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Paul is a Managing Director in the Capital Solutions ("CS") with HSBC Asset Management and has been working in the financial industry since 2005. CS is tasked with raising funds and creating bespoke offerings in private and sustainable assets for investor clients of both institutional and wealth clients of HSBC Asset Management. Prior to joining Asset Management Paul held several roles in Global Banking. After several years in the Advisory team in Paris, working on origination and execution of M&A transaction, he moved to the Principal Investment team to set-up and develop the activity in France. Paul then joined the London office within the Corporate Finance team in 2012, advising clients on capital and transaction structure, especially around events (M&A & restructuring). He also contributed to the execution of M&A and capital raising operations supporting specialist product teams (ECM, LAF, DCM) in the execution of transactions. In 2018, he combined his role with a role of Chief of Staff, initially for the EMEA M&A team, and then for the wider IB Event Coverage teams. In 2020, he joined the Private Capital Group, in charge of the Coverage of SWFs and Pension Funds in Europe with a focus on origination and execution of M&A, financing and ECM transactions. He was also in charge of the Capital Raise initiative, which was coordinating the equity and equity-like capital raising effort for public and private Corporates in disrupted market conditions, with thought leadership on products, structuring and identification of investor demand.

Guillaume is a senior executive in asset management with 20 years of international distribution and investment experience. French, studied in the UK, leaving in the Netherlands for 14 years, working for international businesses all his career, he is traveling very regularly across EMEA (+USA). Currently employed by PGIM Investments as head of Global Financial Institutions for their international business. Part of PGIM, the global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI), a top investment manager globally with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, across various asset classes and more than 300 billion in Alternatives via 4 dedicated affiliates (PGIM Real Estate, PGIM Private Capital, Montana Capital Partners and PGIM Wadhwani). Guillaume is responsible for building and growing strategic distribution partnerships with Global Financial Institutions (GFI) in the US, EMEA and Asia. The role focuses on enhancing the visibility of PGIM’s investment solutions within this global channel, as well as coordinating the sales efforts across large and complex organisations. Before joining PGIM Investments in September 2021, Guillaume worked at ROBECO where he served as executive director for the wholesale distribution & global financial institutions division, leading the GFI coordination. During his 13-year tenure there, he held several roles including EMEA key account manager for GFIs, head of UK wholesale distribution, and fixed income client portfolio manager. Prior to his time at Robeco, Guillaume held roles at BNP Paribas Asset Management /Fortis including as a fixed income product specialist. He started his career in 2002 at AXA Investment Managers in sales and marketing

Kina-May is a Senior Associate in the Western European Investments team at WTW, where she advises institutional investors and private capital clients on their investment strategies. With a strong focus on private credit, she brings insights from both her consultancy work and her prior experience within a family office. Her work spans addressing clients’ needs in portfolio construction and manager selection, particularly in the evolving landscape of alternative credit.

Thomas is a senior investment manager at Athora Netherlands, focusing on private assets. Prior to joining Athora he worked in structured credit origination/financing at NIBC and Barclays, and in banking policy / supervision at the Dutch Central Bank and FRB-NY.