Speakers
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Michiel von Saher Managing Director and Head of the European Credit Research Team at PGIM Fixed Income Michiel von Saher is a Managing Director and Head of the European Credit Research Team at PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. Additionally, Mr. von Saher is responsible for co-chairing the PGIM Fixed Income ESG Committee. Prior to joining the Team in 2005, Mr. von Saher worked at NIBC for six years, most recently as Head of the Intermediate Capital Group, based in London. There, he focused on arranging subordinated/mezzanine debt facilities for European mid-market MBOs and invested in syndicated mezzanine transactions. Earlier, Mr. von Saher spent six years at MeesPierson/Fortis in various acquisition finance and corporate lending activities. Mr. von Saher received an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Amsterdam.
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Cleo Taylor Business Development Cleo works in the Business Development team at Rothesay Life. She is responsible for the origination and execution of bulk annuity contracts, co-ordinating the deal process from the initial stages through to transaction and beyond. She previously spent 18 months working on the pricing of new business, including modelling pension scheme benefits, analysing and underwriting risks, and assisting on deal execution.
Prior to joining Rothesay Life in 2016, Cleo was an actuarial consultant at Willis Towers Watson, advising trustees and companies on their defined benefit pension obligations. Cleo holds an MSci in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Bristol and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
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Tony Gould Managing Director, Business Development & Marketing Tony is a Managing Director and product manager within AQR’s Business Development group. Working closely with Research, Business Development and Marketing, he focuses on designing and launching fixed income products that are effectively positioned and aligned with AQR’s client base. Tony is also the co-author of Quantitative Management of Bond Portfolios (Princeton University Press). Prior to joining AQR, Tony spent 5 years at J.P. Morgan Asset Management where he was most recently Global Head of Pension Solutions and Advisory. Previously, he was the Head of Marketing and Strategy in the Capital Fund Solutions group, the co-head of the Pension Solutions Group and a senior member of the Fixed Income Research team during his 7 years at Barclays and Lehman Brothers. He also spent 15 years as a Global Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Franklin Templeton and Barclays Asset Management. Tony earned a B.S. in economics from the London School of Economics and is a CFA and CAIA charterholder. -
Craig Scordellis Head of Long-Only Multi-Asset Credit
Craig is CQS’ Head of Multi-Asset Credit, responsible for the firm’s long-only multi-asset credit business. Prior to this role he headed global loans and was responsible for managing the firm’s loan mandates, including those in a variety of multi-asset credit funds and collateralised loan obligations (CLOs). Craig chairs the Asset Advisory Committee for the CQS Credit Multi-Asset Fund and is a Partner of CQS (UK) LLP.
Prior to joining CQS in 2008, Craig was a Senior Investment Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager at New Amsterdam Capital Management, a credit hedge fund. Before this, he was an Associate at the Royal Bank of Scotland where he structured leverage finance and high yield bond transactions. Prior to RBS, Craig was on the Deutsche Bank Investment Banking graduate programme. Craig holds a BSc (First Class Hons) in Business Administration from the University of Bath.
