportings.
As of end of 2023 BB Alternatives had ~ EUR 5bn of Asset under Advisory.

Lars Fromm

Partner, Head of Financing, Altor Equity Partners

Six years as the Head of Financing at Altor, responsible for debt financings across the whole portfolio of some 50 companies as well as new acquisitions with debt structures including everything from bilateral loans to cov-lite TLBs, private debt and HY bonds. Prior to Altor, 20 years of experience from working within leveraged finance, corporate loans, corporate finance and equity capital markets at the three leading Nordic banks, i.e. Danske Bank, Nordea and SEB based in Stockholm, San Francisco and London. Transactions include everything from small bilateral loan financings to international, widely distributed, loan and bond transactions. Most recently before joining Altor, the head of Leveraged Finance and Corporate Loans at Danske Bank in Sweden heading a team of 18 professionals.

Bernard Galea

Principal, Pantheon

Bernard is a Principal in Pantheon’s Global Private Credit team. Prior to joining Pantheon Bernard worked as a Director in Muzinich and Co’s European Direct Lending team, before which he was a member of Lincoln International’s Debt Advisory team having started his career at KPMG. Bernard holds a LL.M in International Business Law from the University of London, is a qualified accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Dr. Markus Geiger

Head of Private Debt, ODDO BHF Asset Management GmbH

Markus is responsible for the Private Debt division at ODDO BHF Asset Management since 2018. He has more than 20 years of experience in private debt, private equity and consulting. Prior to joining ODDO BHF, he spent 4 years at Kartesia, where he led the business in the D/A/CH region. Prior to that, he spent 8 years at Borromin Capital (formerly Steadfast Capital), where he was responsible for the origination, execution and management of various private equity investments, the last years as a partner. He started his career in 1997 as a management consultant at Strategy & (formerly Booz Allen Hamilton) with a focus on corporate finance advisory for international corporations and private equity firms. Markus holds a PhD from the University of Cologne and a Masters degree from ESCP Europe.

Sven Gralla

Fund Manager Private Debt, LBBW Asset Management

Sven Gralla has been working as Fund Manager Private Debt at LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH since the beginning of 2024 and focusses on manager selection within various fund of funds strategies, individual advisory mandates and managed accounts. Previously, Sven Gralla was a Senior Associate at Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe, where he was responsible for setting up a private debt fund of funds with a focus on the lower-mid-market as a member of the investment team.

During his Master's degree, Sven Gralla worked as a researcher for BAI e.V. (German Alternative Investment Lobby), where he conducted research projects on topics such as private debt, infrastructure and co-investments. Sven Gralla holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Cologne. He also completed the Alternative Investments Programme at the London School of Economics.

Sven is a member of the Advisory Boards of the PDI German Forum and the PDI Europe Summit since 2023. Sven Gralla is a founding member of the BAI NextGen Council, which focus on networking of future leaders in the industry (GPs & LPs).

LBBW Asset Management

LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH (LBBW AM) is a wholly owned subsidiary of LBBW and assumes central responsibility for asset management within the LBBW Group. With a volume of around EUR 71.3 billion in total assets, we are one of the most important capital management companies in Germany. Since October 1, 2020, we have been part of the LBBW Asset and Wealth Management (AWM) division and - together with BW Bank's Private Asset Management, Asset Management and Wealth Management - are one of the leading asset managers in Germany with total assets under management of over EUR 100 billion. With the AWM division, LBBW bundles its advisory and product expertise under one roof. In addition to individual special funds and solutions for the management of direct investments, we can also offer our customers regularly award-winning mutual funds in various asset classes. Our customers include insurance companies, pension schemes, pension funds, companies, banks and savings banks as well as church and public institutions and foundations.

Börge Grauel

Partner, YIELCO Investment AG

Börge Grauel is a Partner and Co-Head of Private Credit, as well as member of the Investment Committee of YIELCO Investments AG, a specialized alternatives asset manager, investing in Infrastructure, Private Equity and Private Credit with c. EUR 11bn. AuS. Börge Grauel has 20 years of investment experience in Private Markets. He holds a degree in International Management & Economics from the University of Bamberg and Alcalá de Henares, Madrid and is a CFA charterholder.

YIELCO Investments AG

YIELCO is an independent private markets investment specialist based in Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Luxembourg. Since its inception in 2011, YIELCO is exclusively focused on global alternatives investment solutions in infrastructure, private credit and private equity. With a team of c. 50 professionals the group currently manages or advises around EUR 11 billion in aggregate capital commitments for institutional investors and family offices across Europe.

Dr. Harald Haas

Senior Investment Manager, MEAG

Dr. Harald Haas is a Senior Investment Manager of Munich Re’s asset manager MEAG. Harry works in MEAG’s infrastructure debt team; initially Harald was responsible for direct equity investments in renewables. Prior to joining MEAG in 2011 Harald held management roles in industrial blue chips i.a. Linde and ThyssenKrupp where he gained considerable experience in project and trade finance, mainly in the sectors oil & gas, defense, automotive, steel. Harald studied finance at the University of Reading and of Trier and Chinese at the National Chengchi University in Taipei. He earned a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Bremen in monetary history.

MEAG

MEAG (www.meag.com/index_en.html) manages the assets of Munich Re and ERGO. With around € 345 billion in assets under its management (31 march 2024), MEAG is one of the world's major asset management companies. MEAG also offers her extensive know-how to institutional investors and private clients from outside the Group. MEAG has representations in Europe, Asia and North America and manages all the main asset classes such as interest-bearing securities, equities, real estate, renewable energies and infrastructure, under one roof.

David Hansen

Head of Private Debt & Infrastructure Equity, LBBW Asset Management

David is Head of Private Debt & Infrastructure Equity at LBBW Asset Management as well as Senior Advisor at Polaris Investment Advisory. David started his career working for Santander and Bankhaus Lampe. In 2020 he joined Kapital 1852 to set up first the Private Debt and later the Infrastructure Fund of Funds Business. David has 10 years of professional experience in Alternative Investments, M&A, Strategy & Governance and Credit & Risk. David holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration/Finance from the University of Cologne.

LBBW Asset Management

LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH (LBBW AM) is a wholly owned subsidiary of LBBW and assumes central responsibility for asset management within the LBBW Group. With a volume of around EUR 71.3 billion in total assets, we are one of the most important capital management companies in Germany. Since October 1, 2020, we have been part of the LBBW Asset and Wealth Management (AWM) division and - together with BW Bank's Private Asset Management, Asset Management and Wealth Management - are one of the leading asset managers in Germany with total assets under management of over EUR 100 billion. With the AWM division, LBBW bundles its advisory and product expertise under one roof. In addition to individual special funds and solutions for the management of direct investments, we can also offer our customers regularly award-winning mutual funds in various asset classes. Our customers include insurance companies, pension schemes, pension funds, companies, banks and savings banks as well as church and public institutions and foundations.

Johann-Felix Herter

Managing Director – Head of Investor Relations DACH, Eurazeo

Johann-Felix is a Managing Director in the Eurazeo Investor Relations team.
He joined from Selinus Capital, a leading German placement agent, where he initiated and led the private debt practice. Previously, Johann-Felix served as Head of Private Credit for the DACH region at BlackRock in Munich. In this role, he successfully established BlackRock's private debt product suite in the region, promoting European, North American, and Asian credit products and solutions to institutional investors.
Before this, he was the Head of Business Development at Golding Capital Partners, Germany's largest fund-of-funds. There, he developed and began implementing the strategic growth plan for future asset growth and played a key role in launching new product lines, including impact investing and co-investments in private equity and infrastructure.
Johann-Felix began his career as a management consultant with Bain & Company and McKinsey, focusing on financial services and private equity practices.

Florian Hofer

Managing Director, Golding Capital Partners

Florian Hofer - Director, joined Golding Capital Partners in 2018. He is responsible for the selection, execution and monitoring of private debt fund investments and co-investments, as well as the overall portfolio management.
Prior to joining Golding Capital Partners, Mr Hofer worked for the credit team of EQT Partners in London, where he was responsible for the selection and execution of financings and opportunistic private debt transactions. Prior to EQT, he worked for the Leveraged Finance Team of Jefferies in London where he was tasked with originating, structuring and arranging financings for leveraged buyouts and leveraged corporates. Mr Hofer started his career in the M&A team of Jefferies in Frankfurt in 2010.
Mr Hofer graduated from the University of Augsburg with a major in Finance and Law and holds a Master in Law with Honors (LL.M.) from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Golding Capital Partners

Golding Capital Partners is one of the leading independent asset managers for private equity, private credit and infrastructure in Europe. With innovative investment solutions and competent advice we help institutional investors to build a sustainably successful investment strategy.

Johan Hultner

Founder & 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 25 years of experience in leveraged finance and corporate finance. Prior to joining ARCOS, Johan worked first with UBS for 12 years in London in corporate finance where he led teams advising corporates and private equity firms on M&A, equity and debt related transactions. He then joined RBS for 13 years as Managing Director and was responsible for originating, structuring and managing new issue loans in the European Leveraged Finance market. Johan also served as Board member of RBS’ Leveraged Finance Division and as Chairman of the bank’s Leveraged Finance Credit Committee.

ARCOS Capital

ARCOS Capital is an independent long-term debt finance provider to mid-cap corporates in Europe. The ARCOS team has extensive experience within banking and private equity spanning over 25 years in sourcing, originating, arranging, executing and managing debt and private equity investments. As a result, ARCOS is well placed in providing optimal risk/return to its investors as well as being a solid long-term debt finance partner to corporates.

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 spectrum of the private debt universe. You-Ha has more than 12 year experience in the alternative investment segment having done primary, secondary and co-investments at large institutional organizations such as an insurance company, a public organization and a fund-of-funds. You-Ha began his career in the M&A advisory business at KPMG and is an economist by training.

Florian Jacob

Director, Deutsche Bank AG

Florian Jacob is a Director in Deutsche Bank's Direct Lending Team, focusing on middle-market lending and special situations across EMEA. Previously he managed the firms illiquid credit trading book in New York. Florian holds a M.Sc. in Business Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Andreas Jaufer

Portfolio Manager, Robus Capital

“Andreas Jaufer is partner and portfolio manager at Robus Capital Management and responsible for corporate credit investments in turnaround situations and their restructuring. He has over 20 years of experience in investing and structuring in the European high yield bond and leveraged loan markets. From 2006 to 2012 before joining Robus, he worked as a senior analyst at Avenue Capital Group, where he managed a large number of investments in turnaround and restructuring cases in Germany and various European countries. Prior to that, Mr Jaufer worked for several years in the leveraged finance division of Deutsche Bank in London. Mr Jaufer holds Master's degrees in Finance and Law from the University of Graz.”

Robus Capital

“Robus Capital was founded in 2011 as an investment firm specialising in credit investments in medium-sized companies in Europe. The specialist investor has assets under management of over EUR 1bn, which Robus invests with a holistic and opportunistic approach across the whole capital structure of a corporate via instruments such as bonds, SSDs, syndicated as well as bilateral loans. Robus Capital manages income funds, credit opportunity and distressed debt funds that seek superior risk-adjusted returns through active management and leveraging their strong internal credit research. The main client groups are family offices, foundations, pension funds and insurance companies”.

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Dr. Gabriella Kindert

CEO Snappi Bank; Chair Neptune Leasing; Senior Advisor to CVI

Dr. Gabriella Kindert is an experienced banking and investment professional with a strong track record across various asset classes and geographies.

Her career began in 1998 at MeesPierson Corporate and Investment Banking, where she built a solid foundation in finance. She has since held several senior roles, including leading European Leveraged Loans at Fortis Investments, serving as Global Head of Loans at BNP Paribas Asset Management, and heading Alternative Credit at NN Investment Partners. From 2019 to 2024, she contributed her expertise as a board member and advisor to several FinTech companies and alternative lenders, focusing on strategic advice, international expansion and scaling operations.

Since early 2024, Dr. Kindert became CEO of Snappi Bank, an innovative digital bank majority-owned by Piraeus Bank. The fully licensed digitial bank specializes in payments and lending services, including BNPL solutions, and is positioned to expand these services across Europe.

She holds an M.A. in History and Economics, an MBA in Accounting and Finance and a Ph.D. in Finance.

Neptune Leasing, a.o.

Neptune Maritime Leasing Ltd is a dynamic maritime leasing platform focused on generating attractive, long-term, risk-adjusted returns for investors. Specializing in highly liquid maritime assets, Neptune supports global trade and economic growth while promoting environmental and social responsibility. With extensive industry experience, Neptune is known for its integrity, transparency, and strategic support, offering stable cash flows and inflation protection. Their mission is to assist management teams in achieving business goals and ensuring efficient decision-making and execution.
For more details, visit Neptune Leasing.

Bekim Krasniqi

Partner, Equita Capital SGR

Bekim joined Equita (sgr.equita.eu a leading Italian alternative asset manager) in 2015 and, currently, is a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Private Debt activities. Prior to Equita, he served as investment manager at a lower mid-market Italian private equity firm. Before, he spent five years in the investment banking division of a leading international financial institution, focusing on M&A and debt advisory. Throughout his career, Bekim has executed numerous investments of both debt and equity across various industrial sectors, both in Italy and internationally, and has been a board member of several portfolio companies. He is also actively involved in charity activities and in the promotion of children's education.
Bekim holds a Master of Science in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan.

Vincent Kravec

Managing Director, Commonfund

Vincent Kravec is a member of the Commonfund OCIO Investment team and is primarily responsible for investment monitoring, manager sourcing, rebalancing and reporting for investment portfolios with a focus in fixed income and credit strategies. Prior to joining Commonfund, Vincent was with Lazard Asset Management as a member of the Fixed Income operations staff. While at Lazard he was a trading assistant on the Emerging Markets team. He was also a supervisor in Fixed Income Accounting and had responsibilities in trading operations involving allocating trades and resolving trade problems for corporates, treasuries, municipals, asset backs and FX trading desks. Previous experience includes positions at Morgan Stanley, Alliance Capital and Evaluation Associates. Vincent earned his M.B.A. in from New York University’s Stern School of Business and his B.A. from Fairfield University. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Nedelina Lazarova

Head of Private Debt and Investment Manager, HQ Trust

Nedelina Lazarova is a Partner and Head of Private Debt at HQ Trust, one of the largest multifamily offices in Germany. She is responsible for selection, due diligence, execution and monitoring of Private Debt investments. Prior to joining HQ Trust, she was Project Lead for the multibillion Alternative Credit Program of a large German life insurance company, and was covering Private Corporate Debt, Infrastructure Debt, Commercial Real Estate Debt, Mortgages, Leveraged Loans and other alternative lending strategies. Prior experience includes manager due diligence of traditional investments and hedge funds, as well as consulting and project experience in M&A and valuation of structured products. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a Master’s Degree in Quantitative Finance from Bocconi University. She is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), FRM (Financial Risk Manager) and CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst) Charterholder.

Thomas Lehner

Team Lead Private Debt, Viridium Group

Thomas is leading the private debt team at Viridium, Germany’s leading life insurance consolidator. He is responsible for sourcing, selecting, implementing and monitoring mandates in the area of direct lending, real estate, infrastructure and other lending strategies. Thomas has also set up Viridium’s direct lending co-investment and secondaries program.

Prior to joining Viridium, Thomas was working on M&A transactions with a focus on technology and healthcare at ACXIT Capital. He started his career as credit risk analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Thomas holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Muenster and is CFA Charterholder.

Marcin Leja

Partner, CVI

Marcin is a partner at CVI, the leading private debt provider focused on Central Europe. Over the last 13 years, CVI has invested more than EUR 3bn into SMEs, primarily in sponsorless transactions, becoming one of the most active private debt investors in Europe. With a team of 40 people, CVI generates above-average investment results for its investors (counted in double digits for net unlevered returns for senior types of risk). These investors include both institutions in commitment funds and retail investors via evergreen structures. Marcin is the head of the CVI Investment Committee, oversees all restructurings, and is also engaged in business development. One of his main goals is to bring Central Europe to the radar of international investors. He strongly believes that his region is truly the new heart of Europe, which will drive the continent’s growth and development in the coming years.

CVI

CVI is the leading private debt provider focused on Central Europe, boasting over 13 years of experience and more than EUR 3bn invested into SMEs, primarily through sponsorless transactions. Ranked as one of most active private debt investor in Europe by deal volume, CVI has a robust team of 40 professionals dedicated to delivering superior investment outcomes. CVI serves institutional investors in commitment funds and retail investors via evergreen structures. The firm emphasizes full ESG compliance and focus on downside protection with real assets collateral and robust covenant protection. With headquarters in Poland, CVI is committed to addressing the financing gap in Central European SMEs, driving regional growth and attracting international investors.

Kristina Matthews

Partner, Falcon Investments

Kristina Matthews is a Partner, heading up Investor Relations and Fund Raising at Falcon Investment Advisors, a leading private credit provider focused on junior capital solutions. She joined the Falcon Team in May 2023 from Brightwood Capital Advisors where she was a Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations and ESG. While she lead investor relations, Kristina primarily focused on business development and fundraising strategy along with oversight and implementation of the firm’s ESG policy. Her engagement commenced in February 2014 in a Consulting role which led to her joining Brightwood full time in May 2018. In 2012 she founded and was the Managing Partner of, Rising Tide Fund Advisors LLC, an entity providing consulting services to private credit and private equity firms. The prior 6 years she was a Managing Director at PineBridge Investments/AIG Investments and Head of Investor Relations for all Emerging Markets Private Equity. She was also part of the Central and Eastern European Private Equity Investment Team and was integrally involved in strategy, deal sourcing, and working with portfolio companies. She spent 6 years at Merrill Lynch as a Regional Sales Manager for Alternative Investments. She was a high-yield bond and distressed securities trader with BNP-Paribas, though most of her early career was as the Head of Sales for Currencies and Currency Derivatives. She holds an MBA in Economics and International Finance from New York University Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University with a dual Major in Finance and International Business and a Minor in Economics.

Jürgen Michels

Chief Economist & Head of Research, Bayerische Landesbank

Dr Jürgen Michels has been Chief Economist and Head of Research at BayernLB in Munich since October 2013. Prior to joining BayernLB, he served as an economist in Citigroup's Investment & Research Analysis (CIRA) department in London from 2002 to 2013, and became chief euro-area economist in 2008. From 1997 to 2002 he worked at Sal. Oppenheim in Cologne, and from 1996 to 1997 at the Institute for International Economic Policy at the University of Bonn. Dr Michels studied economics at the University of Bonn. He was conferred his doctorate degree by the University of Frankfurt with a dissertation on central bank strategies.

Ian Milton

Founder ＆ CEO, Mercia Capital Partners

Since founding Mercia Capital Partners in 2013, Ian has helped GP’s to raise capital, principally from UK investors, for both first-time and later vintage private credit funds investing across the capital structure in a wide spectrum of strategies and geographies.
Mercia maintains an extensive network of institutional and private wealth investors and their advisers, helping LP’s extend their origination capabilities to the next wave of under-the-radar private fund management talent.

Prior to founding Mercia, Ian’s wide-ranging IR experience spanned a 30-year career in the European investment management, pensions and insurance industries, raising capital in public and private markets fixed income, equities and alternatives for the respective fund management businesses of Hill Samuel, Barings, Rothschild, Credit Agricole/Amundi and as a senior consultant with private credit placement adviser, Arbour Partners.

Mercia Capital Partners Ltd is an appointed representative of Messels Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Appu Mundassery

Senior Portfolio Manager, DB Investment Partners

Appu is a Senior Portfolio Manager at DB Investment Partners with over 20 years of investing experience across Europe and North America including establishing and leading multiple credit investment platforms. Most recently, he ran European direct and opportunistic lending for H.I.G. Capital, a transatlantic mid-market private equity firm, where he had a broad investment mandate to provide senior debt and junior capital in sponsored and unsponsored deals. Prior to this, he was a Partner at Highland Capital Management, where he helped found its European business (later sold to Carlyle), and a junior banker at Credit Suisse / DLJ.

Jerome Neyroud

Head of Infrastructure Debt Investments, Schroders Capital

Jérôme is an infrastructure debt lifer. He has dedicated the past 25 years to advising on, structuring and investing into hundreds of debt investments in the EMEA region across all infrastructure sectors: accommodation, PFI/PPP, social infrastructure, transportation, waste, water, regulated assets, conventional energy, renewable energy, merchant power, oil & gas and telecom.

He worked for 15 years (1998–2012) in the wholesale banking industry with roles at BNPP, SG, and Dexia in project and acquisition finance. By late 2012, he moved on to AXA IM Real Assets to help create AXA’s inaugural infrastructure investment platform dedicated to the AXA Group companies (subsequently investing nearly €3 billion in the infrastructure sector over 3 years on behalf of the AXA Group insurance companies).

He has been heading Schroders Capital’s infrastructure debt practice since 2015, furthering the business’s innovative and market leading position in the infrastructure market.

Jérôme graduated from ENPC Paris Tech where he studied applied mathematics, economy and civil engineering.

Schroders Capital

As a global investment manager, we help institutions, intermediaries and individuals meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. But as the world changes, so do our clients’ needs. That’s why we have a long history of adapting to suit the times and keeping our focus on what matters most to our clients. Doing this takes experience and expertise. We bring together people and data to spot the trends that will shape the future. This provides a unique perspective which allows us to always invest with conviction. We are responsible for £444.4 billion (€496.6 billion/$565.5 billion)* of assets for our clients who trust us to deliver sustainable returns. We remain determined to build future prosperity for them, and for all of society. Today, we have 5,000 people across six continents who focus on doing just this. We are a global business that’s managed locally. This allows us to always keep our clients’ needs at the heart of everything we do. For over 200 years and more than seven generations we’ve grown and developed our expertise in tandem with our clients’ needs and interests.

Malte Nowack

Senior Investment Manager, Perpetual Investors

Malte Perpetual's private credit fund in the beginning of 2023. Prior, Malte spent 8 years at MEAG in Munich and New York, where he sourced and structured direct infrastructure debt investments. He holds a Double MSc in International Corporate Finance from Nova School of Business, Lisbon and Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo.

Harry O’Rourke

Managing Director, Threadmark

Harry is a senior member of Threadmark’s European fund distribution team and leads its Private Credit and Private Equity activities globally. He joined the firm in 2017 and is currently based in Threadmark’s Dublin office, having also worked in Threadmark’s offices in London and New York.

Harry established his career in investment banking where he worked across capital markets at Investec Bank and previously J.P. Morgan.

Harry holds a Bachelors in Business Studies from Trinity College, Dublin and an MSc in Strategic Management from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD, Dublin. Harry is also a member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), and the Milken Young Leaders Circle, a nonprofit economic think tank.

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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 and graduated, magna cum laude, in Economics from La Sapienza University in Rome.

Ver Capital

Ver Capital is an independent Italian fund management Company focused on alternative investment funds. The senior management team has worked together since 2006, and combines a broad experience in the alternative asset classes such as liquid and illiquid credit and equity. The Company offers investors exposure on various strategies in the European Credit Markets: leveraged loans, private debt and direct lending, high-yield and investment-grade bonds, trade receivables, transition energy and special situation. With over €1 billion of assets under management, its investment approach is based on securing in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of companies and, more generally, of the invested assets. The investors base is varied and diversified and includes banks, insurance companies, pension funds, foundations, family offices and funds of funds. Ver Capital signed the Principle for Responsible Investment – PRI – incorporating ESG factors in the investment decisions. The Transition Energy strategy is an Article 9 SFDR compliant fund and the new credit funds to be launched this year are all Article 8.

Greg Racz

President ＆ Co-founder, MGG Investment Group

Mr. Racz is President and Co-Founder of MGG Investment Group. Prior to MGG, Mr. Racz was President, Principal, and Chief Legal Officer of Hutchin Hill, a multi-billion multi-strategy hedge fund. Prior to joining Hutchin Hill, Mr. Racz co-founded Octavian Advisors, LP, a $1.4 billion multi-strategy investment fund, and served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and general counsel (2006-2009). Previously, Mr. Racz was a member of the corporate department of the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (1999-2006). There he advised on corporate, securities, and compliance matters for Fortune 500 businesses, investment firms, and institutional and high net worth clients, including ConocoPhillips, General Mills, Walt Disney Company, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Fox Paine, Warburg Pincus, a Washington State Investment Board affiliate, and owners of the New Jersey Devils. Mr. Racz was also a journalist at The Wall Street Journal and The Buffalo News (1993-1995) and worked at the Manhattan D.A.’s Office (1991-1993).

Previously, Mr. Racz was clerk on the D.C. Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Board of Trustees ＆ Investment Committee of the NYU School of Law Foundation and was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a member of the P&I Research Advisory Panel. He was named a “2011 Rising Star of Hedge Funds” by Institutional Investor.

Mr. Racz received his JD, Order of the Coif, magna cum laude, from NYU School of Law and his BA, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Dartmouth College. Mr. Racz also studied at Oxford University and Leningrad State University.

MGG Investment Group

MGG’s non-sponsor portfolios of uncorrelated private lending and structured solutions investments are designed to deliver consistent high cash yields with upside and superior risk-adjusted returns in all market cycles (with less than $30M in realized losses in $10B of originated investments since 2007). Each vintage has been top quartile since inception. Its top decile direct lending funds target 10% net and its top decile structured solutions funds target 15% net. MGG’s LPs are leading global, blue chip institutional endowment, foundation, pension, and insurance investors. MGG manages approximately $4 billion of committed capital. MGG offers onshore and offshore vehicles in both drawdown and evergreen structures, including EU/AIFM Luxembourg and Cayman vehicles, and a Rated Debt Feeder Fund.

Daniel Roddick

Founder, Ely Place Partners

Daniel Roddick CFA founded Ely Place Partners in 2018.
Ely Place is a specialist adviser in alternative assets. It assists PE, credit, infrastructure and venture GPs raise capital from institutional investors, and acts as a specialist adviser on secondary and co-investment transactions.
Ely Place has advised several of the world’s leading managers on the raising of capital and GP-led secondary transactions. Daniel has 20 years of experience in private equity advisory. He is recognised as a thought leader, particularly in private debt secondaries, having written several published articles on the subject.
He formerly ran the placement division of EPIC Private Equity. Previously he worked at Campbell Lutyens and McKinsey and Co. He read Engineering, Economics and Management at Oxford University, has an MA from Royal Academy of Music and is a CFA charter holder.

James Sackett

Principal, AB CarVal

Mr. Sackett is a principal for AB CarVal, responsible for managing investments in European loan portfolios. Prior to joining AB CarVal in 2009, Mr. Sackett was a managing director at Saxon Consultancy in the U.K. Prior to that, Mr. Sackett spent 12 years at Barclays Capital, most recently as a director within the structured finance and asset-backed securitization team. Mr. Sackett received his B.A. in economics from Heriot-Watt University.

Eugenio Sangermano

Managing Director, BF.capital GmbH

Eugenio Sangermano – Managing Director, joined BF.capital GmbH in 2023. He oversees the private debt and investment activities of the company. Prior to joining BF.capital, Mr. Sangermano worked with W&W Asset Management GmbH, where he started in the finance team before working as a fixed income portfolio manager. From 2013, he established and ran the private debt program for the W&W-Group, investing in corporate private debt, infrastructure debt, real estate debt, and opportunistic credit strategies.

BF.capital GmbH

BF.capital GmbH is an asset manager for real estate debt direct lending and private credit. It offers access to the private debt asset class for institutional investors with a wide range of access channels, especially funds of funds and managed accounts.

Michael Schad

Partner, Head of Coller Credit Secondaries, Coller Capital

As Head of Coller Credit Secondaries, Michael is responsible for the growth and development of Coller Credit Secondaries, beyond his day-to-day origination activity. He is based in the firm’s London office.
Prior to joining Coller Capital in 2005, Michael worked in the investment banking divisions of Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston in London.
Michael has a BA (Hons) in International Business Studies from the European Business School, London and an MSc in Finance from the London Business School.

Marcel Schindler

Head StepStone Private Debt, Partner, StepStone Group

Mr. Schindler is a Partner at StepStone Group and leads StepStone’s global private debt activities. He is also involved in various investment and management activities. Prior to StepStone, Mr. Schindler was CFO at a publicly held financial company in Switzerland where he focused on equity investments. Before that he was a member of the European risk management team at Arthur Andersen. Previously, Mr. Schindler focused on commercial and mortgage lending at UBS.
Mr. Schindler received his MBA from the University of Zurich and is a CPA in Switzerland.

Alexander Schmitt

Senior Portfolio Manager – Global Private Debt, Allianz Global Investors

Alex is a senior portfolio manager for global private debt at Allianz Global Investors. Prior to joining Allianz Global Investors in 2021, Alex was part of Allianz Investment Management where he oversaw Allianz’s private debt portfolio with a focus on infrastructure and real estate debt. Previous work experience includes roles as an investment manager for a fixed income insurance portfolio at Allianz as well as postings with Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO in Asia and the US, respectively.

Priscilla Schnepper

Senior Investment Manager Private Credit, European Investment Fund

Priscilla works as a senior investment manager on LP investments in (senior) private credit funds across Europe. Within the EIF, Priscilla is also actively involved in the area of ESG/sustainability, especially in the context of private credit investments.

At the EIF since 2016, Priscilla has 10 years' experience in private credit fund investment, structured credit products and private equity fund audit at the EIF and Ernst & Young.

Priscilla obtained a double degree in International Business Administration from Reutlingen University (ESB Business School) in Germany and Comillas Pontificial University in Madrid. She is a CFA and CAIA charter holder.

European Investment Fund

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is part of the European Investment Bank Group. Its central mission is to support Europe's micro, small and medium-sized businesses by helping them to access finance and venture capital. The EIF is also active in supporting climate fund investments and infrastructure with a strong focus on environmental sustainability. In this role, the EIF fosters EU objectives in support of innovation, research and development, entrepreneurship, growth and employment.

Thorsten Seeger

Senior Advisor, smeGo

Thorsten Seeger is an advisor for International Growth and Strategy at smeGo and SME Bank. Before joining smeGo and SME Bank, he was the Group COO and Head of Lending at October, responsible for loan origination across five European countries. Prior to that, Thorsten was the Managing Director of Funding Circle Germany, where he built a market-leading small business lending proposition. Earlier in his career, he spent 10 years in banking in the UK. At Barclays, he held various front-office leadership roles, including Head of Relationship Banking (London) and Commercial Director for SME Banking and at Lloyds Banking Group he was responsible for Financial Markets products and their distribution to SME customers.

Thorsten holds an MBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai and lives in Munich.

Sengal Selassie

CEO & Founder, Brightwood Capital Advisors

Sengal Selassie is the CEO and Founder of Brightwood. Mr. Selassie has been involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its founding in 2010. He is a member of the Executive Committee and serves on the Investment Committee of all Brightwood Managed Funds. Mr. Selassie currently participates on the boards of many of Brightwood’s portfolio companies and has managed capital for hundreds of limited partners, including a number of prominent public, private and corporate pension plans, endowments, family offices, and high net worth individuals. Prior to forming Brightwood, Mr. Selassie led Cowen Capital Partners, LLC (“Cowen Capital”), where he served as managing partner from 2006 through 2009. Mr. Selassie joined Cowen Capital from SG Capital Partners LLC (“SG Capital”), Cowen Capital’s predecessor fund where he worked from 1998 through 2006. At SG Capital he was a Managing Director and served as group head starting in 2002. Prior to SG Capital, Mr. Selassie worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Morgan Stanley where he helped media and telecommunications companies execute strategic transactions. He began his career in the Corporate Finance Group of the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in 1990.

Education: A.B. in Economics, magna cum laude, Harvard College; M.B.A. and J.D., with honors, Harvard University

Musa Sönmez

Co-Head of Europe & Partner, Oak Hill Advisors

Musa Sönmez shares primary responsibility for managing the firm’s European operations, as well as for portfolio management of OHA’s European investments, and is based in OHA’s London office. Mr. Sönmez is a member of various firm committees including risk, investment strategy, and various fund investment committees. Previously, he worked for Strategic Value Partners (SVP) where he focused on investments in European distressed credit and special situations. Prior to this, Mr. Sönmez worked at Lehman Brothers’ European Leveraged Finance Group in London and Lazard’s M&A advisory business in Germany. He currently serves on the board of a number of OHA’s portfolio companies. Mr. Sönmez earned an M.B.A. from the IESE Business School in Barcelona and studied business administration in Frankfurt.

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Gerald Tee

Senior Vice President, Partners Group

Gerald Tee is a part of the European Private Credit business unit, based in London. He has been with Partners Group since 2015 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Director in the leveraged finance team at Credit Suisse, where he spent 9 years originating and executing leveraged finance transactions for the institution. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management sciences from the London School of Economics, UK.

Tancrede Terlinden

Partner, Park Square Capital

Tancrede is a Partner at Park Square Capital, based in Frankfurt. Prior to joining Park Square in 2014, Tancrede worked in leverage finance at UBS Investment Bank. Tancrede holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commercial Engineering from ICHEC and graduated from the London School of Economics with a Master of Science in Management.

Gereon Tewes

Director, Investor Coverage, The New Amsterdam Group

Prior to joining New Amsterdam, Gereon lead Sales for Northern Trust Asset Management in the DACH region as Senior Sales Executive from 2021-2024. Before that Gereon helped build Tabula Capital Group as one of the initial employees based in London leading Investor Coverage for the DACH region and serving as board member for the Tabula ICAV fund umbrella. He started his career at Deutsche Bank as Relationship Manager Private Banking, followed by roles as Investment Specialist Fixed Income at DWS/Deutsche Asset and Sales Specialist ETFs responsible for Asset Managers in Germany. Gereon holds a Bachelors Degree in Banking & Finance from DHBW Karlsruhe. He is also CFA charter holder (2016) and holds the IMC (2018) as well as CFA ESG (2021) certifications.

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 first half of 2016, became Editor of Private Debt Investor. He is a regular writer for the magazines and websites and has also often contributed to our events as a panel moderator. Prior to joining PEI, Andy had senior roles at venture capital portal Venturedome.com and at Thomson Financial. Andy was voted State Street’s Alternatives Journalist of the Year in 2022.

Sina Timm

CIO Private Markets, Oldendorff

Sina Timm is the Chief Investment Officer Private Markets at Oldendorff Family Office, where she is focused on developing and expanding the firm's private markets portfolio. Prior to this, she served as the Private Debt Lead at Virdium, where she established the private debt portfolio, playing a key role in shaping and growing the firm's alternative investment strategy. Earlier in her career, Sina worked as an Investment Manager at Allianz Investment Management.

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Hubert Tissier de Mallerais

Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager, Chenavari Investment Managers

Hubert Tissier de Mallerais joined Chenavari in September 2011 to develop the private credit desk focussing on the granular portfolio strategies: risk sharing, new lending and loan portfolio acquisitions.
Prior to joining Chenavari, Hubert worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) where he was a Managing Director, Head of Principal Finance and Asset-Backed Finance, responsible for developing the business, including CDOs, structured finance solutions, esoteric ABS origination and structuring activities of the bank in Europe. Before RBS, Hubert ran the origination and structuring of Consumer and Mortgage ABS in Europe for Credit Suisse London, originating, structuring and underwriting ABS and RMBS more than $70bn across all asset classes and jurisdictions. Hubert commenced his career with BNP Paribas where he spent five years working on leveraged finance and securitised products in Milan and London.
Hubert holds an MA in Economics and International Finance from the Institut d’Etude des Relations Internationales.

Matthias Unser

Managing Director, YIELCO Investments AG

Dr. Matthias Unser is a Founding Partner and Managing Director of YIELCO Investments AG. Since 2003 he was responsible for more than 100 commitments to private debt funds with a total committed capital of more than USD 4.5bn. Matthias had leading roles for European funds-of-funds managers (DB Private Equity, Sal. Oppenheim Private Equity Partners; VCM Capital Management) where he was responsible for all private debt fund commitments, covering direct lending, mezzanine, distressed debt, credit opportunities and specialty finance funds. Between 1999 and 2001 he worked in Corporate Finance Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Matthias holds a master’s degree and a PhD in Finance.

YIELCO Investments AG

YIELCO Investments is a Munich based funds-of-funds manager managing and advising more than EUR 10.5bn for institutional investors from the DACH region, Spain and Italy. The firm is led by experienced investment professionals who have been investing in alternative investments for an average of 15 years. Building on this knowledge, YIELCO has developed an innovative product and service offering characterized by attractive conditions and a high degree of alignment of interests with its customers. Diversified multi-manager portfolios and individual managed account solutions provide investors with access to infrastructure, private debt and private equity funds, co-investments and secondaries.

Nicole Waibel

Managing Director, Crescent Credit Europe

Nicole Waibel is a Managing Director at Crescent Capital and has been working in European Private Debt for over 20 years. Prior to joining Crescent in 2013 she worked with Indigo Capital, a leading European specialist lending funds since 2001. She previously worked for BNP Paribas in Media & Telecom finance in Paris and Frankfurt (1999-2001). Nicole started her career at Arthur Andersen in transaction support services in Frankfurt. She has a Masters degree in Economics and completed her studies at Münster University and Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Crescent Capital

Founded in 1991 Crescent Capital Group LP is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Boston, London and New York. With over 100 investment professionals and over 210 employees, the firm invests at all levels of the capital structure, with a significant focus on below investment grade credit through strategies that invest in senior bank loans, high yield debt, mezzanine debt and other private debt securities. As of June 30th, 2023, Crescent Capital Group manages approximately $40 billion in assets, with a relatively equal split between marketable securities and privately originated debt investments.

Bas Welten

Co-head Nordics & IR, Pride Capital Partners

As co-head of the Nordics, Bas is responsible for the investment activities and the deal team in this region. Additionally, since 2018 he is also responsible for the fundraising activities at Pride Capital Partners and fosters relationships with several key investors.

Mike Whitman

President of GA Credit, Managing Director, General Atlantic

Mike Whitman is President of GA Credit and a Managing Director at General Atlantic. Before joining General Atlantic, Mike served as a Partner at Iron Park Capital Partners from 2020 to 2023. He is 1 of 3 Partners managing the Atlantic Park strategy. Prior to joining Iron Park in 2020, Mike spent 14 years at Blackstone Credit and its predecessor GSO Capital Partners. From 2007-2019, Mike built out and ran their European alternatives business out of London. Prior to joining GSO in early 2006, Mike worked at Citigroup beginning in 1994. During this time, he worked in corporate finance, leveraged finance and principal investing.

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Olaf-Alexander Wiedemann

Head of Private Debt, Managing Director, Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft

Olaf-Alexander Wiedemann is responsible for the Private Debt Business at Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft. He has more than 20 years of experience in renewable energy debt in Europe and APAC. Prior to joining Aquila Capital in 2022, Olaf-Alexander held various senior management positions for Norddeutsche Landesbank in Germany, Singapore and London. He holds two degrees in law in Germany and a degree in International Affairs from Universite du Havre, France (D.E.U.G.).

Chen Xu

Portfolio Manager Private Debt, Klarphos

Chen has 16 years of experience in asset management. Before joining Klarphos, Chen had a 15 years tenure at PIMCO as a portfolio manager, where her primary focuses were liquid and illiquid fixed-income products in Structured Finance and Rates. In addition, Chen was also responsible for building the investment and treasury function at a Fintech bank.

Sven Gralla

Fund Manager Private Debt, LBBW Asset Management

Sven Gralla has been working as Fund Manager Private Debt & Infrastructure Equity at LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH since the beginning of 2024 and focusses on manager selection within various fund of funds strategies, individual advisory mandates and managed accounts. Previously, Sven Gralla was a Senior Associate at Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe, where he was responsible for setting up a private debt fund of funds with a focus on the lower-mid-market as a member of the investment team.

During his Master's degree, Sven Gralla worked as a researcher for BAI e.V. (German Alternative Investment Lobby), where he conducted research projects on topics such as private debt, infrastructure and co-investments. Sven Gralla holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Cologne. He also completed the Alternative Investments Programme at the London School of Economics.

Sven is a member of the Advisory Boards of the PDI German Forum and the PDI Europe Summit since 2023. Sven Gralla is a founding member of the BAI NextGen Council, which focus on networking of future leaders in the industry (GPs & LPs).

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 first half of 2016, became Editor of Private Debt Investor. He is a regular writer for the magazines and websites and has also often contributed to our events as a panel moderator. Prior to joining PEI, Andy had senior roles at venture capital portal Venturedome.com and at Thomson Financial. Andy was voted State Street’s Alternatives Journalist of the Year in 2022.

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Senior Director, Cambridge Associates

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Managing Director – Private Credit, Sienna Investment Managers

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Managing Partner and Co-Founder, BB Alternative Partners

Partner, Head of Financing, Altor Equity Partners

Principal, Pantheon

Head of Private Debt, ODDO BHF Asset Management GmbH

Fund Manager Private Debt, LBBW Asset Management

Partner, YIELCO Investment AG

Senior Investment Manager, MEAG

Head of Private Debt & Infrastructure Equity, LBBW Asset Management

Managing Director – Head of Investor Relations DACH, Eurazeo

Managing Director, Golding Capital Partners

Founder & Managing Partner, ARCOS Capital

Principal, Perpetual Investors

Director, Deutsche Bank AG

Portfolio Manager, Robus Capital

CEO Snappi Bank; Chair Neptune Leasing; Senior Advisor to CVI

Partner, Equita Capital SGR

Managing Director, Commonfund

Head of Private Debt and Investment Manager, HQ Trust

Team Lead Private Debt, Viridium Group

Partner, CVI

Partner, Falcon Investments

Chief Economist & Head of Research, Bayerische Landesbank

Founder ＆ CEO, Mercia Capital Partners