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Cameron Payne joined in 2015 and currently co-leads the firm’s mid-market primary and co-investing activity in Europe. Since joining, he has completed over 37 co-underwritten and syndicated co-investments across sectors and 20 primary investments across European buyout and growth equity and has extensive experience of working with first time funds and emerging managers. In addition, he is an LPAC member and Board Observer on several funds and direct investments. He previously worked in M&A with Royal Bank of Canada and Canaccord Genuity. He holds a BA in History from University College London.

Mr. Mcilrath is a senior vice president and product strategist in the London office, focusing on alternative credit. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2024, he worked for Apollo Global Management in their product team and was responsible for alternative credit solutions for insurance, family office, and pension investors across EMEA. Previously, he worked for J.P. Morgan's credit team, focused on sponsor origination in Europe. Mcilrath has 11 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Nottingham, U.K. He is a CFA charterholder.

Erik Leseman is an independent investment advisor. He is currently working as Interim Programme Manager at Achmea. From March 2024 to February 2025, Leseman served as Head of Investment Implementation & Oversight at a.s.r. Vermogensbeheer. Prior to that, he held various management positions at Aegon, Aegon Asset Management and Knab Bank. In 2017 was appointed Head of Investment Management at Aegon Netherlands. Prior to 2005, he worked at ABN AMRO, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB), and the Central Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (BNA). Leseman holds a Master’s degree in Monetary Economics from the University of Groningen and has been a CFA Charterholder since 2004.

George Nijborg is Head of EU Private Placements & Insured Strategies at Aegon Asset Management. In this role, he leads the team responsible for government guaranteed, insured credit and corporate private placements. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for Goldman Sachs as an executive director in the debt capital markets (DCM) team in London, focusing on the origination and syndication of public, private and structured debt transactions. Before that, he worked as a director in the DCM team of Citigroup, and as an associate in the DCM team of Citigroup, and as an associate in the DCM team of Morgan Stanley in London. Nijborg has been in the industry since 2006 and joined the firm in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree in industrial relations from Warwick Business School.

Jorg Sallaerts joined Arcmont Asset Management in September 2024 as Head of Benelux. He is based in Amsterdam. Previously, Jorg spent 4 years at Ares Management – focused on expanding the Benelux franchise. Prior to joining Ares, Jorg spent 6 years at ING in various roles – largely within the Leveraged Finance teams in Amsterdam and London. Jorg holds a Master of Science in Finance (Financial Management) from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Radboud University in Nijmegen.

Luc Toren has been a Senior Fund Manager at Wealth Management Partners since 2020. Prior to this, he worked for over six years as a Fund Manager at a.s.r. real estate investment management. Toren studied Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam and obtained his MSc in Real Estate Management & Development from the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Marieke van Kamp is Head of Private Markets at NN Group. As Head of Private Markets she is responsible for the real estate, private equity, infrastructure equity, mortgages and private loans allocations of NN’s investment portfolio. Van Kamp has a Master’s degree in Real Estate Management and in Sustainable Development.

Markus Schaen recently joined BrandNewDay in Amsterdam where he works for the investment office and will be responsible for setting up and managing the return portfolio. Prior to his new role, he worked 18 years at MN as Principal Fixed Income. At MN, he was responsible for various products in the liquid and illiquid fixed income portfolio, he co designed investment strategies and executed several manager searches, i.e. for infrastructure debt, private debt, Dutch mortgages, EU & US investment grade and High Yield. Previously, he held positions at Maastricht University, Deloitte, Metro AG, Draka Holding, and Koninklijke Wegener NV. Schaen obtained his Master’s degree in Business Economics from Maastricht University, where he also completed the Postgraduate Accountancy programme. In addition, he pursued a Postgraduate degree in Treasury Management at VU Amsterdam and completed the Executive Pensions Programme at Nyenrode Business University.

Menno van den Elsaker is Head of Alternative Credits and Mortgages at APG Asset Management. With investment teams based in Amsterdam and New York, he is responsible for all (internal and external) private and alternative credit investments across Europe and the United States. Operating under a broad investment mandate designed to generate added value over public credit markets, the team invests in strategies such as mortgages, specialty finance, structured credit, direct lending, non-performing loans and distressed debt. He is a member of APG’s Global Strategy & Management Team for Fixed Income and has over twenty years of investment experience. Prior to his current role, Van den Elsaker was responsible for European securitised investments. He graduated in Financial Econometrics from the University of Amsterdam in 2002 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Niranjan Sirdeshpande is the Global Head of Investments for the M&G Catalyst Fund and is based in London. The Catalyst Fund manages committed capital and invests in world-leading technology and life-sciences companies that create a positive impact for society and our planet. Niranjan has successfully executed transactions in diverse sectors such as Life-sciences, Deep-tech, Clean Energy, Enterprise SaaS, Fintech/Consumer Credit, Micro Finance, Aircraft Leasing, and Music Royalties, among others. Sirdeshpande also represents M&G on the Board and Investment committees of a number of portfolio companies.

Ralph Engelchor is an impact portfolio manager with a focus on Private Equity including Venture Capital, Private Debt and Infrastructure. He started at his current role at Achmea IM in July 2024. His focus themes are Climate, Health and Equal Opportunities. He has 18 years of experience in asset management, the last 8 of which in impact investing. Engelchor started his career at ABN Amro as an Investment Advisor and then worked for 11 years as a portfolio manager at Kempen Capital Management, the last 5 years as portfolio manager of Kempen's Global Impact Pool. Engelchor is a CFA Charterholder and has completed the CAIA training.