EW
Eleanor Whitfield
Managing Partner
Founded the firm in 2010 after fifteen years in leveraged finance. Chairs the investment committee and sits on the valuation and risk committees.
- Base
- London
- Joined
- 2010
People
The people who sign the term sheet.
Three hundred and forty professionals across London, Hong Kong and Hangzhou, organised into four desks. The partners below are the ones who read the plan, sit in committee and stay on the account afterwards.
- Professionals
- 340
- Partners
- 24
- Average tenure
- 9 years
Leadership
Nine people you will actually deal with.
Credit, capital markets, risk and operations sit in the same room. A facility is not passed between departments; it is priced, hedged and documented by the people whose names are on it.
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Marcus Kwok
Head of Asia-Pacific
Built the Hong Kong office and its note-placement relationships with insurers and family offices across the region.
- Base
- Hong Kong
- Joined
- 2015
LZ
Lena Zhao
Head of Greater China
Runs the onshore team covering manufacturing and enterprise software, and manages the group's renminbi exposure.
- Base
- Hangzhou
- Joined
- 2018
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Henrik Sørensen
Chief Credit Officer
Owns the underwriting standard and the covenant framework used across all four desks. Reports to the board, not to the deal teams.
- Base
- London
- Joined
- 2012
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Adrian Halloway
Partner, Structured Credit
Structures and places the note programmes that term out the lending book, with matched duration and currency.
- Base
- London
- Joined
- 2013
PR
Priya Raghunathan
Partner, Risk & Insurance
Negotiates policy wording alongside facility documentation and maintains the panel of investment-grade insurers.
- Base
- London
- Joined
- 2016
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Daniel Osei
Partner, Venture Lending
Leads the venture debt desk across the UK and Northern Europe, with a focus on software and marketplaces.
- Base
- London
- Joined
- 2014
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Sophia Lindqvist
Partner, Growth Capital
Takes minority positions in companies past product-market fit, usually before the next round is in market.
- Base
- London
- Joined
- 2017
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Clara Mendes
Chief Operating Officer
Runs operations across the three offices, including investor reporting, audit and the managed-account mandates.
- Base
- London
- Joined
- 2015
Committees
Approval sits outside the deal team.
Three committees hold the firm to its own policy. Their chairs, cadence and remit are published here because a governance structure that cannot be described is usually not one.
Investment Committee
Chair · Eleanor Whitfield
Five voting members drawn from credit, capital markets and risk. No member of the originating deal team votes, and the committee can reject any facility without reference to the relationship.
Weekly, and ad hoc for facilities above USD 25M
Risk & Audit Committee
Chair · Board member, independent
Reviews the risk register, the audit findings and the adequacy of the reserve pool. Reports directly to the board and to noteholders through the monthly pack.
Quarterly
Valuation Committee
Chair · Henrik Sørensen
Marks the equity book and any impaired facility independently of the deal teams, using the same methodology disclosed to investors and auditors.
Quarterly, and on any impairment event
How we work
Fewer accounts, read properly.
The firm hires slowly and promotes from within. If you are exploring a financing, the first meeting is with a partner, not an associate.
About the firmThe partner stays
The person who writes the term sheet manages the account through expansion and exit. No handoff to a portfolio group you have never met.
Local desks, one framework
Origination is done by people who live in the market. Every file is approved on the same framework, in the same committee.
Small teams on purpose
Each partner carries no more than six active accounts, so diligence is read rather than delegated, and questions are answered the same week.
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