The ELFA Team

Rodolfo joined Tikehau Capital in July 2008 where he leads a team of over 20 analysts across Paris, ...

Rodolfo joined Tikehau Capital in July 2008 where he leads a team of over 20 analysts across Paris, London, Singapore and New York covering HY and LevLoans. He started his career in 2000 at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia. In 2001 he joined Morgan Stanley (London) as a Credit Analyst and then Lehman Brothers in 2004. In 2006 he joined Fortis Investment in Paris as a buy-side Credit Analyst. He is a member of Tikehau Capital’s management committee and sits across several investment committees. He is a certified FRM (Financial Risk Manager) and holds a Masters in Strategic Management from HEC (Paris).

Russell Taylor is a portfolio manager at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) on European high yield...

Russell Taylor is a portfolio manager at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) on European high yield strategies and leads the European high yield research team. He has been with the firm since 2010 and in the industry since 2005. Russell holds a B.Sc. in business administration from the University of Bath and the Investment Management Certificate.

Deborah has 13 years of financial services and investment experience in the High Yield, Private Debt...

Deborah has 13 years of financial services and investment experience in the High Yield, Private Debt, Private Equity and Corporate Finance markets working most recently with Mr. Allen and Mr. Ammons at CPP Investment Board. She was responsible for deal sourcing, execution and active portfolio management. Prior to that, Deborah worked as an associate in the investment team of CCMP Capital Advisors, a private equity firm, and at Goldman Sachs International‘s Investment Banking Department focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and IPOs. Deborah holds a Master in Management with a major in financial engineering from ESCP Europe.

Jerome Ingenhoff joined Alcentra in 2018 and is a Director on the Credit Research team in London. He...

Jerome Ingenhoff joined Alcentra in 2018 and is a Director on the Credit Research team in London. He is responsible for covering the Construction & Building Materials and Gaming, Leisure & Entertainment sectors. Prior to joining Alcentra, Jerome worked at J.P. Morgan in Acquisition & Leveraged Finance, having started his career at J.P. Morgan in Credit Risk. A citizen of Germany and Switzerland, Jerome holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Tübingen and a MA in International Relations & Economics from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) in Washington D.C. and Bologna.

Sebastian Potocean is a Managing Director within Barings’ High Yield Investments Group and sits on...

Sebastian Potocean is a Managing Director within Barings’ High Yield Investments Group and sits on the firm’s European High Yield Investment Committee. Sebastian is the Head of European Research and is responsible for managing the high yield research function in analyzing and transacting new and secondary investment opportunities. Prior to joining Barings in 2015, Sebastian worked in Deutsche Bank’s European Leveraged Finance Team, focused on leveraged buyouts and the structure of high yield bonds and levered loans. Before that, he worked in Ernst & Young’s Transaction Advisory Services Team, focused on restructurings. In addition, Sebastian is a Board Member of the Loan Market Association (LMA).

Gauthier Reymondier joined Bain Capital in 2008. He is a Partner based in London office and the Head...

Gauthier Reymondier joined Bain Capital in 2008. He is a Partner based in London office and the Head of the Credit business for Europe. Previously, Gauthier was a Manager at Bain & Company supporting private equity funds in Europe and worked at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney and he received a B.A. from HEC Paris.

Denis Struc is a Portfolio Manager on the Secured Credit Team and co-manages the Asset-Backed Securi...

Denis Struc is a Portfolio Manager on the Secured Credit Team and co-manages the Asset-Backed Securities and Global Short Duration Credit strategies at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2016. In this role, he is responsible for portfolio management and markets and transaction analysis across the securitised and secured credit markets. Denis joined Henderson in 2010 as structured product analyst and was promoted to senior analyst in 2013. Prior to this, he was an analyst at Moody’s Investors Service in the structured products department. He began his career in 2005 with HBOS, where he was working as a surveillance analyst in the structured credit and investment risk group. Denis received a BBA degree from Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova and an MSc in finance and investment from Brunel University. He holds the Investment Management Certificate and has 17 years of financial industry experience.

Rob Fawn is a Principal and Portfolio Manager in the European Leveraged Finance Team at PGIM Fixed I...

Rob Fawn is a Principal and Portfolio Manager in the European Leveraged Finance Team at PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. Rob is responsible for managing high yield bonds and bank loans across multiple mandates. He manages the European investments in PGIM Fixed Income’s Credit Opportunities strategy, and is also responsible for managing the European Leveraged Finance sleeves within the Global High Yield and Multi Sector portfolios. Previously, Rob was a credit analyst in the European Leveraged Finance Credit Research Team where he covered the chemicals, food, metals & mining and paper & packaging sectors. Prior to joining the Firm in 2017, he spent 12 years at Citigroup, most recently as a credit analyst on their European High Yield Credit Trading desk, having also spent 6 years in M&A. Rob received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The University of Bath.

David Newman is a managing director and CIO of global high yield at Allianz Global Investors (AGI). ...

David Newman is a managing director and CIO of global high yield at Allianz Global Investors (AGI). David has been involved in the European high yield market since its inception (and before the advent of the euro). Until 2008, David held various sell-side positions in research, strategy and trading at Hambros, UBS and Citi focusing on European high yield. Since 2009, David has been managing global high yield mandates for Allianz Global Investors and as such brings a global focus to ELFA. David is well versed in credit, covenants and structures and brings a wealth of experience to ELFA. David has an MBA from Bayes Business School.

Rebecca joined Fidelity International as Sr Credit Analyst in 2016. She spent the previous 13 years...

Rebecca joined Fidelity International as Sr Credit Analyst in 2016. She spent the previous 13 years covering corporate high yield credit in both Europe and the US. During that time, she worked in a variety of buyside and sellside analyst, investment and execution roles for banks/brokers, hedge funds and real money. Prior to moving into credit investing, she worked in equity research and investment banking. Rebecca graduated with a BBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her MBA at Kellogg School of Management. She became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2006.

Scarlett is Head of Origination Strategy - Private Assets at M&G Investments where she has been sinc...

Scarlett is Head of Origination Strategy - Private Assets at M&G Investments where she has been since 2011. Previously Scarlett worked successively for GSC Group and AlpInvest Partners with responsibility for European Mezzanine investments. Joining the industry in 2004, Scarlett started as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Department of Citigroup. She graduated from ESSEC Business School.

Senan Kiran is Director of Research - Europe and a member of the ESG Working Group at Muzinich & Co....

Senan Kiran is Director of Research - Europe and a member of the ESG Working Group at Muzinich & Co. where she has been since 2014. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, of which 16 have been corporate credit research. Previously she was Senior Credit Analyst with Schroders and Associate Director at Barclays Capital focusing on European High Yield. Senan is an INSEAD alumnus and holds a CPA designation in Turkey. For ELFA, Senan also Co-Chairs the Diversity & Inclusion Committee and was formerly a Co-Chair for the Disclosure & Transparency Committee.

Emeric Chenebaux joined the international business of Federated Hermes in December 2017. In his curr...

Emeric Chenebaux joined the international business of Federated Hermes in December 2017. In his current role, Emeric is responsible for the portfolio management of the structured credit allocation for various mandates - with a strong focus on European CLOs. Additionally and since 2021, he is co-chair of the ELFA’s CLO Investor Committee which focuses on the ESG developments and best practices of the asset class. His previous role was at DELFF Management, based in London, where he was an investment analyst on both syndicated leveraged loans and direct lending transactions. Prior to this, Emeric worked for over two years at BNP Paribas Investment Management in Paris and New York, where he analysed both European and US syndicated leveraged loans and European private placements. Emeric holds two Master’s in Finance from University Paris Dauphine and University Paris Assas.

Denis Struc is a Portfolio Manager on the Secured Credit Team and co-manages the Asset-Backed Securi...

Denis Struc is a Portfolio Manager on the Secured Credit Team and co-manages the Asset-Backed Securities and Global Short Duration Credit strategies at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2016. In this role, he is responsible for portfolio management and markets and transaction analysis across the securitised and secured credit markets. Denis joined Henderson in 2010 as structured product analyst and was promoted to senior analyst in 2013. Prior to this, he was an analyst at Moody’s Investors Service in the structured products department. He began his career in 2005 with HBOS, where he was working as a surveillance analyst in the structured credit and investment risk group. Denis received a BBA degree from Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova and an MSc in finance and investment from Brunel University. He holds the Investment Management Certificate and has 16 years of financial industry experience.

Tina De Baere is Head of ESG at Polus Capital Management (“Polus”). Polus was launched in 2022 f...

Tina De Baere is Head of ESG at Polus Capital Management (“Polus”). Polus was launched in 2022 following the strategic combination of two leading European credit managers, Cairn Capital and Bybrook Capital. At Polus, Tina is responsible for developing and implementing the firm’s ESG strategy and policy. Tina joined Polus in 2008 and previously worked as a portfolio manager in the ABS team. Tina currently also serves on the PRI Securitised Products Advisory Committee as well as the co-Chair of ELFA’s ESG Committee.

Lily Baik is a research analyst in the European High Yield team at J.P. Morgan Asset Management and ...

Lily Baik is a research analyst in the European High Yield team at J.P. Morgan Asset Management and is responsible for identifying investment opportunities in the TMT, Leisure, and Transportation sectors. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Lily was a member of the Emerging Markets Fixed Income Team within J.P. Morgan Wealth Management in New York. Lily holds a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Northwestern University and is also a CFA charterholder.

Oliver Newman is a Senior Credit Analyst at Fidelity, where he is responsible for managing a portfol...

Oliver Newman is a Senior Credit Analyst at Fidelity, where he is responsible for managing a portfolio of c.30 sub-investment grade leverage loan and high yield bond positions. Since joining Fidelity in March 2021, he has been responsible for the role-out of the firmwide ESG framework across private credit strategies: CLO’s, Loan Fund, Direct Lending Fund. This culminated in the launch of the Article 8 aligned CLO in December 2021. Fidelity was the first European CLO manager to achieve this milestone.

Lorraine joined the Fixed Income Group at Insight in July 2007 to help establish and manage the loan...

Lorraine joined the Fixed Income Group at Insight in July 2007 to help establish and manage the loan platform and is the portfolio manager for the Loan Fund, as well as being responsible for Insight’s leveraged loan investments, more widely. She has a wide range of contacts in the European loan market and a broad range of transactional experience across both leveraged and CRE loan deals. Prior to joining Insight, Lorraine worked at Bayern LB for five years, latterly as an associate in the Acquisition & Leveraged Finance Team where she was part of a deal team that sourced and transacted loans. Lorraine graduated from the University of Bath with a BA (Hons) degree in French, German and European Studies. She also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK.

Saurabh Bhalla is Managing Director and Senior Credit Analyst with primary focus on European investm...

Saurabh Bhalla is Managing Director and Senior Credit Analyst with primary focus on European investments at Oak Hill Advisors. Saurabh joined Oak Hill Advisors in 2013 and prior to that worked in the Credit Suisse European Leveraged Finance and Sponsors Group. He earned a Chartered Accountant qualification with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and B.Com. (Hons.) from the University of Delhi.

Simon is a Senior Analyst at M&G Investments where he currently leads the Telecom, Media and Technol...

Simon is a Senior Analyst at M&G Investments where he currently leads the Telecom, Media and Technology analyst pod. He has over 20-years experience as a credit analyst and has focused on the Telecom, Media and Technology sectors in Europe and North America covering both investment grade and high yield credits with experience of both bonds and leveraged loans. Prior to M&G, Simon worked at Insight Investments, UBS, Barclays and KPMG.

Rebecca joined Fidelity International as Sr Credit Analyst in 2016. She spent the previous 13 years...

Rebecca joined Fidelity International as Sr Credit Analyst in 2016. She spent the previous 13 years covering corporate high yield credit in both Europe and the US. During that time, she worked in a variety of buyside and sellside analyst, investment and execution roles for banks/brokers, hedge funds and real money. Prior to moving into credit investing, she worked in equity research and investment banking. Rebecca graduated with a BBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her MBA at Kellogg School of Management. She became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2006.

Anita Isichei joined MV Credit in June 2022 as Head of HR. Prior to MV Credit, Anita was based in Sw...

Anita Isichei joined MV Credit in June 2022 as Head of HR. Prior to MV Credit, Anita was based in Switzerland as an HR consultant for The Global Fund. The majority of her career was spent within a variety of big and small international financial services firms such as Lombard Odier Investment Managers, Capital One Bank and First Abu Dhabi Bank. Anita is a Swiss National, speaks fluent English/French and holds a degree in Business Management & Human Resources.

Irem Sukan is an Executive Director and works as a senior credit analyst in the European HY team at ...

Irem Sukan is an Executive Director and works as a senior credit analyst in the European HY team at JP Morgan Asset Management. She started her finance career in the Chief Credit Risk office of AIG/Pinebridge Investments in New York; and later joined the firm’s Leveraged Finance team as a credit analyst in London. Prior to JP Morgan, she was a senior credit analyst at Wellington Management where she started the HY team’s globalization effort in London. Irem holds an Ms. in Foreign Service with a focus on International Finance & Commerce from Georgetown University, Washing, DC; and more recently earned an Ms. in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health from King’s College, London.

Adil is Director, Compliance - EMEA and APAC at Muzinich & Co. , having joined in 2018. Prior to th...

Adil is Director, Compliance - EMEA and APAC at Muzinich & Co. , having joined in 2018. Prior to this, he was Senior Analyst at ACA Compliance Group. Adil is a law graduate with a Masters from University College London and a non-practicing barrister under the English and Welsh Bar.

Sebastian Potocean is a Managing Director within Barings’ High Yield Investments Group and sits on...

Sebastian Potocean is a Managing Director within Barings’ High Yield Investments Group and sits on the firm’s European High Yield Investment Committee. Sebastian is the Head of European Research and is responsible for managing the high yield research function in analyzing and transacting new and secondary investment opportunities. Prior to joining Barings in 2015, Sebastian worked in Deutsche Bank’s European Leveraged Finance Team, focused on leveraged buyouts and the structure of high yield bonds and levered loans. Before that, he worked in Ernst & Young’s Transaction Advisory Services Team, focused on restructurings. In addition, Sebastian is a Board Member of the Loan Market Association (LMA).

Kirsten is Co-Head of Pan European Private Debt at Muzinich & Co. Prior to joining Muzinich, Kirsten...

Kirsten is Co-Head of Pan European Private Debt at Muzinich & Co. Prior to joining Muzinich, Kirsten worked for six years as a Managing Director in the principal debt investing team at Macquarie, responsible for sourcing and executing transactions ranging from leveraged senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt to equity in the U.K., Germany and Benelux. Previously, she worked for Silver Point Capital, a U.S. based credit/distressed fund, in the private debt team in Europe. Kirsten started her career at Morgan Stanley in 1999, working in the generalist M&A and Leveraged Finance teams in Germany and London. Kirsten graduated from ESB Reutlingen and Middlesex University London with a B.A. Honors in European Business Administration.

Alexandra is Head of Private Debt Co-investments at AXA Prime, focusing on investments in corporate ...

Alexandra is Head of Private Debt Co-investments at AXA Prime, focusing on investments in corporate loans to European and US mid-market businesses. Before joining AXA Prime, she was an Investment Director in the Direct Lending team at Federated Hermes investing in leveraged transactions across Europe and the UK. Prior to this, she was at GE Capital in the leveraged finance team arranging UK and European mid-cap, club and unitranche transactions. Previously, Alexandra worked for six years in the leveraged finance underwriting business of Royal Bank of Scotland, where she focused on UK mid-market leveraged and acquisition finance deals after working on European large-cap private equity-backed transactions. Alexandra holds a Specialised Masters in Corporate Finance from the EM Lyon School of Management and a Master of Science in Management (Grande Ecole program) from the ESC Grenoble School of Management.