6 Dec 2010
European Credit Management has made the following appointments to its portfolio management and research teams:
Andre Mazzella, Lead High Yield Portfolio Manager, joins from CQS, where he was a member of the portfolio management team and senior credit analyst for the Credit Long Short Fund. Prior to CQS, he was at Morley Fund Management and Abbey Treasury Services.
Duncan Warwick-Champion, Lead Investment Grade Corporate Analyst, will join from Vanguard where he is currently a senior credit analyst. Before joining Vanguard in 2009, he spent seven years at UBS where he was a highly regarded TMT analyst and Head of the European Research Team. Prior to UBS he spent six years at Standard & Poor's, latterly as Head of the European Telecoms team.
Satish Pulle, Lead Analyst, Financials, joins from Merrill Lynch where he traded and analysed European and US banks and insurance companies, most recently as Director & Senior Trader for credit flow trading. Before joining Merrill Lynch in 2007, he spent five years as a credit analyst for European financial and asset backed securities at Schroders. He spent the early part of his career at Barclays Capital and Tata Consultancy Services.
ECM has also realigned its top management team to support the firm’s business development plans. The following changes have been made:
Steven Blakey, former Chief Executive Officer, has become Chairman;
Stephen Zinser has been appointed Chief Executive Officer in addition to Chief Investment Officer;
Frances Hutchinson, former Head of Research, has taken on the new role of Head of Business and Strategic Planning;
Ross Pamphilon, has become Head of Investments, incorporating Portfolio Management and Research;
Matthew Craston has been appointed Head of Alternative Investments, responsible for the loans team, now headed by Torben Ronberg, and the recently launched Special Situations programme.
Andre Mazzella, Lead High Yield Portfolio Manager, joins from CQS, where he was a member of the portfolio management team and senior credit analyst for the Credit Long Short Fund. Prior to CQS, he was at Morley Fund Management and Abbey Treasury Services.
Duncan Warwick-Champion, Lead Investment Grade Corporate Analyst, will join from Vanguard where he is currently a senior credit analyst. Before joining Vanguard in 2009, he spent seven years at UBS where he was a highly regarded TMT analyst and Head of the European Research Team. Prior to UBS he spent six years at Standard & Poor's, latterly as Head of the European Telecoms team.
Satish Pulle, Lead Analyst, Financials, joins from Merrill Lynch where he traded and analysed European and US banks and insurance companies, most recently as Director & Senior Trader for credit flow trading. Before joining Merrill Lynch in 2007, he spent five years as a credit analyst for European financial and asset backed securities at Schroders. He spent the early part of his career at Barclays Capital and Tata Consultancy Services.
ECM has also realigned its top management team to support the firm’s business development plans. The following changes have been made:
Steven Blakey, former Chief Executive Officer, has become Chairman;
Stephen Zinser has been appointed Chief Executive Officer in addition to Chief Investment Officer;
Frances Hutchinson, former Head of Research, has taken on the new role of Head of Business and Strategic Planning;
Ross Pamphilon, has become Head of Investments, incorporating Portfolio Management and Research;
Matthew Craston has been appointed Head of Alternative Investments, responsible for the loans team, now headed by Torben Ronberg, and the recently launched Special Situations programme.
Stephen Zinser, Chief Executive Officer of ECM, said: "These appointments and the realignment of our senior management team are designed to support ECM's ambitious business development plans; the new top management structure reflects the continuity of leadership which will guide the business through its next stage of development. The appointments underscore our commitment to attract and retain talented investment professionals. They also come at a time when ECM funds have demonstrated strong absolute and relative out-performance."
