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Private Credit Connect London 2026 Agenda

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  1. Registration & Delegate Breakfast
    Exhibition Space
  1. Opening Remarks
    Room A
  1. Keynote Fireside Chat - Clarifying Private Credit's Impact on Systemic Stability
    Room A
Leaders in ABF Stage
    • Leaders in ABF Stage
    Divide and Conquer: ABF fund's strategy approaches to capture a rapidly growing market
    Room A
    How the biggest funds are selecting niche ABF strategies to specialise? What strategies will see gro ...
    Melissa Bockelmann
    Melissa Bockelmann, Head of Private Debt - Aviva Investors
    Paul Burdell
    Paul Burdell, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer - LCM Partners
    Emma Bewley
    Emma Bewley, Partner and Head of Credit - Partners Capital
Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    • Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    Big little brother: Global interest in European private credit reaches new peaks
    Room B
    Despite tighter spreads, market competition continues to grow - why Europe has become the preferred ...
    Taj Sidhu
    Taj Sidhu, Managing Director, Partner, Head of European and Asian Private Credit - Carlyle
    Andrew Konopelski
    Andrew Konopelski, Managing Partner, Credit - Bridgepoint
    Mark Jochims
    Mark Jochims, Managing Director, Head of European Private Credit - Morgan Stanley Investment Management
    Tristram Leach
    Tristram Leach, Partner and Co-head of European Credit - Apollo Global Management
    Andrew Davies
    Andrew Davies, Managing Partner, Head of CVC Credit and Head of Private Credit - CVC
Leaders in ABF Stage
    • Leaders in ABF Stage
    Esoterics: Bringing niche asset classes into the mainstream
    Room A
    Engage with the rise of specialty financiers funding select assets Following the surge in sports fin ...
Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    • Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    Creating the Middle Market edge: how the Core MM funds are distinguishing themselves throughout Europe
    Room B
    How have regulatory shifts fundamentally altered lending origination in Europe? Must private credit ...
    Alex Howell
    Alex Howell, Head of European Alternative Credit - Marathon Asset Management
    Paolo Morrone
    Paolo Morrone, Head of Private Debt UK & Head of Private Credit Committee, European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) - Tikehau Capital
    Stuart Hawkins
    Stuart Hawkins, Managing Director and Head of Private Credit UK - Ardian
  1. Coffee & Networking
    Exhibition Space
Leaders in ABF Stage
    • Leaders in ABF Stage
    CEO Fireside Chat - Predictions on the trajectory for asset-based finance from the pioneers of the industry
    Room A
    Loïc Féry
    Loïc Féry, Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer and Co-CIO - Chenavari Investment Managers
Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    • Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    CEO Fireside Chat - The strategy leaders who have pushed direct lending to record raises
    Room B
Leaders in ABF Stage
    • Leaders in ABF Stage
    Real Assets: the growing demand for real assets across the continent
    Room A
    Which areas of infrastructure will see increased demand over the coming decade? What are the core co ...
    Steve Harrison
    Steve Harrison, Director - Debt Capital Markets - Together Money
Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    • Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    The Upper Hand: where the megas and MM funds are finding opportunity and unity in large-cap deals
    Room B
    Defining the new normal of what core to upper market means in the European market - and how the shif ...
    Marc Chowrimootoo
    Marc Chowrimootoo, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Direct Lending - Hayfin
    Matthieu Boulanger
    Matthieu Boulanger, Manging Director and Head of Europe - HPS Partners
  1. Lunch
    Exhibition Space
Leaders in ABF Stage
    • Leaders in ABF Stage
    Secondaries, NAV and fund financing: the growing interlink between credit and equity funds
    Room A
    Delivering relative risk-reward value to constrained investors The benefits of broad portfolio struc ...
    Michael Schad
    Michael Schad, Partner and Head of Coller Credit Secondaries - Coller Capital
Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    • Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    Special Situations: taking advantage of short-termism and macro market dislocations
    Room B
    Why are private creditors reducing their runways, and is this a permanent structural shift? Which ma ...
Leaders in ABF Stage
    • Leaders in ABF Stage
    A League of their Own: the changing face of football finances
    Room A
    As football moves away from equity-based cash injections, how are the mega funds financing the new w ...
Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    • Leaders in Direct Lending Stage
    Lower Middle Market Movers: Delivering funding solutions for SMEs
    Room B
    Engage with the funds driving capital to start-ups and growth companies Does the reticence for lower ...
    Joel Blake OBE
    Joel Blake OBE
    José Ignacio Dengra
    José Ignacio Dengra, Partner - TresMares Capital
  1. Coffee & Networking
    Exhibition Space
  1. LP Perspectives: European allocators cautious march into private credit
    Room A
    Engage with how investors are challenging their private credit partners on their risk-reward approac ...
    James Turner
    James Turner, Senior Investment Manager, Private Credit & Private Equity - NEST Pensions
    Roman Hederer
    Roman Hederer, Head of Portfolio Management - Legal & General
  1. European Sectoral Outlook: Capturing credit opportunities on the continent in 2026 and beyond
    Room A
    Better understand how private credit can compete with the traditional banking sector as M&A impetus ...
  1. Networking Cocktail Reception
    Exhibition Space
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