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Sam Barker, CFA

Investment Analyst

Sam transferred to ECM’s Research team in 2009 after working with ECM's Client Development team from 2008.  Sam covers industrial corporates for ECM. Prior to joining ECM, Sam held several positions at GE.

Sam began his career in GE's management development programme in 2004. He initially worked in the GE Money unit in Australia before joining GE's global Corporate Audit Staff.   Sam then moved to Europe in July 2007 as a risk manager with GE Capital Solutions Europe, where he was responsible for a £2.5bn portfolio of assets.

Sam holds a BSc Psychology degree from The University of Melbourne, Australia, and a joint BIS degree from The University of Melbourne, Australia and Lunds Universitet, Sweden. Sam is a CFA charterholder.

Christopher Burrows

Junior Rates Manager

Christopher joined ECM in 2011 and is responsible for interest rates and fx hedging of fund assets and liabilities, active duration management and structured products.  Prior to ECM he spent just over 1 year at AIB Capital Markets in their Global Treasury department where he did P&L accounting and analysis and provided cash flow, credit risk and valuation for MBS securities.

Christopher obtained a distinction in his Master of Finance at Queen’s University Belfast (following his First Class Honours degree in Finance at the same university). His academic work includes a post-graduate thesis analysing the effect of monetary policy on term Sterling interbank lending rates during market crises.

Suzie Coltham

Quantitative Analyst

Suzie joined ECM in 2012 and is a member of ECM’s portfolio analytics team. She previously worked as a Summer Analyst at JP Morgan on the Swaptions trading desk and prior to that at Goldman Sachs, working with various trading teams.

Suzie graduated in July 2011 from Kings College London with a BSc First class (Hons) in Physics and Philosophy.  

Henry Craik-White

Senior Investment Analyst, High Yield

Henry joined ECM in 2011 and is responsible for investment research for high yield corporate issuers across ECM’s portfolios. He joined from Blue Mountain Capital Management where he was a senior sector analyst covering the retail and consumer, TMT and global construction product sectors with a focus on European HY and crossover companies.

Prior to this, he was an Associate Director at RBS in the leverage finance team, originating and transacting financial sponsor-driven deals in the UK and European mid-market.

Henry is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and holds a BSc First class (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Bristol.

Paul Davey, CFA

Investment Analyst

Paul joined the ECM research team as a Corporate Investment Analyst in 2013. Prior to this he worked at SS&C GlobeOp in the Portfolio Analytics team after spending several years with Product Control at ECM.

Paul holds a BA Hons in Finance, Accounting and Management and an MA in Finance and Investment from the University of Nottingham. Paul is also a CFA charterholder.

George Flynn, CFA

Investment Analyst, Corporates

George is an Investment Analyst at ECM covering corporates. George spent 4 years an asset class specialist portfolio manager and portfolio analyst at ECM before moving to credit research in 2011. 

Before joining the portfolio management team in 2007 George was a senior product controller in ECM’s finance department. He brings a wide exposure to ECM's products and headed up a number of specialised projects including developing a detailed system for P&L attribution.

George holds a First Class Honours degree in Biochemistry and Pharmacology at Southampton University and is a CFA charterholder.    

Rhys Foulkes, CFA

Investment Analyst

Rhys joined ECM’s Research team in 2011 where he is responsible for coverage of industrial corporates. He joined from Threadneedle Asset Management, where he worked as an investment analyst for the IG desk from 2007.

While at Threadneedle his responsibilities included coverage of retail, consumer and transport related credits as well as TMT credits. During his economics degree at the University of Bath, Rhys also gained research experience while completing a year in industry at the Bank of England.

Rhys earned his economics degree at the University of Bath and is a CFA charterholder.

Stuart Fuller

Portfolio Manager

Stuart joined ECM in 2002 and moved to the Loans team in 2006. He is responsible for portfolio management & analysis of loan investments.

He has more than 10 years of credit market investment experience, covering Loans, High Yield, Investment Grade, ABS & Credit Financing.

Stuart graduated with a BSc from St Andrews University.

Adam Gibson

Credit Trader

Adam joined ECM in July 2007 as a member of the Operations team. He first transferred to the rates management team in July 2010 and subsequently moved to the Portfolio Management team in September 2011 where he is a Credit Trader responsible for trading investment grade corporate and high yield bonds and CDS.                                             

Adam graduated from the University of Bath with a degree in Politics with Economics.

Adam Hicks

Treasury Manager

Adam joined ECM’s Operations team in 2007, and  moved to the Treasury team in 2010 where he is responsible for managing the funding, leverage and collateral management for the various MTN programmes and funds that ECM manage. 

Adam graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in Business Administration. 

Derek Hynes

Lead Portfolio Manager

Derek joined ECM in 2005 and is responsible for ECM’s diversified multi asset class portfolios. Derek has over 10 years’ experience in the European credit markets.

Prior to ECM, Derek was a Vice President in the Fixed Income Portfolio Strategy Group at Credit Suisse, having started his career there as a Credit Strategist with an emphasis on using quantitative models to service clients’ credit risk monitoring needs.

Derek has also trained as an actuary with Watson Wyatt Consultant Actuaries and holds a First Class Honours degree in Actuarial and Financial Studies (BAFS) from University College Dublin, Ireland. 

Lauren Johnson

Junior Treasury Manager

Lauren joined ECM in 2009 and in her current role her responsibilities include repo financing, and management of collateral for ECM’s various programmes and funds. Prior to joining ECM, she worked at Freudenberg-NOK as a market analyst.

Lauren holds a BA in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from Michigan State University. She also holds an MA (Hons) in Marketing Management from Middlesex University. 

David Jones

Senior Manager, Rates Management

David joined ECM in 2008 and in his current role is responsible for interest rates and fx hedging of fund assets and liabilities, active duration management and structured products.

Prior to joining ECM he worked at Dresdner Kleinwort investment bank for 10 years, and was responsible for trading GBP interest rate swaps, gilts and AAA bonds. Before this he worked in the fixed income research department. 

David holds a degree in business studies from Trinity College, Dublin and an MSc in Finance from City University, London.

Valerie Keller-Crochet

Specialist Portfolio Manager

Valerie joined ECM in 2012 to trade on Non-financials Investment Grade and High Yield Corporates.

Valerie began her career with JP Morgan on a Graduate Internship as a Trader Assistant in Commodities in London, she then spent 3 years Credit Flow Trader on Corporates at Societe Generale in London.

Valerie holds a Master in Applied Mathematics to Finance from Ecole Centrale in Paris and a Master in Quantitative Finance in Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Sahil Khan

Senior Quantitative Analyst

Sahil joined ECM in 2011 and is a member of the portfolio analytics team.

Prior to ECM he was a Quantitative Analyst for Barings Asset Management, with responsibility for the update and enhancement of the firm’s tools for scenario forecasting, as well as the application of these tools in optimal portfolio construction and risk management.

Sahil holds an MSc in Economics and Finance and an MA (Hons) in Economics, both from Edinburgh University, and also earned a Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) in January 2008. 

Andrew Lennox

Lead Portfolio Manager ABS

Andrew joined ECM in 2004 and is the Lead Portfolio Manager for ABS focused portfolios as well as ABS specialist for ABS investments in ECM’s multi-asset class portfolios. 

Prior to joining ECM Andrew worked at Goldman Sachs for 4 years and was responsible for finance and risk analysis within the equity trading business, whilst there Andrew qualified as a management accountant.

He holds an MA in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University.

Andy Li

Specialist Portfolio Manager, Financials

Andy joined ECM in 2007 and is currently a specialist portfolio manager for financials.   

Prior to joining ECM, he worked at Accenture in their Finance and Performance Management group spending the majority of his time in Equity Derivatives at UBS.

Andy has a BEng in Computer Science from Imperial College. Andy has passed Level III of the Chartered Financial Analyst program. 

Sohail Malik

Senior Portfolio Manager

Sohail joined ECM in 2010 and is the lead portfolio manager for ECM’s special situations fund. Previously at Agilo, a London based distressed debt fund, he has more than 10 years of experience in distressed debt and credit management, including as a senior member of Credit Suisse's Special Situations Group (2005-09).

Prior to Credit Suisse, he spent 5 years working for IBM Global Financing, where he managed the group's European syndicated loan book.

Sohail is an Economics graduate of Plymouth Business School. 

Andre Mazzella, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager, High Yield

Andre joined ECM in 2010 from CQS, where he was involved in the research, trading, and management of the credit funds. At ECM he is responsible for managing ECM’s high yield corporate portfolios. 

Prior to CQS, Andre was a High Yield Fund Manager at Morley Fund Management (now known as Aviva Investors Ltd) where he managed life insurance and retail funds invested in US and European High Yield bonds. Previously he was a member of the High Yield Group at Abbey National Treasury Services, having begun his investments career at Putnam Investments.

Andre holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Montclair State University, and is a CFA charterholder.

Sam McGairl

Portfolio Manager

Sam joined ECM in 2007 and is a loans portfolio manager with responsibility for the trading of loans for all ECM programmes. 

Prior to ECM, Sam worked for three years on the loan and LCDS trading desk at BNP Paribas, where he traded a variety of loans from investment grade through to PIK and handled the distressed sales on behalf of the bank where necessary. He was also involved in the setting up of BNP Paribas' LCDS trading platform.  Prior to BNP Paribas, Sam worked at Bank of Scotland for two and a half years where he was a member of the loan trading team and was also involved in the primary syndication of leveraged buyout debt.

He is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. 

Lauren Millspaugh

Junior Investment Analyst

Lauren joined ECM in 2009 and is currently an Investment Analyst. Prior to ECM, she worked at event-driven hedge fund Centaurus Capital and Goldman Sachs.

Lauren holds a BA (Hons) in Conservation and Restoration from the University of Lincoln. She is currently a level II candidate in the CFA program. 

Robert Montague

Senior Investment Analyst, Financials

Robert joined ECM in 2011 and is responsible for research coverage of financial institutions credits. Prior to joining ECM he spent 2 years as a senior banks analyst for Allstate Investment Management. From 2006-2008 Robert was a Senior Analyst and Portfolio Manager for Investec Asset Management.

Prior to joining Investec, Robert held several analyst and senior analyst positions for sell side credit firms including SG Investment Banking, Rabobank and Commerzbank. He began his career at Fitch Ratings, rising to a senior bank analyst position before leaving for Commerzbank.

Robert holds an MA (Hons) in Economics from Jesus College, Cambridge.

Henrietta Pacquement, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

Henrietta is portfolio manager for ECM’s investment grade biased diversified portfolios.

She has over 9 years of buy side experience in portfolio and risk management, joining ECM in 2006 from Barclays Global Investors. At BGI she was a quantitative analyst specialising in investment solution design for institutional clients and multi-asset class portfolio risk/return calibration. Prior to this, Henrietta spent 4 years in Paris working for AXA Investment Managers in a similar role.

Henrietta holds an MA (Cantab) in Astrophysics from Cambridge University and is a CFA charterholder.

Satish Pulle

Lead Portfolio Manager, Financials

Satish joined ECM in 2010 as the Senior Investment Analyst for financials and is currently the lead portfolio manager for financials.

Satish joined from Merrill Lynch where he traded and analysed European and US banks and insurers, most recently as a Director and Senior Credit Flow Trader. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2007, he spent 5 years as a credit analyst for European financials and ABS at Schroders Plc in London. He started his career at Tata Consultancy Services in India before moving to London in 1996 as an Associate and later Associate Director for Barclays Capital’s Infrastructure Investment Banking team. 

Satish holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School, an M.Sc. in International Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, as well as an MBA with a specialisation in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India, and a Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. 

Anant Ramgarhia

Asset Class Specialist, ABS

Anant is an ABS Specialist at ECM, focusing on UK and European CMBS and commercial real estate finance transactions. Previously Anant headed the CMBS structuring team at Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for capital markets transactions within Merrill's Taurus European CMBS conduit.  

Prior to this, he played a pivotal role on the structuring side in setting up the commercial real estate securitisation business at ABN AMRO in London, having started his career as an Associate within JP Morgan's whole business securitisation team in 2000. 

Anant holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and has an undergraduate degree in business and accounting.  

Torben Ronberg

Head of Loans

Torben joined ECM in 2005 and is responsible for loan investments in asset class specific portfolios as well as across ECM’s multi-asset class portfolios. Torben has more than 20 years of experience in corporate banking and the leveraged finance market in particular.

Prior to ECM Torben worked for Danske Bank Group.  Between 2001 and 2005 he was based in London as part of a leveraged finance team responsible for building up a portfolio of high quality European leveraged loans. Before this he worked in the Copenhagen-based Sponsor Coverage/Origination team with focus on Nordic transactions. Previously he has taken up various positions within relationship management and credit handling for large corporates and financial institutions.

Torben holds an Executive MBA from London Business School.

Maddi Rowlatt

Asset Class Specialist, ABS

Maddi has worked within the ABS market for over 10 years and joined ECM in 2009 from Barclays Capital. She is responsible for ABS investments, in particular RMBS, across ECM’s portfolios. At Barclays, she served as the lead analyst covering European and Australian RMBS and other consumer asset classes within securitisation. 

Maddi holds a BSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics. 

Amit Staub, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Amit joined ECM in 2009, as a high yield analyst focusing on special situations and restructurings. He is currently portfolio manager for ECM’s special situations fund.

He has over 8 years of credit management experience, including work as a Credit Analyst for Permira Debt Managers in London and as an Associate Director at INVESCO. Amit started his career in investment banking at JPMorgan.

He is a CFA charterholder and earned a BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from LSE.

Sally Tankard

Senior Investment Analyst Loans

Sally joined ECM in 2011 from Henderson Global Investors, where she was Director of Loans. At ECM Sally is responsible for analysis of loan investments.

Prior to joining Henderson Sally held various analytical positions, on both the buy and sell side in loans, at Credit Suisse, HSH Nordbank and BHF Bank. She started her career in Corporate Lending at Westpac in Sydney, Australia and holds a BA in Economics and History from the University of Tasmania, Australia and Sheffield University, England.  

Alex Temple

Portfolio Manager

Alex joined ECM in 2006 as Rates Manager responsible for interest rate and fx hedging of fund assets and liabilities, active duration management and structured products before becoming a Portfolio Manager of ECM’s investment grade focussed portfolios.

In his previous role at Merrill Lynch he was a Vice President in the Global Debt Analytics group, working on the Swap and IR options desks for over 6 years. 

Alex studied Mechanical Engineering at Bristol University.

Jens Vanbrabant, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

Jens joined ECM in 2007 as a Portfolio Manager responsible for ECM's corporate credit risk before becoming a Lead Portfolio Manager of ECM’s investment grade focused portfolios.

Jens, who has more than 10 years of portfolio and risk management experience, was previously at J.P. Morgan, where he was a credit research analyst responsible for the firm’s industrials loan exposure in the Credit Portfolio Group.

Jens has a LL.M from King's College London and a law degree from University of Leuven in Belgium. He is also a CFA charterholder and a member of The CFA Society of the UK. 

Duncan Warwick-Champion

Head of Corporate Research

Duncan joined ECM in 2011 to head the Corporate Research team.

Prior to ECM, Duncan was a senior credit analyst at Vanguard where he established Vanguard’s European research capabilities.  Before Vanguard he spent over seven years at UBS where he was a TMT analyst and also Head of the UBS European Credit Research team; for 4 consecutive years he was ranked Europe’s #1 TMT analyst by Institutional Investor.

Duncan also spent 6 years at Standard & Poor’s, latterly as Head of the European Telecom team, where he made regular media appearances and advised governments on deregulation of the telecommunication sector. Additionally, he has worked in the debt management area for the Australian Commonwealth Treasury, on microeconomic reform for the Australian Government, and as an Economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Duncan holds a Masters in Applied Finance and B.Ec (Hons) from Macquarie University. 

Alex Woolrich

Portfolio Manager

Alex joined ECM in 2006 having completed a full time MBA programme at INSEAD business school, studying in both Singapore and Fontainebleau, France. At ECM he is responsible for portfolio management & analysis of loan investments.

Before that he was an Associate at Merrill Lynch, working for four years in the Loan Capital Markets Division which was responsible for the syndication of leveraged finance transactions in Europe and the management of the firm's European loan portfolio.

In addition to his MBA from INSEAD, Alex has a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Nottingham.

Jonathan Wyles, CFA

Asset Class Specialist Portfolio Manager, ABS

Jonathan joined ECM in 2008 from ABN AMRO where he worked in ABS Portfolio Management.  At ECM he is responsible for ABS investments across ECM’s portfolios.

Prior to this he was an ABS Investment Analyst at Gulf International Bank UK, and has over 7 years’ experience in ABS. 

Jonathan has a Finance MSc from the ICMA centre, University of Reading and an undergraduate degree from the University of Bristol.

Michie Yana, CFA

Senior Investment Analyst

Michie joined ECM in 2004 and is responsible for investment research & analysis of corporate credits, in particular chemicals and industrials. She joined from Commerzbank Securities, where she was a Senior Analyst in the Fixed Income Credit Research area, responsible for coverage of European and US automobile, tobacco and chemical sectors. 

Prior to this, Michie was a Senior Credit Analyst at Nomura covering European and Asian corporates.  Michie spent 4 years as a ratings analyst at Standard & Poor’s.  

Michie holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York and is a CFA charterholder.