Europe in numbers
17.9
trillion GDP (USD)1
515
million consumers1
28
countries1
1World Bank and OECD national accounts data, European Union and the UK as at 2020.
About us
Pemberton is a leading European private credit manager, backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers – Legal & General. We provide a range of financing solutions for borrowers and investment solutions for institutional investors.
We have a strong combination of asset management and banking expertise. Our skill lies in our ability to originate, select and manage diverse credit exposure through our local, on-the-ground pan-European origination offices.
Pemberton’s investor base is global and includes long-term partnerships with insurance companies, corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, private wealth managers and other institutional investors.
Many of our Limited Partners have invested across Pemberton’s strategies, either through fund investments or via tailored and innovative structures.
Our network of local offices provides a unique platform to originate, select and manage diverse credit exposure. That makes us an attractive partner for institutional investors searching for better yield and more downside protection than is offered by liquid credit instruments.
In 2021, we published a Review and Outlook of European Direct Lending, written by Saïd Business School-University of Oxford with the assistance of proprietary data from Pemberton, and a legal perspective on the direct lending market by Latham & Watkins, find out more below.
At Pemberton, we believe in the importance of being a responsible investor and building sustainable, long-term value for our Limited Partners through collaboration with our borrowers.
Ralph Hora
Chair of the Pemberton ESG Working Group - 2020
Our investment approach
We primarily invest in high-quality businesses often with market-leading positions across defensive industries in Europe. We support businesses backed by leading private equity sponsors and ambitious entrepreneurs. Our partnership approach provides long-term capital for buyouts, growth financing, add-on acquisitions and other general corporate purposes.
Through our various strategies, we are able to provide a range of financing solutions across the capital structure to match the needs of borrowers at each stage of a business’ lifecycle. We evaluate each investment opportunity on its own merit and strive to provide thoughtful solutions that will both meet our borrowers’ objectives and aim to provide attractive risk adjusted returns for our Limited Partners.
Our network of offices across the key economic hubs in Europe is the foundation of our origination capabilities. This local presence allows us to source a variety of investment opportunities while benefitting from and applying local market knowledge throughout the life of the investment.
Our office network
With 164+2 professionals dedicated to private markets as well as 9 European offices and 1 in the Middle East, Pemberton has one of the largest pan-European investment teams with extensive experience which we believe gives us an edge over other asset managers. Our network not only allows us to source the broadest and highest quality of investment opportunities but remains an important tool for ongoing monitoring over the life of investments.
2Includes consultants, contractors and advisors, as at April 2023.
Cornelius Bechtel
Non-Executive Director, PAMSA*
Martin Botha
Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer, PAMSA*
Antonia Burgess
Non-Executive Director, PAMH*
Jean de Courrèges
Non-Executive Director, PAMSA*
Geoffroi de Saint Chamas
Partner, Head of France, PAMSA*
Graeme Dell
Partner, Chief Operating Officer, PAMSA, PCA*
Symon Drake-Brockman
Managing Partner, PAMH, PCA*
Hannah Gore-Randall
Non-Executive Director, PAMH, PCA*
Mark Hickey
Partner, Head of Working Capital Finance, PCA*
Keith Jones
Chairman, PAMH & PCA*
David King
Non-Executive Director, PAMH*
Laura Mason
Non-Executive Director, PCA*
Conrad Teppema
Director, PAMSA*
*PAMH: Pemberton Asset Management Holdings Limited; PAMSA: Pemberton Asset Management S.A; PCA: Pemberton Capital Advisors.
Oren Bass
Managing Director, Head of Origination, Working Capital Finance
Jose Benavides
Director, US Origination
Andrew Benson
Executive Director, Senior Loan
Joe Boscia
Director, Portfolio Management
Jürgen Breuer
Partner, Head of DACH & Head of Origination Nordics
Eric Capp
Partner, Head of Origination & Co-Head of Direct Lending
Robin Challis
Partner, Strategic Credit
Rajan Chandolia
Director, Structuring
Steven Craig
Managing Director, Mid-Market Debt
Francesco Di Trapani
Senior Advisor, Southern Europe
Geoffroi de Saint Chamas
Partner, Head of France
Thomas Doyle
Partner, Head of NAV Financing
Gregg Drennan
Managing Director, Structuring
Thomas Duetoft
Partner, Senior Loan
Christopher Ellerker
Managing Director, Credit
Stephen Elson
Managing Director, Head of US Origination
Cassandra Fahy
Managing Director, UK and Ireland
Guillaume Farges
Managing Director, France
Nicole Gates
Partner, Chief Credit Officer
Adrian Grammerstorf
Executive Director, Origination, DACH
Ben Gulliver
Partner, Head of Portfolio Management & Co-Head of Direct Lending
Carsten Guenther
Partner, Credit
Boris Harmsen
Managing Director, Benelux
Mark Hickey
Partner, Head of Working Capital Finance
Matthew Kirsch
Managing Director, Origination, NAV
Craig MacDougall
Managing Director, Credit
Florent Martel
Executive Director, Credit
Richard Meehan
Managing Director, UK and Ireland
Pavol Popp
Managing Director, Portfolio Management, NAV Financing
Bart Ras
Managing Director, Working Capital Finance, EMEA
Olivier Renault
Managing Director, Head of Risk Sharing Strategy
Robert Reynolds
Managing Director, Head of CLOs
Leticia Ruenes
Managing Director, Spain
Peter Schlesinger
Executive Director, Credit
Julien Suche
Executive Director, Credit
Sally Tankard
Director, Credit
Jean Tournaire
Managing Director, Working Capital Finance
Robert Wartchow
Managing Director, Mid-Market Debt
Nils Weber
Managing Director, Germany, Austria & Switzerland
Douglass Welch
Portfolio Management Conducting Officer, PAMSA
Andrew Benson
Executive Director, Senior Loan
Joe Boscia
Director, Portfolio Management
Robin Challis
Partner, Strategic Credit
Rajan Chandolia
Director, Structuring
Steven Craig
Managing Director, Mid-Market Debt
Thomas Doyle
Partner, Head of NAV Financing
Gregg Drennan
Managing Director, Structuring
Thomas Duetoft
Partner, Senior Loan
Ben Gulliver
Partner, Head of Portfolio Management & Co-Head of Direct Lending
Mark Hickey
Partner, Head of Working Capital Finance
Pavol Popp
Managing Director, Portfolio Management, NAV Financing
Olivier Renault
Managing Director, Head of Risk Sharing Strategy
Robert Reynolds
Managing Director, Head of CLOs
Jean Tournaire
Managing Director, Working Capital Finance
Robert Wartchow
Managing Director, Mid-Market Debt
Douglass Welch
Portfolio Management Conducting Officer, PAMSA
Other team members
Matteo Ceschia
Analyst
matteo.ceshia@pembertonam.com
+352 691 325 041
Raaghav Chaudhry
Analyst
raaghav.chaudhry@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9224
Etienne Desjardins
Associate Director
etienne.desjardins@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3319 6964
Alexandre Mamelle
Associate Director
alexandre.mamelle@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3906 9987
Anna Neri
Associate
anna.neri@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9244
Liam Tyce
Associate Director
liam.tyce@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5069
Oren Bass
Managing Director, Head of Origination, Working Capital Finance
Jose Benavides
Director, US Origination
Jürgen Breuer
Partner, Head of DACH & Head of Origination Nordics
Eric Capp
Partner, Head of Origination & Co-Head of Direct Lending
Geoffroi de Saint Chamas
Partner, Head of France
Francesco Di Trapani
Senior Advisor, Southern Europe
Stephen Elson
Managing Director, Head of US Origination
Cassandra Fahy
Managing Director, UK and Ireland
Guillaume Farges
Managing Director, France
Adrian Grammerstorf
Executive Director, Origination, DACH
Boris Harmsen
Managing Director, Benelux
Matthew Kirsch
Managing Director, Origination, NAV
Richard Meehan
Managing Director, UK and Ireland
Chakib Mentouri
Director, Working Capital Finance
Bart Ras
Managing Director, Working Capital Finance, EMEA
Leticia Ruenes
Managing Director, Spain
Nils Weber
Managing Director, Germany, Austria & Switzerland
Nicole Gates
Partner, Chief Credit Officer
Christopher Ellerker
Managing Director, Credit
Carsten Guenther
Partner, Credit
Craig MacDougall
Managing Director, Credit
Florent Martel
Executive Director, Credit
Stefano Micheli
Director, Credit
Peter Schlesinger
Executive Director, Credit
Julien Suche
Executive Director, Credit
Sally Tankard
Director, Credit
Other team members
Vicente Estival
Associate Director
vicente.estival@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)208 057 9202
Thomas Jervis
Associate Director
thomas.jervis@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 7078 3280
Stefano Micheli
Associate Director
stefano.micheli@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8049 8012
Investment Development Team
Ezio Brachet-Contul
Analyst
ezio.brachet-contul@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9247
Hendrik Falke
Associate Director
hendrik.falke@pembertonam.com
+49 (0) 170 833 6474
Guillaume Goarin
Associate Director
guillaume.goarin@pembertonam.com
+33 (0)1 44 71 35 18
Valentine Guezenec
Associate Director
valentine.guezenec@pembertonam.com
+33 (0)1 44 71 35 15
Thomas Parry
Associate Director
thomas.parry@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8049 8010
Massimo Perzolla
Associate
massimo.perzolla@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9218
James Ankerson
Managing Director, UK and Ireland
Guy Brooks
Managing Director, Head of Distribution, Working Capital Finance
Mark Darell-Brown
Managing Director, Working Capital Finance
Sandy Ewing
Managing Director, Business Development, North America
Anis Ghamgui
Managing Director, Business Development, Middle East & Africa
Scott Hamilton
Managing Director, North America
Boris Harmsen
Managing Director, Benelux
Ralph Hora
Partner, Germany, Austria & Switzerland
Antoine Josserand
Partner, Business Development
Chakib Mentouri
Director, Working Capital Finance
Shintaro Mori
Managing Director, Japan
Jun Narui
Managing Director, Head of Asia, including Japan
Ryan Newman
Executive Director, Business Development, Working Capital Finance
Valerie Pae
Director, Business Development, Middle East and Africa
Christoph Polomsky
Managing Director, Business Development DACH
Harriet Steel
Partner, Head of Global Clients