The teams

Arnaud ATTIA currently serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He joined Tikehau Capital in 2018 as Internal Audit Director. He began his career in 2006 as an Project Manager for Sopra-Steria then he joined KPMG Paris, as Auditor for 6 year. Between 2013 and 2018, he worked for EXANE BNP Paribas in Paris, as an Internal Audit Manager then as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy CEO.

Education: Grenoble Ecole de Management, CY tech

Rodolfo Caceres joined Tikehau Capital in 2008 as Head of Credit Research. Previously, he was a buy-side credit analyst at Fortis Investments in Paris from 2006. He began his career in 2000 in the Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. He then worked in London between 2001 and 2006, as a buy-side credit analyst at Morgan Stanley and then at Lehman Brothers. He qualified as a Financial Risk Manager in 2005.

Education: Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia); HEC Paris

Peter Cirenza joined Tikehau Capital in 2017 and serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer of Tikehau Investment Management and Chairman of Tactical Strategies. Peter was previously a Partner at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 20 years in New York, London and Tokyo. He helped to develop and lead the firm’s proprietary special-situation investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia, and also has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions and structured finance. He has been a lecturer in Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science since 2009.

Education: Brown University, MBA Columbia University, PhD London School of Economics and Political Science.

John Fraser joined Tikehau Capital in 2021 as Partner and Chairman of its Global Structured Credit Strategies. Based in New York, John oversees the Global Structured Credit strategy in Europe and the US. John brings 30 years of experience in the CLO business. Prior to working at Tikehau Capital, he was at Investcorp where he was an independent member of its Board of Directors since 2019. Most recently, he was managing director and head of Investcorp’s U.S. credit business. From 2012 to 2017, he was managing partner and CIO of 3i Debt Management US LLC. In 2005, he founded Fraser Sullivan Investment Management, LLC, which was subsequently sold to 3i Group. John previously held management positions with Angelo Gordon, Continental Bank, Merrill Lynch Asset Management and Chase Manhattan Bank North America.

Education: Cornell University

Margaux Buridant joined Tikehau in 2024 as Co-Head of Private Wealth Solutions after 15 years in Wealth Management. Prior to joining Tikehau Capital, Margaux served at Bank of the West (BNP Paribas, and more recently BMO) in New York as a Senior International Wealth Strategist and Wealth Management Regional Manager. Before that, she began her career as a Notary in France, later transitioning to legal services as a Managing Director at Colombus Consulting Group NY.

Education: Master’s degree in business & law and a Notaire diploma from Aix-en-Provence University, US International Tax certification from New York University

Frédéric Jariel joined Tikehau Capital in 2014 and serves as Co-head of Real Estate activity. He was previously at Archon Group France, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, which he joined in 1996. There he held various positions at the European level. His latest appointments were as COO Europe and CEO of the French entity. He began his career with Coopers & Lybrand as an auditor.

Education: Chartered accountant.

Emmanuel Laillier joined Tikehau Capital in 2018. He currently serves as Head of Private Equity. Previously, Emmanuel Laillier was a board member and managing director at Eurazeo PME, which he joined in 2011. From 2002 – 2011, he was an Associate Director at EPF Partners. Between 1999 and 2002, he was part of the Fonds Partenaire Gestion investment team (Lazard), after starting his career in corporate finance at Nomura. He has almost 20 years’ experience in midcap private equity.

Education: Ecole Polytechnique

Celia Hamoum serves as Co-Head of Private Wealth Solutions since 2024. She joined Tikehau Capital in 2015 and spent six years within the sales team as a dedicated point of contact for IFAs, banks, and asset managers. In 2021, she moved to the Private Wealth Solutions team, focusing on private clients and Family Offices in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Education: EDHEC Business School, IAE Paris-Est

Erika Morris joined Tikehau Capital in 2019 and serves as Head of the US CLO activities. Erika brings over 20 years of leveraged finance industry experience. Prior to joining Tikehau Capital, Erika was a portfolio manager at Semper Capital in New York and Airlie Opportunity Capital Management in London and Greenwich, CT focusing on credit funds including CLOs and high yield funds. Erika began her career at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank and at Lehman Brothers.

Education: Skidmore College (BA)

Maxime Laurent-Bellue joined Tikehau Capital in 2007 and serves as Co-Head of Credit and Head of Tactical Strategies & Structured Credit Strategies. Since 2008, he has contributed to establishing and developing the Group’s private credit division. Maxime has been involved in new investments, as well as fundraising and strategic launches for several segments, including special situations, direct lending and leveraged loans. From 2012, he established and ran the Group’s senior loan business and was responsible for portfolio management, in addition to playing an active role in deal sourcing and execution for both senior loans and direct lending opportunities.

Education: Sciences Po Paris, King's College London

Cécile Mayer-Levi joined Tikehau Capital in 2013 as Co-Head of Credit and Head of Private Debt. Cécile previously worked at Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity) where she notably broadened the investment scope to include unitranche debt, with a strong focus on forming partnerships. She began her career in 1988 at Merrill Lynch (Corporate Finance and M&A) in Paris and then in New York. In 1991, she joined Elig, one of the pioneering private equity funds in France. In 2001, Cécile's focus pivoted to mezzanine debt investments and she was appointed Investment Director at Omnes (formerly CAPE - Mezzanis).

Education: HEC Paris

Raphael Thuin joined Tikehau Capital in 2020 and currently serves as Head of Capital Markets Strategies. Previously, he served as Head of Fixed Income Management at TOBAM in Paris, which he had joined in 2014. He began his career in 2005 as a portfolio manager for Topaz Fund in New York. In 2008, he joined the capital markets business of Société Générale, also in New York.

Education: HEC Paris, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

Ben Prior joined Tikehau Capital in January 2021 as Head of Risk. Ben previously served as CRO at AXA IM-Real Assets where he was responsible for risk management and valuation oversight. Prior to moving into Risk in 2014, Ben managed two pan-European real estate portfolios at AXA. He started his career with AXA in London in 2005 within the Group’s real estate transaction and structuring team.

Education: Cambridge University

Christoph Zens joined Tikehau Capital in 2021 and serves as Head of European CLO activities. Christoph brings more than 16 years of experience in European sub-investment grade debt markets. Prior to joining Tikehau Capital, Christoph worked at Commerzbank in London as an Investment Director within the Bosphorus Debt Fund Management team, which he helped create and develop into an established CLO management platform. Christoph’s previous experience includes roles in LBO origination and CLO investment analysis, covering loan and high yield bond financings across multiple industries, company profiles and credit cycles. Christoph started his career at Credit Agricole in Paris within the Global Risk department for LBOs and securitisations.

Education: Paris Dauphine University (BA) & Baruch College New York (MBA)

Thomas Alameddine joined Tikehau Capital in 2020 and currently serves as Co-Head of Luxembourg. He first joined the Group as legal counsel specialising in Luxembourg investment funds. Before joining Tikehau Capital, Thomas held various positions within the wealth management solutions department of Société Générale Luxembourg and in the consolidated accounting department of Crédit Agricole S.A. in Paris.

Education : Aix-Marseille Université (Institut du Droit des Affaires)

Sergei Diakov joined Tikehau Capital in 2018 and serves as Head of Japan. He previously spent 4 years at Rogers Investment Advisors in Tokyo where he was responsible for business development in Japan and Europe. Sergei started his career in 2000 with Citi, focusing on relationship management and business development in transaction services in Amsterdam and London, before relocating to Tokyo to work for Citigroup Global Markets from 2008 to 2014.

Sergei is a member of Certified Alternative Investment Analysts Association (CAIA). He served as a member of the Executive committee for Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Japan from 2011 until 2013.

Education: Moscow State Linguistic University

Sabrina El Abbadi serves as Head of Luxembourg. She has more than 10 years of experience in financial services in Paris, Luxembourg, and London. Prior to establishing and running Tikehau Capital’s Luxembourg branch, Sabrina previously worked within the legal department in Paris. Sabrina previously worked as a lawyer at the leading Luxembourgish firm Arendt & Medernach after experiences at Jeantet, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Lazard were she specialised in fund structuring and finance litigation.

Education: Aix-Marseille University (Masters in Corporate Engineering and DJCE), CAPA

Jean-Baptiste Feat joined Tikehau Capital in 2008. He currently serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer of Tikehau Investment Management and Co-Head of Asia. He was previously Co-Head of Private Debt (between 2013 and 2020). Prior to that, he developed the mezzanine debt business and then the Private Debt division as a whole. He began his career in mergers and acquisitions at Citigroup in 2001 and then at Goldman Sachs from 2005 onwards.

Education: EDHEC Business School, London School of Economics

Dominik P. Felsmann joined Tikehau Capital in March 2021 as Head of Germany. Dominik brings more than 15 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Tikehau Capital, he was Head of Leveraged Finance Germany for ABN AMRO, where he was responsible for building and leading the local Leveraged Finance team since 2017. He previously worked for IKB, HSBC and Commerzbank in their leveraged and acquisition finance teams in Frankfurt and London.

Education: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University (Diplomkaufmann) & University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MBA)

Asaf Gherman joined Tikehau Capital in 2022 as Co-head of Israel. Prior to joining Tikehau Capital, Asaf was Head of Syndications, Debt Management & Products at Bank Leumi, and previously Head of Alternative and Direct Investments at Migdal Insurance where he worked for 10 years. He started his career in 1995 focusing on private assets and held different positions in the investments divisions of leading Israeli Institutional Investors.

Education: MBA, The College of Management

Tim Grell joined Tikehau Capital in 2016 and serves as Chairman of North America for Tikehau Capital, based in New York. He has more than 30 years of global experience in the financial services industry in the US and Europe. Tim was at the forefront of the European Leverage Finance business and held various executive positions during his 23 years at Merrill Lynch. He has also worked at Strategic Value Partners, Lazard Capital Markets and most recently Guggenheim Securities.

Education: Xavier University, Ohio, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Illinois

Jérémy Le Jan joined Tikehau Capital in Paris in 2007 and currently serves as Head of Canada. He first joined the firm as an Account Manager before becoming Deputy Chief Financial Officer and then Finance Department Manager in 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he was the Chief Financial Officer of Tikehau Capital before joining the teams in New York to develop the Group's activities in North America. Previously, Jeremy was as an Accountant and then Head of Mission for various accounting firms such as Deloitte, In Extenso and the BDO network.

Education: INES Expertise

Sjoerd joined Tikehau Capital in 2022 and serves as Head of The Netherlands. Previously, he worked at Van Lanschot Kempen for 14 years, where he was commercially responsible for fiduciary investment solutions and products, servicing institutional parties as well as family offices. He started his career in 2002 at MeesPierson, subsequently Sjoerd worked in the dealingroom (structured products) of ABN AMRO, and as institutional business developer at Lombard Odier, covering the Benelux region. Sjoerd has been a Board Member at the CFA Society of the Netherlands and Member of the Public Relations Commission at Eumedion. Currently he holds a seat in the Advisory Board of the Netherlands Investment Management Forum (NIMF).

Education: Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

David Martín joined Tikehau Capital in 2021 and serves as Co-head of Iberia. Prior to that, he was founding partner and shareholder at ProA Capital, where he worked as senior private equity executive for 13 years, and at Alantra Private Equity. Mr. Martin has lead and executed several mid-market transactions in Iberia and sits on the board of Tikehau Capital portfolio companies in Spain. He started his career in Santander Asset Management in 2002

Education: Bachelor in Business Administration (Univ. Carlos III, Madrid) and Advanced Management Program (PDG) at IESE Business School.

Young Joon Moon joined Tikehau Capital in 2017 and serves as Head of Korea. He previously served as vice president at Mitsubishi Corporation Pavilion and PineStreet Group where he was responsible for fund raising, client relationship and deal sourcing in connection with Mitsubishi Corporation Asset Management. Young Joon started his career in 2009 at Treesdale Partners, New York based fixed income hedge fund. He was responsible for all aspects of capital raising and fund operation covering structured credit and commodity currency fund.

Education: Handong Global University; Columbia University, Masters’ Degree in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Jean Odendall joined Tikehau Capital in 2011 and currently serves as Head of Middle East and Deputy Head of Tactical Strategies. He first joined the Group as part of the High Yield team and was the lead credit analyst for several sectors. Prior to Tikehau Capital, he worked at Jabre Capital in Geneva, where he supported the launch of their special opportunities fund.

Education: HEC University of Lausanne

Rudy Neuhof joined Tikehau Capital in 2022 and serves as Co-head of Israel. He started his career in the financial industry in 2005. Before joining Tikehau Capital, Rudy was Head of Private & Structured Debt at Migdal Insurance where he worked for 10 years, and previously worked at Menora Mivtachim in the capital markets and investment-banking division.

Education: MBA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Bruno de Pampelonne joined Tikehau Capital in 2006 to establish Tikehau Investment Management, Tikehau Capital’s asset management company, and served as Executive Chairman until 2023. He is now Special Advisor to the Group's co-founders and Executive Chairman of Tikehau Capital Asia. Prior to his tenure at Tikehau Capital, Bruno worked at Merrill Lynch in Paris from 1993 to 2006, holding the position of Country Manager for France since 2003. He began his career at Crédit Lyonnais in 1983, before joining Goldman Sachs' proprietary asset management team in London in 1985, where he became Executive Director. In 1991, Bruno joined Credit Suisse First Boston as Managing Director CSFB France to launch the bank's activities in France.

Education: EDHEC Business School, Paris

Mark Pensaert joined Tikehau Capital in 2019 as senior advisor and currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Benelux. Mark is also an independent board member of Agfa-Gevaert Group in Belgium and a Supervisory Board member of Rabobank in the Netherlands. Mark started his investment banking career at Lazard Brothers in London. He subsequently served as chief financial officer and board member at a number of Belgian family owned groups before rejoining Lazard Frères in 2001 in Paris. In 2004 Mark was appointed Partner and Head of Benelux at Lazard. Mark subsequently joined Leonardo & Co. in 2008 to become the CEO of the M&A advisory business at Leonardo & Co.

Education: University of Cambridge, London Business School, Vlerick Business School

Roberto Quagliuolo joined Tikehau Capital in 2018 and serves as Deputy Head of Private Equity and Co-Head of Italy. Prior to that, he worked at Oaktree Capital Management within the European Principal Group and at Lazard within the M&A division. Mr. Quagliuolo has led and executed several private debt and private equity transactions and sits on the board of Tikehau Capital portfolio companies in Italy. He started his career in 2005 as an Analyst at Lazard after receiving a Master of Science in Management and Production Engineering.

Christian Rouquerol is currently Co-head of Iberia. He joined Tikehau Capital in 2018 to initiate fundraising in Iberia and served as Head of sales for Iberia and Latin America. Christian has 25 years of experience in the financial industry in Spain.

He was previously Head of Sales at Natixis Investment Managers for Iberia, where he participated in the launch of the office in Spain in 2011, as well as at Amundi, where he participated in the launch of the office in Spain in 2000.

He also worked at Crédit Agricole Indosuez and in the stock exchange room of Caja Madrid (now Caixabank).

Education: Bachelor in Business Administration, Master’s Degree of Institut Supérieur de Gestion and an executive programme at IESE Business School.

Bart Schenk joined Tikehau Capital in 2018 and serves as Co-head of Belgium. Previously, he worked at Eurofins Scientific where he was responsible for external financing at group level. He started his career in 2009 at ING, initially working in Corporate Finance M&A from 2009 to 2011 and later in Acquisition and Leveraged Finance from 2011 – 2016, covering the Benelux region.

Education: KU Leuven, Belgium

Chiara de Simone joined Tikehau Capital in 2021 and serves as Co-head of Belgium. Previously, she worked at Rabobank where she was responsible for the Corporate Banking activity in Belgium. She started her career in 2010 at ING where she was active within Corporate Banking (2010 – 2013) and Leveraged Acquisition Finance (2014 – 2018), covering the Benelux.

Education:University of Antwerp,College of Europe, Brugge