European Private Debt Forum

• Born & living in Vienna
• 20 years of experience in international banking
• led Raiffeisen Bank International’s “debt capital markets & loan syndication” unit until 2013
• Thereafter Co-Founder and CEO of Finnest, the leading Crowdinvesting platform for Mittelstand in DACH
• Now also COO of Invesdor Group

Dr. Sebastian Glock is a lawyer and founding partner of vc trade GmbH, which in March 2018 successfully launched the corporate finance platform vc trade. vc trade is a fully integrated digital trading platform for the structuring, marketing, syndication, settlement and lifecycle management of various forms of debt financing in capital markets for corporates, banks and public institutions. As the first financing instrument, promissory note loans (Schuldscheindarlehen) can currently be placed fully digitally, quickly and cost-effectively via vc trade. Other forms of financing will follow soon. The platform is open to all market participants and explicitly addresses arranging banks as users as well, i.e. it does not aim to replace the proven issuing process under the leadership of one or more arranging banks with a bank-independent solution, but rather to accelerate, simplify and make the existing processes more efficient without foregoing the strengths and advantages of bank-accompanied capital market transactions. In addition to transparency and efficiency gains and cost advantages, vc trade also offers new innovative services for all transaction participants, such as balance sheet data and rating information that can be imported precisely into standard rating systems, and settlement information for payment processing that can be digitally transferred directly into the core bank systems of the banks acting as paying agents. Previously, Mr. Glock worked for an international law firm in the Capital Markets/Structured Finance area for ten years.

Jurgen van der Meer is Partner in the Amsterdam Financial Markets Group and heads the Debt Capital Markets team and the Financial Regulatory Group in Amsterdam.

Jurgen is specialised in (international) debt capital markets offerings across a wide product range (public and private), including MTNs, Eurobonds, Reg S/144A, hybrids, senior and subordinated debt issuances for corporates, financial institutions and the (semi-) public sector. Jurgen advises on all aspects of capital markets regulation, having Dutch frequent issuers and Dutch and international investment banks among his clients.

David Tillmanns is a Treasury Director at FrieslandCampina and is responsible for Risk Management, Funding and Bank relationships. He graduated from Nyenrode University in 2001 with an MSc in Financial Management and in 2009 obtained a post-graduate degree Executive Master of Finance & Control at the University of Amsterdam. He started working for FrieslandCampina in 2009 as a commercial controller for the operating company Domo. In 2013 he transferred to Corporate Treasury.

David Woolmer is specialises in export finance and other ECA-backed transactions. He has worked on both lender and borrower side and is familiar with a wide range of ECAs (including Atradius, Finnvera, Sinosure, EKF, EKN, Credendo, ASHRA). He has also worked extensively with DFIs (especially FMO, CDC, TDB, Proparco). In addition, David has worked on range of projects deals in the Dutch and international markets (including renewables and datacentres) as well as a number of shipping / cruise vessel financings and oil and gas deals in the Africa market.

Frans Baas is the treasurer of Vesteda. He is responsible for funding, liquidity and cash management, and risk management. He holds a masters degree in Economics of Agriculture and Environment at Wageningen University. Previously he worked in different roles for ING, Lloyds and ABN AMRO.

Johan Rol joined Aegon Asset Management in 2008 as a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Investment Grade Credit team. Since 2014, Johan has been involved in managing the corporate private placement mandate for Aegon Nederland. Before joining Aegon Asset Management, Johan worked at NIBC Bank for seven years, first in the corporate finance department as a research analyst and the last 3 years as a credit portfolio manager.

Karina Reuder joined the Debt Capital Markets team of ABN AMRO in 2011 as originator of various debt capital markets products, including public and private bonds. Since 2013 Karina is also responsible for the origination in the Loan Markets team thereby primarily focusing on syndicated loans and schuldscheine for the corporate national and international clients.

Christian joined BayernLB in 2011. After working in the Loan Syndication and Origination department he joined the DCM Corporates Origination team three years ago. Christian is responsible for Schuldschein and Bond issuances for domestic and non domestic clients.

Bjarki Björnsson has been with Marel for 8 years and from 2014 in his current role as Corporate Director of Treasury and Financing. Bjarki responsible for treasury, financial risk management, funding and bank relationships. Before joining Marel, he was responsible for treasury and financial risk management at the largest leasing company in Iceland SP-Fjármögnun. In total Bjarki has 15 years of experience in the financial markets. Bjarki has a degree in business administration and a master degree in investments management.

Corinne Bendersky is an Associate at S&P Global Ratings based in London. She works in the Sustainable Finance team and contributes to environmental and climate risk research. Her work includes the development and implementation of the Green Evaluation product that looks at the environmental impact of financings as well as research projects focused on renewable energy, energy transition risk, energy storage, climate policy, ESG risks, and the impact of climate and environmental factors on credit ratings. Corinne previously worked in the North America Infrastructure & Renewables group at S&P Global Ratings where she covered a portfolio of project finance debt transactions, including renewable energy, conventional power, and public private partnerships.

Prior to working at S&P, Corinne worked at a socially responsible investment group where she conducted financial, regulatory and environmental risk analysis on electric utilities. Corinne received her Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the Goldman School at the University of California Berkeley and her Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz.

After having worked for KPMG and Deutsche Bank, Stephan Denig joined Grenke in 1999. He is responsible for funding and treasury activities of Grenke AG in 32 countries

Shawn is co-head of Apollo’s private fixed income group. Prior to joining Apollo, Shawn was a Managing Director and Investment Committee member of the global private placement portfolio at Barings, where he was responsible for origination, structuring, approval and monitoring of investments. Prior to joining Barings, Shawn was a Managing Director in the Debt Capital Markets Group at RBS where he was responsible for origination, structuring and distribution of debt private placements. Shawn began his career as an investment banking analyst at JP Morgan in 1998.

Laura Parrott is a managing director and the Head of Private Placements for Nuveen. She joined TIAA Investments in 2005 in Fixed Income and has spent the majority of her career in the private placement originations and portfolio management group. During her tenure on the Private Placement team, Laura was responsible for building the direct origination platform and was instrumental in the formation and growth of the Private ABS specialty. She has also spent time working in private equity portfolio management for the company. Prior to joining TIAA Investments, Mrs. Parrott worked at JPMorgan in various market-related roles in Equities and Corporate Strategy.