Paul Mehta

Experience

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  NatWest

  Jul 1996 - Sept 1998

  Corporate Credit Analyst, Corporate Banking

  Credit Analyst for Corporate clients mainly involved in retail, telecoms and media.

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  Scotiabank

  Sept 1998 - Apr 2000

  Associate, Corporate Banking

  Corporate Banking Associate in Energy and Project Finance / PFI department in the European Headquarters of a Canadian Investment Bank.

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  Santander

  May 2000 - Apr 2003

  Senior Credit Analyst, Credit Risk

  Senior Credit Analyst in the Credit Risk department at ANTS. The sectors I focused upon were Project Finance, PFI, PPP and Infrastructure.

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  ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

  May 2003 - Dec 2005

  Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Management, Global Markets

  Assistant Director within Structured Portfolio Management (SPM) based in London covering the EMEA Structured Finance market. The specific industries covered were Leverage Finance, PPP / PFI, Infrastructure, Project Finance, Mining / Metals and Securitisation.

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  Bank of America

  Jan 2006 - Jul 2012

  Vice President in High Yield (“HY”), Leverage Loan and Distressed Sales in EMEA, covering over 30 buy side accounts including real money, hedge funds, insurance companies and CLO’s.The role covers both Primary and Secondary Sales and in addition to HY, Loan and Distressed products I also cover some of the account base for all credit products including Emerging Markets (“EM”), Investment Grade (“IG”), Financials, CDS, Structured Vehicles, ABS and CLO /CDOs.The role involves working with 4 HY cash / CDS traders and 4 Distressed traders to provide liquidity to clients, understand their portfolio needs whilst being cognisant of the risk exposure the trading desks hold in respect of credit and market risk.With our HY Syndicate desk we have successfully syndicated a number of HY Primary deals over the last two years, for repeat and new HY issuers. These include Ono, Kerling, Odeon, Ontex, Quiksilver, Grief and CCK. Show less In the Global Distressed Group, Portfolio Manager for a number of distressed assets in EMEA where the Bank held debt, equity positions and insolvency claims. Formerly a Trading Strategist on the Leverage Loan Trading desk, which principally covered risk management of a portfolio of EMEA performing and distressed leverage loans, high yield bond credits and providing trading ideas for economic gain. Industries primarily covered were Chemicals, Building Materials, Industrials, Electrics and Consumer. Vice President in a newly established Portfolio Management team covering EMEA Financial Sponsor backed and Leverage Finance transactions. Principal responsibility was the risk management of a number of LBOs which the bank was holding to maturity. There was a continued focus on building relationships with a number of product partners, including Leverage Finance, Syndications, Client Coverage and Legal to create financial solutions for the Client base primarily at MLA level. Show less

  • Senior Leverage Credit Sales - High Yield - Leverage Loan - Distressed

    Mar 2010 - Jul 2012

  • Senior Distressed Credit Analyst, Global Distressed Group

    Jan 2006 - Mar 2010
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  BNP Paribas

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2017

  Senior member of the Leverage Loan, Distressed and High Yield (“HY”) Sales team in EMEA, covering buy side accounts including real money asset managers, CLO’s, hedge funds and also covering Banks within EMEA for sourcing.The role covers both Primary and Secondary Sales and in addition to Loan, Distressed and HY products I also cover some of the account base for credit products including Emerging Markets (“EM”), Investment Grade (“IG”), Financials, CDS, Real Estate, Structured Vehicles and ABS.The role involves working with 2 Loan - Distressed traders, 4 HY cash / CDS traders to provide liquidity to clients, understand their portfolio needs whilst being cognisant of the risk exposure the trading desks hold in respect of credit and market risk.The Leverage Loans - High Yield Syndicate desks have have successfully syndicated a number of LBO and HY Primary deals over the last twelve months, for repeat and new issuers. Show less

  • Senior Loan and Distressed Trading

    Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Senior Leverage Credit Sales - High Yield - Leverage Loan – Distressed

    Aug 2012 - Jul 2015
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  City Hive

  Mar 2018 - now

  Volunteer

  Supporter of City Hive which is a think tank and advocacy group working in partnership with companies and grassroots to build an inclusive Investment Management Industry and an equitable and sustainable society.We believe that to achieve social equality, the investment industry needs to better represent society and access to investing and investment must be democratised.

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  PAMEL London

  Feb 2020 - now

  Director

  Finance, Design, Build and Maintain Property in London, Surrey and Yorkshire.

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  City Pay it Forward

  Nov 2021 - now

  Member Board of Trustees, Volunteer
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  Finton House School

  Apr 2022 - now

  Governor and Trustee

  Finton House is one of London's top independent schools. I am proud to have helped to support this non selective charitiable owned school included steering the finance, general purposes and diversity visions.

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  Abrdn

  Sept 2022 - now

  Establishing a Global Leverage Loan Platform at Abrdn, as part of a wider further strategic move into Private Markets.(1) Global Head of Loans / Portfolio Manager, Leverage Loans, European High Yield, Total Return Credit and Fallen Angels Fundo Key strategic member and Portfolio Manager within the Leverage Finance investment platform that includes Leverage Loans and High Yield across EUR, GBP (E2.5bln and USD (E3.7bln). Centres in London, Edinburgh, Boston, Philadelphia, and Singapore.o Key strategic member and Portfolio Manager within the Private Credit platform (AUM E12bln across Infra, CREL, PP, ABS, CLO liabilities, Structured Credit and Leverage Loans). o Member of the Leverage Finance Credit Committee, Private Credit Committee and the Infrastructure Credit Committee (2) Fund Manager o Lead and only dedicated Leverage Loan Portfolio manager globally in Abrdn. o Also named PM on European High Yield (E2.5bln) and Private Credit (E12bln) mandates. o Investment focus on leverage loans in developed markets.o Also invested in Eur, USD HYB, EMD, EM Loans, FRN, CLO Liabilities and US loan ETFs.Strong performance track record as the Portfolio Manager for a global leverage loan fund, that invests in developed market and emerging market leverage loans but also high yield bonds, CLO liabilities, special situations, and private credit to deliver consistent and higher yielding returns.As Global Head of Leverage Loans, I coordinate all aspects of a globally focused loan Investment platform within Fixed Income and Private Credit including analysts, trading, compliance and strategic positioning. I sit on the European High Yield, Infrastructure and Private Credit Committees to approve investments and define strategy. Show less

  • Global Head of Loans at abrdn

    Jul 2017 - now

  • Portfolio Manager European High Yield

    Sept 2022 - now