Europe in numbers

17.9

trillion GDP (USD)1

515

million consumers1

28

countries1

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.

Download European Direct Lending Review and Outlook

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 165+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.

Symon Drake-Brockman
Symon Drake-Brockman

Managing Partner

Mark Hickey

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

Nicole Gates

Partner, Chief Credit Officer

Ben Gulliver

Partner, Head of Portfolio Management & Co-Head of Direct Lending

Harriet Steel

Partner, Global Head of Clients

Eric Capp

Partner, Head of Origination & Co-Head of Direct Lending

Paul Aldrich

Partner, Head of People and Performance

Cornelius Bechtel

Non-Executive Director, PAMSA*

Antonia Burgess

Non-Executive Director, PAMH*

Eric Capp

Partner, Head of Origination & Co-Head of Direct Lending, PAMSA*

Geoffroi de Saint Chamas

Partner, Head of France, PAMSA*

Symon Drake-Brockman
Symon Drake-Brockman

Managing Partner, PAMH, PCA*

Hannah Gore-Randall

Non-Executive Director, PAMH, PCA*

Mark Hickey

Partner, Chief Operating Officer, PAMSA, PCA*

Keith Jones

Chairman, PAMH & PCA*

David King

Non-Executive Director, PAMH*

Laura Mason

Non-Executive Director, PCA*

*PAMH: Pemberton Asset Management Holdings Limited; PAMSA: Pemberton Asset Management S.A; PCA: Pemberton Capital Advisors.

Oren Bass

Managing Director, Head of Working Capital Finance

Alistair Baxter

Executive Director, 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

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

Matthew Kirsch

Managing Director, Credit, NAV Financing

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

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

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

Rodney Charles

Director, Credit

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

Thomas Duetoft

Partner, Senior Loan

Ben Gulliver

Partner, Head of Portfolio Management & Co-Head of Direct Lending

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

Oren Bass

Managing Director, Head of Working Capital Finance

Other team members


Matteo Ceschia

Analyst

Raaghav Chaudhry

Analyst


Toby Gliszczynski-Findlay

Associate Director

Anna Neri

Associate

anna.neri@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9244


Lochie Shillington

Analyst

Liam Tyce

Associate Director

liam.tyce@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5069


Jessica Xian

Associate

jessica.xian@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5072

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

Richard Meehan

Managing Director, UK and Ireland

Chakib Mentouri

Director, Working Capital Finance

Leticia Ruenes

Managing Director, Spain

Nils Weber

Managing Director, Germany, Austria & Switzerland

Alistair Baxter

Executive Director, Origination, Working Capital Finance

Nicole Gates

Partner, Chief Credit Officer

Rodney Charles

Director, Credit

Christopher Ellerker

Managing Director, Credit

Carsten Guenther

Partner, Credit

Matthew Kirsch

Managing Director, Credit, NAV Financing

Craig MacDougall

Managing Director, Credit

Florent Martel

Executive Director, Credit

Stefano Micheli

Director, Credit

Peter Schlesinger

Executive Director, Credit

Julien Suche

Executive 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


Ezio Brachet-Contul

Analyst

Lucas Dorigny

Associate

lucas.dorigny@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)772 9091 780

Hendrik Falke

Associate Director

hendrik.falke@pembertonam.com
+49 (0) 170 833 6474


Valentine Guezenec

Associate Director

Lauritz Mörsen

Associate

lauritz.morsen@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3994 7956


Thomas Parry

Associate Director

thomas.parry@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8049 8010

James Ankerson

Managing Director, Head of Global Consultants

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

Vasileios Filippidis

Director, Distribution Strategy

Anis Ghamgui

Managing Director, Business Development, Middle East & Africa

Scott Hamilton

Managing Director, North America

Boris Harmsen

Managing Director, Benelux

Koen Hoogenhout

Executive Director, Business Development, Benelux

Ralph Hora

Partner, Germany, Austria & Switzerland

Antoine Josserand

Partner, Business Development

Sherilee Mace

Executive Director, Head of Local Authority Pension Scheme

Chakib Mentouri

Director, Working Capital Finance

Shintaro Mori

Managing Director, Head of Japan

Jun Narui

Managing Director, Head of Asia

Ryan Newman

Executive Director, Business Development, Working Capital Finance

Christoph Polomsky

Managing Director, Business Development DACH

Harriet Steel

Partner, Global Head of Clients

Anders Svenningsen

Managing Director, Nordics, Business Development

James Taylor

Director, Head of Investor Relations

Niamh Whooley

Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing

Other team members


James Bradstock

Associate

james.bradstock@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5049

Tarun Daryanani

Analyst

tarun.daryanani@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9222


Isabella Fallon

Analyst

isabella.fallon@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9243

William Haidar

Analyst

william.haidar@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9248


Thiviya Harrichandiran

Associate

Ayu Kurauchi

Associate

ayu.kurauchi@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5066


Cian Moynihan

Associate Director

cian.moynihan@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9245

Sachin Anandikar

Chief Technology Officer

Dan Beary

Director, Fund Finance

Edward Day

Director, Fund Finance

David Fanning

Executive Director, Technology

Alex Haussmann

Executive Director, Strategy & Corporate Development

Mark Hickey

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

San Liew

Director, Fund Finance

Bruce MacDougall

Director, Operations

Edward Marsh

Director, Fund Finance

Anthony McKay

Chief Financial Officer

Harri Needham

Executive Director, Group Finance

Nigel Newby

Director, Fund Finance

James Scanlon

Director, Technology

Salman Shaikh

Director, Strategy & Corporate Development

Colin Taheny

Executive Director, Head of Operations

Other team members


Reinhold Ackermann

Associate Director

Ben Armstead

Analyst

ben.armstead@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5059


Ian Bryan

Associate Director

ian.bryan@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9242

Chris Clark

Associate

chris.clark@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5045


Warren Holme

Associate Director

warren.holme@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9204

Vilma Kerusauskiene

Associate

vilma.k@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3906 9984


Brigitte Lo Iacono

Associate

Slawomir Majewski

Analyst


Francisco Mendonca

Analyst

Catalina Mihaescu

Associate


Daniel Morgan

Analyst

daniel.morgan@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5067

Cameron Neubert

Associate

cameron.neubert@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5056


Randy Odai

Associate Director

randy.odai@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5048

Neal O'Donnell

Associate Director

neal.odonnell@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5043


George Palmer

Associate

george.palmer@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 7993 9329

George Pelling

Analyst

george.pelling@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)784 2440 125


Daniel Ross

Analyst

daniel.ross@pembertonam.com
+44(0)20 7993 9325

Lee Smith

Associate

lee.smith@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5073


Therasa Stout

Associate Director

therasa.stout@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9213


Louisa Clapton

Director, Legal Counsel - Execution

Helen Dewar

Executive Director, Compliance Conducting Officer and MLRO.

Gael Kasem

Director, Risk Conducting Officer, PAMSA

Annabel Lau

Director, Legal Counsel – Execution

Helen Richards

Managing Director, Compliance Officer and MLRO

Nirvan Sunderam

Head of Risk

Bethany Walker

Managing Director, Head Counsel - Execution

Other team members


Kerem Ceylas

Associate, Compliance

kerem.ceylas@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 7078 3282

Pablo Del Arco Ortega

Analyst, Compliance

pablo.ortega@pembertonam.com
+352 (0)26 64 83 55


Stevian Fok

Associate, Compliance

stevian.fok@pembertonam.com
+352 (0) 26 64 83 56

Grazi Hugues

Associate Director, Funds Legal

grazi.hugues@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 3148 5057


Kim Olorenshaw

Associate Director, Compliance

kim.olorenshaw@pembertonam.com
+44 (0)20 8057 9211