Andrew has over 26 years of financial markets’ experience, mainly in private markets. He joined Aptimus from Barings, where he oversaw the international alternatives investment business. This included Private Equity, Infrastructure, and Real Estate business. Before that, Andrew was at Babson Capital – in several, senior global roles – and he ran the CLO and Structured Credit Syndicate business at Citigroup in London before that. Andrew qualified as a chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen and holds a BA Hons from the University of Bristol.
Iván has over 20 years of experience in private markets. Previously, he was an Independent Insolvency Administrator, handling 150 cases with liabilities exceeding €1.5bn across various industries. Spain’s association of the insolvency administrators (REFOR) acknowledges Iván as a restructuring mediator. Iván holds degrees in auditing and economics plus a master’s from the University of Barcelona and Valencia. He also lectures at the University of Valencia and has joined numerous national discussions with Spanish courts regarding bankruptcy law.
Nilesh has over 25 years’ experience across private and public debt within Europe and North America. Previously, Nilesh was Managing Director at Ares Management, Europe, within leveraged and high-yield markets across multiple sectors. Nilesh spent 7 years in the Credit Alternatives Group at The Carlyle Group, London (as a credit committee member) and New York. He started at KPMG, then went to Citigroup’s Leveraged Finance Portfolio Group. Nilesh holds a BSc (Hons) in Management Science from the University of Warwick, is a chartered accountant and a CFA charterholder.
Jocelyn has over 15 years of experience as a lawyer, 9 of those in-house with financial services firms, including HSBC. Before joining Aptimus, Jocelyn was Head of Legal at Outlier Ventures. Jocelyn gained her private practice experience at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton and Hogan Lovells, focusing on cross-border corporate and financial transactions. Jocelyn is admitted to practice law in England and Wales and holds an MA, BA (hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.
Carolina is part of our investment team and has 14 years’ experience in restructuring and debt advisory within the Spanish middle market. Previously, Carolina was a Director in PwC Spain’s Restructuring and Debt Advisory team, responsible for business recovery, financial services and deal advisory for Spain’s Levante region. Since 2008 she has been involved in over 40 refinancing and underwritings, exceeding €7bn of negotiated debt. Carolina holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Fátima is part of our investment team, overseeing the analysis, underwriting and execution of prospective investee companies. She has 18 years’ experience in corporate finance, credit analysis and credit solutions within the Spanish middle market. Previously, Fátima worked at Deutsche Bank as Head of Credit Risk for Spain’s SME portfolio and at Barclays Bank in the Corporate Banking area in various capacities within credit risk and client coverage. Fátima holds a BA in Business Administration from CUNEF, specialising in Financial Management.
Ignacio is part of our investment team, overseeing the analysis, underwriting and execution of prospective investee companies. Ignacio has spent 30 years in credit risk analysis, credit structuring and debt restructuring for Spanish corporates. Ignacio has held senior positions at Sareb (Restructuring and Recovery of Spanish SME loans), Royal Bank of Scotland (Global Restructuring Group), ABN AMRO (Credit Structuring and Portfolio management), among others. Ignacio began his career at Banesto and holds a BA in Economics from Complutense University and an MBA from IESE.
Christian is part of our investment team and heads up our impact offering. He underwrites and executes transactions for prospective investee companies. His 15 years of financial market experience includes over 7 years within the Spanish middle market, experience across public markets, listed instruments, structured products and debt capital markets. Previously, Christian worked at Cuantia Capital, advising Spanish SMEs on capital raising and researching secondary direct opportunities. Christian has a BA (hons) from Newcastle University and an MBA from IE Business School, Madrid.
Antón is part of our origination team, originating and structuring new transactions. Antón has 20 years’ experience across private markets within Spain and prior to Aptimus, was founder and CEO of Grachav PM Invest, a financial advisory boutique for SMEs, individuals and institutional investors. Antón is also a founding partner of International Business Hub SL, Beon Global Solutions SL and Electrico.es. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Lincolnshire and an Executive MBA from IE Business School.
Jesús is part of our investment team, overseeing existing portfolios. His 10 years of financial industry experience include over 6 years within the middle market in alternative capital solutions across debt and equity. Jesús worked as senior credit analyst for a debt marketplace platform, offering SMEs unsecured asset-backed and equity solutions. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad San Pablo CEU, a master’s in International Finance from Napier University in Edinburgh and a master’s in Tax Advisory from the University of Cádiz.
Jesús is part of our investment team, overseeing existing portfolios. His 10 years of financial industry experience include over 6 years within the middle market in alternative capital solutions across debt and equity. Jesús worked as senior credit analyst for a debt marketplace platform, offering SMEs unsecured asset-backed and equity solutions. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad San Pablo CEU, a master’s in International Finance from Napier University in Edinburgh and a master’s in Tax Advisory from the University of Cádiz.
Curro is part of our investment team, underwriting and executing transactions for prospective investee companies. He’s also developing our Energy Infrastructure business. Curro joined Aptimus at its inception, gaining deep experience of the Spanish middle market over the past 7 years, originating, evaluating and executing transactions across multiple sectors. Previously, Curro was in the Business Development team at Continental in Regensburg, Germany, analysing new markets/projects and performing financial analysis. Curro holds a BA in International Business Administration from the University of Valencia and Hochschule Bremen.
Andrés is part of our investment team, underwriting and executing transactions for prospective investee companies. Throughout his 8 years of experience, Andrés has spent 4 years with Aptimus, in investment, recovery, fundraising and monitoring. Previously, Andrés was Credit Risk Internal Auditor for Banco Santander, responsible for credit processes. Andrés started in Sales and Marketing at Banco Santander Norway, developing the CRM infrastructure for the Nordic region. He holds a double degree in economics from University Carlos III and the State University of New York and became a CFA charterholder in 2018.
Gonzalo is part of our investment team, underwriting and executing transactions for prospective investee companies. Previously, Gonzalo was a Senior Manager in the Restructuring and Debt Advisory team at KPMG Spain, focusing on Spanish middle market companies across a number of sectors (tourism and hospitality, logistics, industrial and engineering, education and healthcare). Also at KPMG Spain, Gonzalo spent 5 years in Corporate Finance and Transaction Services departments in Due Diligence, M&A and Valuation. He holds a degree in Business Administration from CUNEF (Madrid) and became a CFA charterholder in 2017.
Miguel is part of our investment team and has over 6 years of experience in private markets and alternative investments. Previously, Miguel was part of the investment team at alternatives firm RM Funds in London, where he underwrote, executed, and monitored private debt investments, and was involved in the execution of capital raising mandates. He has experience in corporate private debt and equity, real estate, and infrastructure investments, as well as structured products and debt capital markets. Miguel holds a MEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southampton and is a CFA Charterholder.
Salvador is part of our investment team and focuses on define, developing and executing our investee’s ESG and Impact strategies. Salvador has 7 years of experience within sustainable and ESG related consulting at PwC, where he worked with a broad range of clients from IBEX 35 businesses to Private Equity firms and their investees. During this time, he focused on topics such as sustainability reporting regulation, impact measurement, environmental (carbon) footprint analysis and ESG risks and opportunities. Salvador holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering (Industrial Technology Engineering), a Master’s Degree in Industrial Management and the CFA ESG Certificate.
David is part of our origination team. Prior to Aptimus, David was part of the Risk Advisory Banking team at Deloitte where he collaborated in the analysis of the prudential risks affecting banking institutions, with a focus on climate risk and ESG. David holds a bilingual degree in Economics and Finance and a MSc in Finance from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, including one year at the Wirtschaftsuniversität in Vienna, Austria. David has passed the CFA Level I and holds the CFA in ESG investing.
Oliver is responsible for business development and client solutions focusing on European institutions and insurance. He has over 11 years’ experience partnering with US and European Insurers on managing balance sheet assets and providing risk management services. Prior to Aptimus, Oliver was a Senior Lead Relationship Manager with BlackRock’s Financial Institutions Group in EMEA. This included building tailored solutions in Fixed Income, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Markets. Oliver holds a BA in Business Management from The University of Nottingham and the IMC from the CFA society.
Anu ChhabraBusiness Development Executive Director
Anu is part of our business development team for EMEA, focusing on European institutions, investors and consultants. With over 18 years of financial industry experience, Anu has spent time in pan European direct lending and working capital strategies as well as FX strategies, Global Macro and hedge funds. Previously, Anu worked at RiverRock Capital Partners, fundraising across direct lending, asset-backed and working-capital strategies. Anu holds a BSc in Economics from City University in London and is a CFA Level II candidate.
Louis works as an Associate within the business development team at Aptimus Capital. Prior to Aptimus Capital Louis worked at Waverton Investment Management within the Institutional Sales team, covering institutional & wholesale clients. He began his career at Abrdn within the Product Development & Strategy team and, whilst there, was seconded out to Fenchurch Advisory where he gained experienced within mergers & acquisitions. After leaving Abrdn, he subsequently worked for GFI as a Broker covering commodity derivatives. Louis holds the IMC from the CFA society and CAIA charter holder.
Kelly is responsible for strategic development at Aptimus Capital Partners. Previously, Kelly spent 12+ years working with endowments, foundations and family offices at Partners Capital, a global outsourced investment office invested across asset classes. She contributed to the growth of the business across a number of positions, including building out the business development, client onboarding, marketing and PR functions. She was also previously a Product Specialist at HSBC Alternative Investments covering Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Real Estate. Kelly holds a MA in Economics from the University of St Andrews, the CISI Investment Advice Diploma and the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA.
Robert has 30 years of experience in financial markets and investments, focused primarily on Credit strategies and alternatives. He has run an independent business development advisory and capital placement firm working exclusively with reputable alternative asset managers since 2009. Robert is actively involved with Aptimus to support its growth trajectory. Prior to launching his firm, Robert held senior positions in Credit distribution and Structured Solutions at Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, and RBS Global Markets. He was concurrently Head of the Nordic markets at these institutions. Robert holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Dayton, an MBA in Finance from NYU-Stern School of Business, and has attended Executive Education programs in Private Equity and in General Management Development at Harvard Business School.
Antonio has more than 40 years of experience in financial markets. He is an honorary University Professor focused on financial markets.
Antonio served as Director of Institutional Relations at Banco Pastor and previously worked at multiple organisations including AB Asesores and NMAS1 focused on M&A and business restructuring.
Antonio held the position of Director of the Institute of Maritim Studies at the University of A Coruña; Dean-President of the Economists, Professional Association of A Coruña. He was general director of the Foundation Galicia Europa and secretary and director of twelve courses given at the International University Menéndez Pelayo and in the University of the Atlantic.
Antonio is an author and collaborator in many publications related to financial markets and business sector.
Marcos Saldaña, has more than 35 years’ experience in corporate and investment banking (corporate financing, project finance, guarantees, export finance, mezzanine finance and equity); with commercial banks as well as with state owned financial institutions and multilateral development institutions (EIB, EBRD, IDB, IFC, etc. ) in international markets.
Marcos spent 5 years in the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg providing long term financing to projects in different industrial sectors across Europe. Marcos spent 26 years in Corporate and investment banking in BBVA, Madrid (Spain). Working in the Spanish market as well as in international markets in corporate and project finance with special focus in Solar PV/Renewables and international markets. Marcos has experience in infrastructure, having spent 4 years in Canadian Solar Energy in Madrid, Spain; as Senior Project & Structured Finance, managing and arranging international financing (bonds, RCF, medium and long corporate finance, project finance, mezzanine financing, equity…) for Solar PV plants in EMEA and LATAM.
Marcos has got a Master´s Degree in Business and Economic from the University of Bilbao, Spain.
Javier has over 7 years of experience as a lawyer and specialises in national and international financing, direct lending, refinancing and distressed transactions. Previously, Javier worked in the Madrid and London offices of Cuatrecasas. As an Associate in the finance and restructuring department he advised international investors on a wide variety of financing transactions. Javier is admitted to practice law in Spain and holds a double degree in Law and Business Administration (BBA) from Universidad de Zaragoza and Sao Paulo University.
Víctor is part of our operations team, responsible for investment and other operations within the Group. His 10 years of financial industry experience include 7 years across public markets, listed securities and debt capital markets. Previously, Víctor worked in internal audit and Global Market Risk at Santander Group, Spain and the UK. He holds a master’s in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Víctor has passed level two of the CFA and is a Certified Advisor (CAd).
Rodrigo HernándezOperations Associate Vice President
Rodrigo is part of our operations team focusing on the operational management of the onboarding of new investors and borrowers.
Rodrigo possesses 6 years of experience in the field of alternative investments and debt management. Before joining Aptimus Capital Partners, he contributed his expertise to Hamilton Lane's LATAM division, the portfolio analytics and reporting team at Stepstone Group, and Vervent, a loan servicing company where he was a valuable member of the operations team. Rodrigo holds an MBA and an undergraduate degree in economics from Point Loma Nazarene University in the USA.
Christian is part of our operations team, focusing on programming, portfolio monitoring and reporting. Christian has 3 years of experience in data processes across multiple platforms including Excel, Python, SQL, R, Stata, and MATLAB. Before joining Aptimus, Christian was a financial analyst in Telefónica’s reporting and revenue department, looking after data reporting and financial modelling. Christian holds a BA in Business Administration from the National University of Colombia, as well as a master’s in Business and Finance from Universidad Carlos III in Madrid.
Christopher manages treasury, reports and accounts, taxation, structuring and financial operations. He has 25 years of experience in finance and investment management, specialising in start-ups and transformations of finance teams within a fund management environment. Christopher has expertise managing separate account mandates, partnerships, open-ended funds, and listed vehicles across Europe. He is a certified practising accountant (CPA), holds a BA in Business from Latrobe University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.
William is part of our finance team, running our financial and management reporting processes as well as coordinating audits. His 20 years of industry experience includes 11 years at AllianceBernstein, a leading US asset manager, and 3 years at ThomasLloyd, an investment advisor specialising in renewable energy projects. Previously, William worked at Oaktree Capital, advising on cash-flow processes in their European private debt funds. He holds a BSc in mathematics from Warwick University and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Susana has more than 20 years’ experience in office management, administration and operations, covering functions including supplier payments, client payments, cheque issuance, cash handling, writing and receiving documents, file management, customer service, accounting, management agenda, control and coordinating meetings and trips.
Bartek is part of our finance team in London. Prior to Aptimus, Bartek gained over 10 years of experience in accounting and finance with various multinationals, including Hewlett Packard, Apple, Discovery Inc and Burberry. Bartek has a BA in Business Management with Spanish from Edinburgh Napier University. As part of his double degree program, Bartek spent a year studying in IPAG (Ecole de Commerce) in Nice where he gained the diploma in management (bac+4).
Mariela is part of our finance team and has over 30 years of experience across tax, audit and bankruptcy administration. During her career, Mariela has worked with multiple companies in the Spanish market, largely with clients in the middle market space. Mariela has a degree in Economic and Business Science from the University of Valladolid, a master’s in Taxation and Tax Consulting as well as Audit from CEF and a master’s in Bankruptcy Administration from UPV.
Before joining Aptimus, Hedoné spent 13 years as secretary and paralegal within one of the companies of COFRA Holding AG established in Madrid. She provided legal, fiscal, and administrative services to the group companies in Spain and Portugal. She holds a BA in Law from the University of Deusto (Bilbao), a master’s degree in Foreign Trade from the University of the Basque Country, a Postgraduate Diploma in HR and the ABITUR, German education certificate, from the German School of Bilbao.
Before joining Aptimus, Anna held various senior administrative positions at private equity and fund management firms in London. She holds a BA in Sociology from The Silesian University of Technology.
Stasia has over a decade experience in HR and Payroll across various industries including oil and gas, luxury retail, and the arts. She has also worked as an executive assistant to high-net-worth individuals and C-level executives in global digital companies. Stasia graduated with a BA in Human Resources Management from the University of Westminster and is also CIPD qualified.