MusicaL CHAIRS IN EUROPEAN CREDIT & Private EQUITY Q2 2019 EUROPEAN CREDIT MOVES Iva Horcicova has left ING where she was a VP in High Yield DCM. Her next role, we understand, is yet to be disclosed. CREDIT: BANK Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Astghik Khachatryan as a Director in Leveraged Finance, based in Paris. Before joining Adekunle Ademakinwa has left Nomura, where he was Head Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Khachatryan was a Director in the of Credit Debt Syndicate – EMEA, to return to Deutsche Bank Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance team at Credit Suisse where he will work for Frazer Ross. Ross was appointed as Head in Paris. of European Flow Syndicate at the bank, adding responsibility for the SSA syndicate business to his existing responsibilities for the Fady Lahame has joined Macquarie to lead its French Advsiory corporate, financials, emerging markets and EMTNs syndicate. and Capital Markets division. Most recently, Lahame worked at Messier Maris & Associés in Paris where he advised on M&A Fabien Antignac was re-hired by Credit Suisse as Head of EU transactions for large corporate clients. Prior to joining Messier in Capital Markets, based in Madrid. Antignac was latterly Head of IB 2015, Lahame spent 19 years at Credit Suisse. for France at Credit Suisse before joining French facility management firmAtalian – a client of the Swiss bank – in October 2018. Mark Lewellen has joined Deutsche Bank as Head of Corporate DCM. Previously, he was Co-Head of Global DCM & Risk Dominik Boskamp has joined Credit Agricole in Frankfurt as Solutions at Barclays. ED & Head of Corporate DCM for Germany & Austria. Prior to this, Boskamp was based in London and worked as a Director in Pierre-Francois Martineau has left BNP Paribas, where he was a DCM coverage at Barclays, focusing on clients in the DACH and Director in High Yield Bond Origination in London. CEEMEA regions. Société Générale has made a number of promotions in its DCM ANZ Banking Group has hired Emma Broughton as Head of Loan team. Felix Orisini has been appointed Global Head of DCM, Syndications in Europe and Katrina Santos Li as a Director in the based in Paris. Orisini was previously Global Head of SSA DCM same team. Previously, Broughton worked at Barclays where she Origination & Global Co-Head of Corporate DCM Origination was latterly Head of Private Loan Sales in London and Santos Li at the bank. Andrew Menzies has been appointed Global Head joined from RBS where she was a Director in Corporate Debt. of Corporate DCM Origination, based in London. Menzies was formerly Global Co-Head of Corporate DCM Origination together Eduardo Cabal has joined JP Morgan as an MD in Leveraged with Orsini. Olivier Vion has been appointed Global Head of SSA Finance. Cabal was previously an MD in Morgan Stanley’s DCM Origination, based in Paris. Vion, who was previously Head Leveraged Finance team. of SSA Syndicate at the bank, will add the new responsibilities to his existing role. Barclays has hired Kabir Chhatwani as an MD in Financial Sponsor Coverage for the DACH region. Chhatwani joined from Morgan BNP Paribas has hired Konstantin Rotar as a Director in their Stanley where he was an ED in their Financial Sponsor Coverage team. Financial Sponsor Coverage team. Previously, Rotar was an ED in Financial Sponsor Coverage at Morgan Stanley. Anna D’Ercole is joining Santander in a DCM Origination role. She was previously an ED at Credit Agricole, focusing on FIG Following the departure of Amir Hoveyda, UBS has reorganised DCM Origination in the UK, Ireland and Australia. its Debt Capital Markets business, merging Leveraged Finance and DCM, with David Slade heading the combined group in EMEA. NatWest Markets has hired Kerr Finlayson as Head of Frequent Borrowers Group Syndicate. Finlayson previously worked in SSA Jeff Tannenbaum has been handed oversight of the EMEA Debt Syndicate at RBC Capital Markets. Leveraged Finance team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a role which he now holds alongside his previous responsibilities as Head of Investment Grade Capital Markets & Head of DCM for EMEA at the bank. CREDIT: Fund LGIM Real Assets has made two senior hires into its growing Private Credit business. Sarah Aitken has joined as Infrastructure Asset Manager and Amie Stow has joined as Private Credit Product Specialist. Previously, Aitken was a Director in Portfolio Management, Infrastructure & Energy at Lloyds Bank, and Stow an Investment Director specialising in European Fixed Income & High Yield at Fidelity International. Vikram Balan has joined Pimco as an SVP & Portfolio Manager in the Alternatives team. Prior to joining Pimco, Balan was a Director in Financing & Structuring at NatWest Markets. Mike Binnington has left his position as VP in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s London-based Leveraged Finance team and joined Penfund as a VP in Origination, based in Toronto. Wynne Comer has left Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she KKR has hired Akshat Khaitan as a Principal in their Capital was Global Head of CLO, and joined AGL Credit Management as Markets team. Prior to joining KKR, Khaitan was a VP in a COO. Deutsche Bank’s Leveraged Finance team. Be Spoke Capital has hired Nilesh Desai as Head of Credit in Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has hired Klaus Maurer as an London. Previously, Desai was an MD in Credit at Ares. MD in Subordinated Debt & Equity, based in Frankfurt. Maurer was previously a Partner at Silverfleet Capital, where he focused Antin Infrastructure Partners has hired Alex Flynn as a Director on the origination and execution of transactions for the firm’s pan in their Financing team. Flynn joined Antin from Rothschild’s European mid-market strategy. Debt Advisory and Restructuring team in London. Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has hired Alan Ross as an CQS has appointed Mina Gerowin as an independent NED to MD in Special Situations. Ross joined ICG from Cerberus Capital, support the development of their business strategy. Most recently, where he worked as an SVP with a focus on sourcing and executing Gerowin was an NED for CNH Industrial and, previously, Head of credit, special situations and distressed debt opportunities for more European Credit at Paulson & Co. than a decade. Bridgepoint has hired Ingrid Gius for a Portfolio role in their Antoine Maspétiol, Marie Bursaux and André Gonçalves left Credit team. Previously, Gius was a VP in the Asset Management Aviva Investors in Paris to launch a private debt fund focused on team at Fortress Investment Group. impact investment at Eiffel Investment Group. At Aviva, Maspétiol was Head of Private Corporate Debt, Bursaux led euro private debt Kames Capital has hired Thomas Hanson as Head of High Yield portfolios, and Gonçalves was a senior originator in the private Fixed Income (new role) & Co-Manager of a trio of funds following corporate debt team. the departure of High Yield Co-Manager Jack Holmes. Kames also hired Eleanor Price as a High Yield Analyst. Hanson and Price Fidelity International has hired Andrew McCaffery from will be based in Edinburgh. Hanson was previously a High Yield Aberdeen Standard Investments. He joins in the newly created Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson and Price a High Yield position of Chief Investment Officer for alternative assets. Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford. Pemberton has hired Richard Meehan as a Director in their Direct Tresidor Investment Management has made a number of Partner Lending team. Previously, Meehan was a Director in the Middle level hires (predominantly these consist of former BlackRock Market Financial Sponsors team at HSBC. employees). Sebastian Kaufmann and Peter Jurik both joined directly from BlackRock. Kaufmann was a Director & Research Shantala Menon has joined Brookfield Asset Management as a VP Analyst in European Credit Strategies, whilst Peter Jurik was a in Infrastructure Debt. Previously, Menon was a VP in Leveraged VP in the High Yield Credit Research team. Leopold Bian has also Finance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. joined as a Partner, he was briefly at SPX Capital as a Portfolio Manager in Global Equities and, prior to that, at BlackRock as a Shantini Nair has joined HSBC Global Asset Management as VP in Credit, Rates & Alternative Strategies. Niall Sheehan from Senior Product Specialist for Infrastructure Debt Investments. Brigade Capital Management has also joined the firm as Partner. Prior to this, Nair worked at Legal & General Investment Additionally, the firm also hired trader Nikhil Kohli from Oak Management where she focused on growth of the global private Hill Advisors and an Analyst, Fredrik Sundberg, from Houlihan credit platform and product establishment across its infrastructure Lokey’s Restructuring team. debt, real estate debt and corporate credit capabilities. Alessandro Nicolini has joined Partners Group as an SVP in their the European market. Both Ray and Morgan join from Goldman Capital Markets team. Prior to joining Partners Group, Nicolini Sachs, where Ray was Head of Restructuring and Morgan was was an ED in the Leveraged Finance team at Goldman Sachs Head of Liability Management in Europe. Lanier joined from PJT Partners where he was a Director in the Restructuring & Special Man GLG has expanded its Credit business with a number of hires. Situations team. Kaushik Rambhiya, Patrick Kenney and Santiago Pardo have all joined the London based Credit business as Portfolio Managers. Rodolphe Roch has joined Kepler Cheuvreux as an MD and Co- Previously, Rambhiya was Chair of the Investment Committee Head of Debt Advisory. Prior to joining Kepler Cheuvreux, Roch & Lead Portfolio Manager at Aventicum Capital Management, worked briefly at Stella EOC and, prior to that, at Ondra Partners Kenney was at Overland Advisors, based in Santa Monica, where where he was a Director in their Debt Advisory team.