23
May
Panel: New frontiers - emerging strategies within private debt
This session will examine the role played by the private credit secondaries market, along with other emerging strategies, including NAV-based financing, from the perspective of both GPs and LPs:
- Are these strategies compelling tools for helping provide liquidity solutions?
- What does the future hold for NAV-based lending?
- What is the opportunity set, and how does it compare to corporate direct lending in terms of risk and yield?
- How to utilise the asset class as part of your portfolio
- How are LPs navigating this space?
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SpeakersMichael Schad Partner, Head of Coller Credit Secondaries Coller Capital
Fokke Lucas Partner 17 Capital
Vjerana Burleigh Managing Director Alpinvest
Pavol Popp Managing Director, Portfolio Management, NAV Financing Pemberton Capital Advisors
Lisa Lee Deputy Editor CREDITFLUX
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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.
Fokke is Partner at 17Capital, the go-to global source of strategic finance for investors in the private equity industry. Since inception in 2008,17Capital has raised over $13 billion, including the recent closing of its inaugural €2.6 billion NAV lending fund, and has deployed over $13 billion across 100+ investments. Fokke is a member of the Investment committee and focuses on investments and sourcing. Fokke has 15 years’ experience in the private equity industry having joined17Capital in 2012. Prior to this Fokke spent 5 years as an associate at Lehman Brothers European Mezzanine Group. Fokke holds a Masters in International Management from ECSP Europe.
Vjerana Burleigh is a Managing Director on the Secondary and Portfolio Finance team focusing on the Portfolio Finance strategy. Vjerana rejoined AlpInvest in 2019 from 17Capital, a London-based credit manager, where she was an Investment Director.
She first joined the AlpInvest team in 2012 as an Investment Analyst pursuing equity and credit secondary investments in Europe and globally. Vjerana received a BSc in Economics summa cum laude from the University of Zagreb, an MSc in International Finance from the Amsterdam Business School and an executive diploma from the Said Business School.
Pavol is a Portfolio Manager in the NAV Financing team where his responsibilities include selection, structuring and risk management of investments for NAV Financing strategies.
Pavol joined Pemberton in November 2022. He has over 23 years of experience in finance and banking, establishing and managing diverse businesses across secured financing, structured credit & financial derivatives structuring and asset & liability management.
Prior to joining Pemberton, Pavol was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he established their EMEA structured financing business and was a Global Co-Head of the Financing Solutions team with a direct responsibility for all structured lending business outside of the US & Canada. The lending portfolio included fund, bank and corporate borrowers with collateral spanning corporate & private credit, macro, local currency, commodity, equity and private equity markets. Pavol spent 19 years at J.P. Morgan in various other leadership roles during that time, including Head of EMEA Structuring & Financing Solutions.
Pavol holds a Masters Degree in Finance from London Business School and MA in International Business from University of Economics, Bratislava.