Alexander Batchvarov currently heads International Structured Finance Research at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, encompassing securitisation, residential and commercial real estate financing, property derivatives, covered bonds, CDOs and consumer credit in EMEA, APAC and Lat Am. He has held this position since Oct 1998, and has also served as a Head and a Co-Head of Global Mortgages and other Structured Finance between 2007 and 2010.
Mr. Batchvarov joined Merrill Lynch in 1998, he initiated and built up the research coverage for mortgages and other structured finance consecutively in Europe, Australia, Japan and the emerging markets in Asia, Middle East and Latin America. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Batchvarov worked at Citibank, New York, as a Structured Finance analyst at Moody’s Securitisation team and as a Sovereign Analyst at Moody’s Sovereign Team in New York.
Mr. Batchvarov earned a MSc degree in Economics and International Economic Relations from the National Institute of Economics in Sofia, Bulgaria, a PhD in Economics from the National Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria, and an MBA from the University of Alberta Business School, in Edmonton, Canada. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Member of AIMR and NYSSA.
Mr. Batchvarov joined Merrill Lynch in 1998, he initiated and built up the research coverage for mortgages and other structured finance consecutively in Europe, Australia, Japan and the emerging markets in Asia, Middle East and Latin America. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Batchvarov worked at Citibank, New York, as a Structured Finance analyst at Moody’s Securitisation team and as a Sovereign Analyst at Moody’s Sovereign Team in New York.
Mr. Batchvarov earned a MSc degree in Economics and International Economic Relations from the National Institute of Economics in Sofia, Bulgaria, a PhD in Economics from the National Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria, and an MBA from the University of Alberta Business School, in Edmonton, Canada. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Member of AIMR and NYSSA.
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Holger has more than 25 years’ experience in a wide range of senior roles within the financial services sector. He has expertise in the securitisation of many different asset classes, which he gained at AgFe, Morgan Stanley, UniCredit and Commerzbank, using both synthetic and traditional structures as well as operational experience from building lending platforms and c-suite roles.
Holger has advised on the re-structuring, work-out, and disposal of distressed positions, both structured and corporate, acting for central banks in the Eurosystem and the administrators of various banks in the aftermath of the GFC. Holger has experience in the setting up of asset management structures to invest in financial assets and provided portfolio funding and risk capital to non-bank lending platforms.
Holger has advised on the re-structuring, work-out, and disposal of distressed positions, both structured and corporate, acting for central banks in the Eurosystem and the administrators of various banks in the aftermath of the GFC. Holger has experience in the setting up of asset management structures to invest in financial assets and provided portfolio funding and risk capital to non-bank lending platforms.
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As a senior policy officer at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, since September 2022, Johannes Erhard is responsible for all issues related to sustainable finance, asset managment and securitisation. Before, he was seconded to the European Commission for 5 years. During this term, he contributed as a national expert to the negotations of the new EU securitisation framework and followed closely its implemnetation and review. Before, he had worked several years as German financial services attache at the German Permanent Representation in Brussels, as a lawyer at the German financial supervisor BaFin and at the global law firm Clifford Chance.
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Rob was a founding partner of TwentyFour Asset Management, where for 15 years he was a portfolio manager; managing the firm’s ABS business, its public ABS funds and institutional mandates, and was a member of the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee.
In late 2023 Rob retired from his full-time portfolio management role, but retains a consultant-advisory role within TwentyFour, focusing on industry outreach and advocacy, education and leadership.
Rob has traded ABS since their inception and is recognised as one of the market’s leading authorities on the asset class, receiving Global Capital’s Outstanding Contribution to Securitization award in 2021. He is also a pivotal member of several high level market initiatives and steering groups, through which he regularly consults and advises regulators and policymakers on securitisation market practices and technicalities.
Beginning his career in 1986, Rob previously spent over 20 years at Barclays Capital (formerly BZW) in London as a fixed income trader covering a broad range of instruments, where he established and managed the floating rate credit trading unit and was Managing Director and Head of European ABS Trading.
In late 2023 Rob retired from his full-time portfolio management role, but retains a consultant-advisory role within TwentyFour, focusing on industry outreach and advocacy, education and leadership.
Rob has traded ABS since their inception and is recognised as one of the market’s leading authorities on the asset class, receiving Global Capital’s Outstanding Contribution to Securitization award in 2021. He is also a pivotal member of several high level market initiatives and steering groups, through which he regularly consults and advises regulators and policymakers on securitisation market practices and technicalities.
Beginning his career in 1986, Rob previously spent over 20 years at Barclays Capital (formerly BZW) in London as a fixed income trader covering a broad range of instruments, where he established and managed the floating rate credit trading unit and was Managing Director and Head of European ABS Trading.
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Oliver is Head of SRT Securitisation at Deutsche Bank’s Investment Bank in London. He is acting as arranger for Deutsche Bank’s own Synthetic Balance Sheet securitisations in Europe as well as for third party banks.
In the last two years alone DB executed nine synthetic securitisations for itself and its clients with a combined portfolio notional in excess of EUR 24bn.
Oliver has a wealth of experience in structured credit across a wide range of asset classes in both cash and synthetic format. In 2009, he advised Her Majesty’s Treasury on its £280 billion Asset Protection Scheme with respect to scheme design and risk assessment.
Prior to re-joining Deutsche Bank in 2019, he worked in various credit solutions roles at Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Lloyds Bank.
Oliver started his career in 2000 at Deutsche Bank Research in Frankfurt. He holds an MSc in Financial Economics from Exeter University (UK).
In the last two years alone DB executed nine synthetic securitisations for itself and its clients with a combined portfolio notional in excess of EUR 24bn.
Oliver has a wealth of experience in structured credit across a wide range of asset classes in both cash and synthetic format. In 2009, he advised Her Majesty’s Treasury on its £280 billion Asset Protection Scheme with respect to scheme design and risk assessment.
Prior to re-joining Deutsche Bank in 2019, he worked in various credit solutions roles at Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Lloyds Bank.
Oliver started his career in 2000 at Deutsche Bank Research in Frankfurt. He holds an MSc in Financial Economics from Exeter University (UK).
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Dr. Fernando González is a Senior Advisor for the ECB Banking Supervision where he coordinates the securitisation function and co-leads the SSM Securitisation Hub. He joined the ECB in 1999 where he had different posts leading to Head of Risk Strategy Division. During this period, he led the design and implementation of ECB Risk Management Frameworks for Monetary Policy and Investment Operations. He was Senior Advisor in the Bank of England PRA (2016-2018) where he conducted work in the Bank Policy Division. He was a Principal in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (2018-2019) in its Capital Market Development Team, where he led Policy Dialogue and Technical Cooperation projects across the EBRD region. He has a Doctorate in Financial Economics from U. Autónoma de Madrid and is a CFA and FRM charter holder. Before joining the ECB, he had several academic posts in the area of econometric modelling and quantitative finance. He was a member of the Neuroforecasting Unit in the London Business School and Assistant Professor in Finance in the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration.
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Juan Grana joined Chorus Capital in Q2 2022 as a Managing Director and senior portfolio manager and has over 20 years’ experience in credit structuring. Juan joined from ArrowMark Partners where, as Managing Director, he set up their European office and had been actively investing in RSTs. Prior to ArrowMark Partners, Juan spent almost 6 years at Nomura, where he was a Managing Director in the Structured Solutions Group, and 10 years at Credit Suisse where he co-ran Capital and Credit Risk Modelling before being appointed as Managing Director in Credit Structuring where he was instrumental in creating Credit Suisse’s risk-sharing capabilities. Juan holds a First-Class degree in Physics (MPhys) from the University of Oxford.
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Patrick is Head of Treasury & Markets at Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (“OLB”). In his role, he is responsible for the Treasury, Financial Institution and Corporate Sales activities of OLB. OLB, jointly with its subsidiary QuantFS GmbH, is an active issuer of True Sale securitizations since 2017 and issued its first SRT in 2023.
Prior to joining OLB in 2021, he worked in various Treasury and Sales Steering Roles for Commerzbank in Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong. Patrick started his career 2002 with Dresdner Bank AG in Frankfurt.
Prior to joining OLB in 2021, he worked in various Treasury and Sales Steering Roles for Commerzbank in Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong. Patrick started his career 2002 with Dresdner Bank AG in Frankfurt.
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Stefan Henkelmann is one of Germany’s leading capital markets lawyers and has extensive experience across structured finance, debt capital markets and related regulatory matters. He advises on a wide range of capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on securitisations, including true sale, secured loan and synthetic structures across a broad range of asset classes. His practice also covers other structured finance and derivatives transactions, including repackagings, secured notes, strategic equity and non-performing loan transactions.
Stefan Henkelmann regularly advises banks, financial institutions, asset managers, corporates, originators and investors on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. He has significant experience in bond transactions, including Pfandbriefe, covered bonds, structured notes, hybrid and corporate bonds, as well as bond restructurings. In addition, he advises extensively on the regulatory and insolvency law aspects of capital markets and structured finance transactions.
His clients operate across a range of sectors, particularly financial services, real estate, infrastructure, energy and alternative investments. Alongside his transactional practice, Stefan Henkelmann is a lecturer in capital markets law at the Institute for Law and Finance of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. He is also a frequent author on capital markets law and emerging market developments, and regularly speaks at industry conferences and delivers training sessions for clients and market participants.
Stefan Henkelmann regularly advises banks, financial institutions, asset managers, corporates, originators and investors on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. He has significant experience in bond transactions, including Pfandbriefe, covered bonds, structured notes, hybrid and corporate bonds, as well as bond restructurings. In addition, he advises extensively on the regulatory and insolvency law aspects of capital markets and structured finance transactions.
His clients operate across a range of sectors, particularly financial services, real estate, infrastructure, energy and alternative investments. Alongside his transactional practice, Stefan Henkelmann is a lecturer in capital markets law at the Institute for Law and Finance of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. He is also a frequent author on capital markets law and emerging market developments, and regularly speaks at industry conferences and delivers training sessions for clients and market participants.
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Widely recognised as a leading finance and capital markets lawyer, Dennis has over two decades of experience advising domestic and international clients on a broad spectrum of complex cross-border transactions.
A partner in the Firm’s Global Capital Markets Practice, Dennis co-heads the EMEA Private Asset-Backed Credit and Structured Finance Group and is a core member of the firm-wide ESG and Financial Institutions Industry Groups. His practice spans a diverse range of sectors, with a particular focus on private credit, structured finance, fund finance, bank regulatory and securitisation. Dennis has extensive experience representing banks, private credit providers, asset managers, funds, insurance companies, debt collection companies, multinational corporates and fast growth companies in transactional and advisory mandates. His track record includes advising on securitisations, bank lending transactions, regulatory capital deals, and complex financing structures that bridge the fund finance, securitisation and corporate finance markets. Recognised for his structuring skills and ability to deliver innovative and market-leading solutions, Dennis has played a key role in the growth of private credit and the ongoing convergence of funding markets.
A partner in the Firm’s Global Capital Markets Practice, Dennis co-heads the EMEA Private Asset-Backed Credit and Structured Finance Group and is a core member of the firm-wide ESG and Financial Institutions Industry Groups. His practice spans a diverse range of sectors, with a particular focus on private credit, structured finance, fund finance, bank regulatory and securitisation. Dennis has extensive experience representing banks, private credit providers, asset managers, funds, insurance companies, debt collection companies, multinational corporates and fast growth companies in transactional and advisory mandates. His track record includes advising on securitisations, bank lending transactions, regulatory capital deals, and complex financing structures that bridge the fund finance, securitisation and corporate finance markets. Recognised for his structuring skills and ability to deliver innovative and market-leading solutions, Dennis has played a key role in the growth of private credit and the ongoing convergence of funding markets.
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Since February 2024, Heinz Hilger has been divisional board member at Germany's largest Landesbank LBBW – responsible for its business with large multinational corporate clients.
Before joining LBBW, Heinz Hilger most recently served as the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank AG, which is the Continental-European headquarter of SCB Group. He has held this position since 2019. Prior to this, he was Head of Wholesale Banking for the German-speaking part of Europe from 2013 and Branch Manager from 2015 onwards. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Hilger held leading positions at other foreign banks such as the German branch of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan. The business graduate started his career at Deutsche Bank in 1989.
Before joining LBBW, Heinz Hilger most recently served as the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank AG, which is the Continental-European headquarter of SCB Group. He has held this position since 2019. Prior to this, he was Head of Wholesale Banking for the German-speaking part of Europe from 2013 and Branch Manager from 2015 onwards. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Hilger held leading positions at other foreign banks such as the German branch of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan. The business graduate started his career at Deutsche Bank in 1989.
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Jan-Peter Hülbert has been Managing Director of True Sale International GmbH since July 2018. He brings over 20 years of experience in the banking and capital markets business, including 16 years in securitisation on the banking side. Jan-Peter has been responsible for client transactions for banks, corporates and leasing companies in the public ABS, private securitisation and ABCP segments. He holds a degree in business administration from LMU Munich and is a member of the Supervisory Board of STS Verification International GmbH and of the Supervisory Board of European DataWarehouse GmbH.
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André is Executive Director and heads the structuring and outplacement unit in the LBBW Capital Management Unit (CMU). Over the past three years, he has been instrumental in setting up the CMU in the LBBW Group on a global level. The overarching goal is to implement various risk-sharing products and solutions (such as securitizations or non-payment insurance) for all asset classes and thus to be able to manage various KPIs of LBBW even better. Previously, André held various roles in LBBW's capital markets business (mainly in trading, sales and structuring) over the last 16 years.
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Matthias is in charge of the Financial Solutions division of Caplantic GmbH, Hannover (Germany). A mayor business field is structuring, placement and modelling of securitisation transactions for capital relief purposes. Additionally Caplantic runs if needed the complete project within the bank itself. Matthias started his career in banking in 1995. Before joining Caplantic Matthias had several positions in banks both on the capital market and risk side with NORD/LB, DekaBank, Allianz and Dresdner Bank.
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Joanna Kosek is Partner and Managing Director at CRC. As Head of Germany and Poland she is active across all Northern and Eastern European regions with primary responsibility for structuring and originating synthetic and true sale SRT transactions with banks on diverse asset pools.
Joanna is also Chair of the ESG committee, setting the Firms approach in the blind pool and real asset areas. She joined the Firm in 2009 from the structured finance team at Assured Guaranty in London, where she specialized in collateralized loan obligation investments. Prior to Assured Guaranty, she worked in the Credit Asset Management Department at Dresdner Kleinwort, structuring capital relief transactions for the bank and optimizing the bank's RWA. She has a First Class B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the University of London (2003). She wrote her MSc Thesis in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London (2004). She is based in London.
Joanna is also Chair of the ESG committee, setting the Firms approach in the blind pool and real asset areas. She joined the Firm in 2009 from the structured finance team at Assured Guaranty in London, where she specialized in collateralized loan obligation investments. Prior to Assured Guaranty, she worked in the Credit Asset Management Department at Dresdner Kleinwort, structuring capital relief transactions for the bank and optimizing the bank's RWA. She has a First Class B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the University of London (2003). She wrote her MSc Thesis in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London (2004). She is based in London.
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Dr Friederike (Fritzi) Köhler-Geib is Chief Economist of KfW Group and Head of KfW Research. Prior to this, she spent more than 10 years at the World Bank, most recently in the position of Lead Economist and Programme Leader for Central America.
She studied Economics in the USA, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. As Chief Economist of KfW Group, she analyses trends relevant for KfW in the economy, society and on the financial markets and brings a new dynamic to the economic and financial policy debate. The focus of her work lies in the analyses of economic developments and growth trends in Germany. A particular focus is placed on small and medium-sized enterprises and the role of innovation and digitalisation in improving competitiveness, as well as issues related to the goal of a climate-neutral economy. Furthermore, Dr Fritzi Köhler-Geib also actively addresses economic policy connections between Germany, Europe and the world.
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She studied Economics in the USA, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. As Chief Economist of KfW Group, she analyses trends relevant for KfW in the economy, society and on the financial markets and brings a new dynamic to the economic and financial policy debate. The focus of her work lies in the analyses of economic developments and growth trends in Germany. A particular focus is placed on small and medium-sized enterprises and the role of innovation and digitalisation in improving competitiveness, as well as issues related to the goal of a climate-neutral economy. Furthermore, Dr Fritzi Köhler-Geib also actively addresses economic policy connections between Germany, Europe and the world.
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Jens Lindner has been working at Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen as an originator and structurer in the area of asset-backed finance since February 2023. Previously, he was with NIBC Bank for almost 10 years, initially as a senior director in the Structuring department of NIBC Bank in Germany, from 2019 he was Managing Director of the newly formed FinTech & Structured Finance department in Frankfurt, serving companies from the FinTech and Financial Services segment with a focus on customized structured asset-based financing.
From April 2007 to March 2013 he worked at Commerzbank, until November 2009 as head of the ABS Management department responsible for a team of risk managers who oversee investments in securitisations and structured credit products of the Commerzbank Group in risk management. Since joining Commerzbank in April 2007, he has been responsible for arranging term transactions with external customers as department head in the Asset Finance Solutions division. Before his move, he held the position of Vice President-Senior Credit Officer for 5 years in the Structured Finance Group at Moody's in Frankfurt. He mainly oversaw European transactions and was responsible for the servicer quality ratings in the EMEA region. Jens Lindner was previously employed in the European Asset Securitization Group of DZ (DG) BANK, which he has been instrumental in building up since 1998. During this time, his area of responsibility included the origination and structuring of transactions as well as the establishment and management of the bank's European ABS trading book. He began his professional career as a credit analyst in the cooperative financial network. Jens Lindner holds a diploma from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (HfB), Frankfurt am Main.
From April 2007 to March 2013 he worked at Commerzbank, until November 2009 as head of the ABS Management department responsible for a team of risk managers who oversee investments in securitisations and structured credit products of the Commerzbank Group in risk management. Since joining Commerzbank in April 2007, he has been responsible for arranging term transactions with external customers as department head in the Asset Finance Solutions division. Before his move, he held the position of Vice President-Senior Credit Officer for 5 years in the Structured Finance Group at Moody's in Frankfurt. He mainly oversaw European transactions and was responsible for the servicer quality ratings in the EMEA region. Jens Lindner was previously employed in the European Asset Securitization Group of DZ (DG) BANK, which he has been instrumental in building up since 1998. During this time, his area of responsibility included the origination and structuring of transactions as well as the establishment and management of the bank's European ABS trading book. He began his professional career as a credit analyst in the cooperative financial network. Jens Lindner holds a diploma from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (HfB), Frankfurt am Main.
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Mr. Bernd Loewen currently oversees finance, the internal organization and consulting division and human resources within the Executive Board of KfW Group. He joined the Executive Board in July 2009 and was also accountable for the risk and IT department up to the separation of the corresponding C-level executive functions. Prior to joining KfW, he spent 5 years as Member of the Management Board for Investment Banking and Treasury of mBank SA in Poland, and 10 years in increasingly senior commercial and non-commercial positions at Commerzbank in Germany and the USA. He holds the equivalent of an MBA from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, is an Advisory Member of the Steering Committee of the Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilization, and is the Chair of the Advisory Council of the True Sale International GmbH, both based in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Thomas is a Structured Finance Manager at the European Investment Fund, working on the fund’s investments in synthetic and traditional securitisation transactions in Northern and Central Eastern Europe. Before joining the EIF in 2016, he held several positions in Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management and KPMG.
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Martin Neisen leads for the Governance, Risk and Compliance division at PwC Germany. Martin has more than 20 years of project experience at banks, insurance companies and insurance companies.
Martin also heads the SSM Office of the PwC network, which brings together experts from all eurozone countries to coordinate the cooperation with the SSM and the support for the SSM-supervised banks.
For many years he is involved in international project teams regarding the implementation of regulatory requirements and solving problems that simultaneously concern regulation, risk management and accounting. Martin leads PwC's global Basel IV initiative.
Martin also heads the SSM Office of the PwC network, which brings together experts from all eurozone countries to coordinate the cooperation with the SSM and the support for the SSM-supervised banks.
For many years he is involved in international project teams regarding the implementation of regulatory requirements and solving problems that simultaneously concern regulation, risk management and accounting. Martin leads PwC's global Basel IV initiative.
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Michael Osswald is the Managing Director of STS Verification International GmbH (“SVI”), a third party verifier performing verifications of ABCP, term ABS and synthetic securitisations for compliance with the “Simple, Transparent, Standardised” (STS) criteria under the European securitisation regulation. He joined SVI in February 2019 and oversees all verification and related corporate activities of SVI across Europe. Michael has extensive securitisation experience both as investor and in the origination and structuring of term ABS, ABCP and synthetic transactions, which he gained from 1998 at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart and London and subsequently at ABN AMRO Bank in Frankfurt as part of the European ABS team. In 2009, he moved to the transportation finance division of KfW IPEX-Bank and was, prior to joining SVI, Senior Credit Officer at Erste Abwicklungsanstalt in Düsseldorf, where he was responsible for the asset securitisation, infrastructure, aviation and shipping sub-portfolios. Michael holds a degree in business administration from Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg.
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Angélique Pieterse works as Senior Director at PGGM Investments, in the Credit & Insurance Linked Investments (CILI) team with a focus on Credit Risk Sharing transactions. The CILI team manages a dedicated mandate, currently over €6.5 billion in size, which invests in tailor-made bilateral risk sharing transactions with financial institutions. Angélique joined PGGM in June 2007, after having worked at ABN AMRO Bank for twelve years, initially in wholesale lending with a focus on trade finance and as of 1999 in Capital Markets, specializing in credit bond and structured product. Angélique holds a Master’s degree in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
PGGM is a leading pension fund administrator, asset manager and advisor with origins in the care and welfare sector. PGGM manages long-term pension assets totaling EUR 240 billion (December 31, 2023).
More information can be found on: https://www.pggm.nl/en/our-services/credit-risk-sharing/
PGGM is a leading pension fund administrator, asset manager and advisor with origins in the care and welfare sector. PGGM manages long-term pension assets totaling EUR 240 billion (December 31, 2023).
More information can be found on: https://www.pggm.nl/en/our-services/credit-risk-sharing/
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Dr Burkhard Rinne specialises in structured finance transactions (including securitisations, structured covered bonds, asset-based finance and other secured financings). He further advises on the clearing through central counterparties, on the settlement of securities, the pooling of cover assets as well as on regulatory capital relief structures for banks. He holds special expertise in transactions involving the use of the German refinancing register. Burkhard frequently advises banks and protection providers on guarantees issued for regulatory capital relief purposes, including in the form of synthetic securitisations.
He is listed as one of the "Leading Partners" in Legal 500 Germany 2025 in the area of structured finance and securitisation and Chambers Germany 2025 ranks him as one of the recommended lawyers for structured finance in Germany. He is also recommended by Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers® 2025 in the category "Best Lawyers" in the field of banking and finance law.
He is listed as one of the "Leading Partners" in Legal 500 Germany 2025 in the area of structured finance and securitisation and Chambers Germany 2025 ranks him as one of the recommended lawyers for structured finance in Germany. He is also recommended by Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers® 2025 in the category "Best Lawyers" in the field of banking and finance law.
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François has an extensive experience as arranger in SRT Transactions for various entities of BNP Paribas Group and external clients across Europe.
François has been working in the BNP Paribas’ securitisation team as structurer since 2015. He has more than two decades of experience within BNP Paribas CIB in risk transfer and credit linked transactions in various positions. He has been legal counsel on structured credit products for eight years before joining Global Markets front office in 2010 as Credit and Rates Structurer and then Structured Products Sales for institutional clients. He holds a Master in Business Law from Université Paris Cité and a MBA from Université Paris I – Sorbonne Business School.
François has been working in the BNP Paribas’ securitisation team as structurer since 2015. He has more than two decades of experience within BNP Paribas CIB in risk transfer and credit linked transactions in various positions. He has been legal counsel on structured credit products for eight years before joining Global Markets front office in 2010 as Credit and Rates Structurer and then Structured Products Sales for institutional clients. He holds a Master in Business Law from Université Paris Cité and a MBA from Université Paris I – Sorbonne Business School.
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Kerstin Schaepersmann specialises in German and international structured finance transactions. She advises sponsors, arrangers, lenders, lead managers, issuers and originators on synthetic and cashflow securitisations (including CLOs, CMBS, repackagings and securitisations of trade and lease receivables) and secured loan transactions, as well as the restructuring thereof. She also advises on general bank regulatory questions (including licensing procedures and cross-border banking and investment services as well as regulation of derivatives and financial market infrastructures).
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Karsten Stroborn hat einen volkswirtschaftlichen Abschluss der Universität Nantes sowie ein Diplom
als Wirtschaftsingenieur der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) erworben. Nach wissenschaftlicher Assistenz
an der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) am Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Wirtschaftspolitik, Lehrstuhl
Geld, Währung und Banken, bei Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Ketterer Promotion zu Fragen der Sicherheit
elektronischer Bezahlsysteme.
Seit 2004 tätig bei der Deutschen Bundesbank in unterschiedlichen Positionen im Zentralbereich
“Märkte”, zuletzt als Abteilungsleiter “Marktanalyse, Portfolios”. Seit 2014 leitet er die Abteilung
“Grundsatzfragen geld- und währungspolitische Implementierung”.
Herr Stroborn ist Mitglied im Market Operations Committee (MOC) des Eurosystems und ist
Vorsitzender der „Monitoring Working Group“ des MOC.
als Wirtschaftsingenieur der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) erworben. Nach wissenschaftlicher Assistenz
an der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) am Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Wirtschaftspolitik, Lehrstuhl
Geld, Währung und Banken, bei Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Ketterer Promotion zu Fragen der Sicherheit
elektronischer Bezahlsysteme.
Seit 2004 tätig bei der Deutschen Bundesbank in unterschiedlichen Positionen im Zentralbereich
“Märkte”, zuletzt als Abteilungsleiter “Marktanalyse, Portfolios”. Seit 2014 leitet er die Abteilung
“Grundsatzfragen geld- und währungspolitische Implementierung”.
Herr Stroborn ist Mitglied im Market Operations Committee (MOC) des Eurosystems und ist
Vorsitzender der „Monitoring Working Group“ des MOC.
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Stephan Tilke graduated in Finance at the University of Regensburg in 2003 and was awarded a PhD for his thesis on "Pricing of CDOs", being a teaching assistant to the chair of statistics at University of Regensburg and consultant to “Risk Research GmbH” for calibrating Basel PD- and LGD-Models and optimizing credit portfolios across German banks.
In 2008 Stephan started a position within the ALM department of Munich Reinsurance Company, being responsible for steering the credit asset portfolio at Munich ERGO Asset Management (MEAG).
In 2014 he became a Portfolio-manager for Munich Re’s credit reinsurance business.
From 2018 he developed the U.S. Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) business for Munich RE on single- and multifamily-housing mortgages.
From 2020 he initiated the Basel-CRT business for Munich Re primary credit insurance, servicing banks across Europe on significant risk transfer.
In 2008 Stephan started a position within the ALM department of Munich Reinsurance Company, being responsible for steering the credit asset portfolio at Munich ERGO Asset Management (MEAG).
In 2014 he became a Portfolio-manager for Munich Re’s credit reinsurance business.
From 2018 he developed the U.S. Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) business for Munich RE on single- and multifamily-housing mortgages.
From 2020 he initiated the Basel-CRT business for Munich Re primary credit insurance, servicing banks across Europe on significant risk transfer.
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András Vajda is CEO and Co-Founder of iconicchain, the company behind iconicSecurities, the platform for structured finance. He has more than 20 years of executive and technology leadership experience and has delivered over 30 securitization and regulatory compliance projects with multinational banks and regulators. Before iconicchain, he led several large-scale programs at Ericsson that became high-growth, high-margin businesses. András holds an MSc in Distributed Systems and is the author of several articles and a book.
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