5th December 2024

Announcement

Pemberton appointments Francesco Dissera as Head of Origination for its Risk Sharing Strategy (RSS).


Pemberton, a leading alternative credit specialist, today announced the appointment of Francesco Dissera as Head of Origination for its Risk Sharing Strategy (RSS).

Francesco brings over 25 years of experience in bank balance sheet optimisation, having established and managed diverse business lines across securitised products, balance sheet advisory and bank asset disposals. Francesco joins Pemberton as Managing Director in the RSS team where his responsibilities include origination, structuring and execution of risk sharing investments.

Prior to joining Pemberton, Francesco was Head of the Secured Funding and Asset Backed Securities (SFABS) team at Alantra where he advised banks on significant risk transfers (SRT), asset disposals and other forms of securitisations. He previously held a similar role at Santander CIB for Continental Europe, StormHarbour Securities and was formerly Head of European ABS structuring at UBS.

The Risk Sharing Strategy, launched in 2022, leverages Pemberton’s extensive credit capabilities and local origination network to source attractive diversified credit portfolios originated and serviced by banks. Pemberton partners with global banks and leading European lenders and focuses principally on large corporate and SME portfolios.

Find out more about Risk Sharing.

I am delighted to welcome Francesco to the RSS team. Our activity in this space is growing fast and we are ramping up our origination efforts to meet the demand of our LPs. We offer access to the asset class through dedicated and multi-strategy vehicles.
Francesco’s arrival signals our commitment to further deepen the RSS strategy’s position as a risk sharing partner to our bank counterparties.

– Olivier Renault, Head of the Risk Sharing Strategy at Pemberton

I have closely followed the development of Pemberton’s Risk Sharing strategy since its inception. With a stellar track record in European private credit, strong banking relationships, and exceptional in-house credit expertise, Pemberton stands as the ideal platform. I am pleased to be joining Olivier and the team to help seize the significant growth opportunities in the SRT asset class.

– Francesco Dissera, Head of Risk Sharing Origination at Pemberton

About the authors

Olivier Renault

Managing Director, Head of Risk Sharing


Francesco Dissera

Managing Director, Head of Risk Sharing Origination