Chris Porter Head of Private Markets, EMEA S&P GLOBAL RATINGS

Chris is Head of Private Markets, EMEA at S&P Global Ratings, covering all aspects of the private debt space end to end, looking after relationships with Private Equity firms, Multistrategy Funds, Direct Lending Funds, Debt Origination and Debt Syndicate Teams in Arranging Banks plus their CLO Arranging Teams, as well as CLO Managers.

Prior to S&P Global Ratings he spent over 20 years in the syndicated loan market, working across many of its’ different asset classes.   His career started in NatWest on the project group that subsequently transformed into Europe’s first dedicated secondary loan sales team.  His next role was on the primary sales desk, distributing corporate, structured and financial institution loans to European investors.

After primary sales, Chris was posted to Hong Kong, where he was responsible for the pricing, structuring and origination of syndicated debt in South and South East Asia.  The main focus of his role was to bring debut issuers from Thailand and India to the international loan market.

On his return to Europe, he became the Head of European Loan Trading for NatWest, taking the team through the integration with The Royal Bank of Scotland, transforming the desk from a back-to-back operation into a full trading book, working mainly in the leverage and corporate markets.  At the same time, he joined the Board of the LMA, a post he was to hold for ten years.

During his time on the Board, he co-chaired the Valuation & Trading Practices Committee and chaired a number of working parties, as well as writing the first set of Transferability Guidelines for the LMA.  He also held the post of Vice-Chairman of the LMA for two years.

After RBS, Chris moved to Bank of Scotland, where he created and headed the Loan Sales and Trading Team. 

Steve Baker Head Euro CLO Primary JP MORGAN

Steve is a seasoned structured credit banking professional and has been in the business for more than 25 years. He is presently responsible for running J.P. Morgan’s Primary CLO business in Europe. Previously with Apollo Global Management, Steve specialized in investing in CLOs and capital relief/SRT transactions as well as the issuance of Apollo’s managed CLOs. Steve also held positions with the U.K. Financial Services Authority and at Standard Chartered Bank. Prior to London Steve was in New York, where he was responsible for co-managing the CLO Banking Group at Lehman Brothers and was a senior member of the structured credit team at Natixis. Steve holds a BASc with First Class Honours in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University in Ontario, and is a CFA charter holder.

Jane Lee Senior Managing Director, Head of CLO Capital Formation BLACKSTONE CREDIT AND INSURANCE

Ms. Jane Lee is the Global Head of Capital Formation efforts for Blackstone Credit’s Liquid Credit Strategies (“LCS”) unit. Ms. Lee is responsible for the origination of U.S. CLOs, European CLOs, and listed funds, and she is a member of Blackstone Credit's LCS Management Committee and sits on LCS’s Global Structured Credit Investment Committee, Asset Allocation Committee, and CLO Origination Committee.

Ms. Lee joined Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, from RBC in 2005.  Prior to that, Ms. Lee was a Vice President at Indosuez Capital.  Before joining Indosuez Capital, Ms. Lee was a Director in the Loan Products Group of Fitch IBCA, Inc., where she was responsible for rating collateralized debt obligations and other credit derivative transactions.

Ms. Lee received a B.A. in Economics and Operations Research from Columbia University.                

Dushy Puvan Managing Director, Head of EMEA CLOs BNP PARIBAS

Dushy Puvan joined BNP Paribas in May 2014 to build the EMEA CLO business and is a CLO specialist with over 20 years experience of structured finance across asset classes. He has a focus on SME, corporate loan and leveraged loan assets, arranging cash and synthetic structures for banks and FIs. He was part of the first wave of CLO 2.0s in Europe. Dushy worked previously for Lloyds Bank (formerly Lloyds TSB) executing a range of balance sheet management solutions transactions for both regulatory capital relief and funding.

Dushy holds a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Cambridge.

Aaron Scott Partner DECHERT

Aaron Scott advises on structured finance and securitization matters, with a particular focus on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Based in Dechert’s London office, Mr. Scott represents leading arrangers and managers on European CLO transactions. In addition, he advises on the EU regulatory aspects of U.S. CLOs, including risk retention and transparency requirements.

Adeel Shafiqullah Executive Managing Director SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Adeel Shafiqullah is an Executive Managing Director and Head of European CLO Management for Sculptor Capital. In this role, Mr. Shafiqullah oversees Sculptor Capital’s European performing credit investments, with a focus on leveraged loans and high yield bonds.

Prior to joining Sculptor Capital in 2015, Mr. Shafiqullah spent 13 years at Pinebridge Investments, most recently as Managing Director and Head of European Leveraged Finance

Prior to that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette/Credit Suisse First Boston and at Chanin Capital Partners.

Mr. Shafiqullah holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.