Roundtable 'Direct Lending'
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Axel Wehtje
Partner at Park Square Capital, Stockholm
Axel Wehtje is a Partner at Park Square Capital in Stockholm. Before joining Park Square in 2017, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs in London, where he spent 8 years in the leveraged finance team. Wehtje holds an MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics. -
Boris Harmsen
Head of Origination Europe
Boris Harmsen is Managing Director, Head of Benelux, and Head of Origination for the Nordics at Pemberton Asset Management in Scandinavia. Prior to joining Pemberton in 2019, he was at Deutsche Industriebank AG, between 2015 and 2019, where he headed the Benelux leveraged finance and sponsor coverage activities. He has 15 years’ experience in the Benelux loan, credit and private equity market, including an investment manager role at Egeria, a Dutch private equity firm, and positions at Deutsche Bank and ABN AMRO. Harmsen graduated from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands with a Master’s of Law. -
Danny Vroegop
co-founder and CIO, Colesco Capital
Danny Vroegop is the co-founder and CIO of Colesco Capital, where he serves as the chair of the board and the investment committee. Before founding Colesco, he was responsible for Rabobank Group's global leveraged finance activities and private equity client base. Vroegop holds an executive MBA from IMD and an MSc in International Finance from the University of Amsterdam. -
Luc Toren
Senior Fund Manager, Wealth Management Partners
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. -
Markus Schaen
Senior Investment Manager Fixed Income
Markus Schaen has been working at MN as Principal Fixed Income from 2008 until May 2025. Previously, he held positions at Maastricht University, Deloitte, Metro AG, Draka Holding, and Koninklijke Wegener NV. He 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. -
Mattis Poetter
Partner and Co-CIO, Arcmont Asset Management
Mattis Poetter is a Partner and Co-CIO at Arcmont Asset Management. Prior to joining Arcmont, he was a Partner at BlueBay’s Private Debt group. Before BlueBay, Poetter served as Director in the Private Credit team at HPS Investment Partners. He also spent seven years in the European Leveraged Finance team at J.P. Morgan. Poetter holds a degree in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics, which he obtained in 2007. -
Menno van den Elsaker
Head of Alternative Credits & Mortgages, APG Asset Management
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. -
Mikkel Sckerl
Portfolio Manager and Senior Partner, Capital Four
Mikkel Sckerl is a Portfolio Manager and Senior Partner at Capital Four, where he started in 2013. He is also a member of the Investment Committee for Private Debt, Leveraged Loans, and High Yield. Prior to joining Capital Four, Sckerl worked at Saxo Bank and Citibank. He holds an MSc in Finance & Economics from the University of Warwick and an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen. -
Paul Henriot
Managing Director in the CSG, HSBC Asset Management.
Paul Henriot is Managing Director in the Capital Solutions Group (CSG) at HSBC Asset Management. He has been working in the financial sector since 2005. CSG is responsible for raising funds and creating customized offerings in private and sustainable assets for institutional and wealth management clients of HSBC Asset Management. -
Raman Rajagopal
Senior Client Portfolio Manager, Invesco
Raman Rajagopal is a Senior Client Portfolio Manager for Invesco’s global Private Credit group. He is responsible for product development, structuring, and marketing investment strategies for senior loans and alternative credit products. Rajagopal holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from Carnegie Mellon University and a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Southern California Law School. -
Stuart Mathieson
Head of Europe, APAC Private Credit & Capital Solutions, Barings
Stuart Mathieson is Head of Europe, APAC Private Credit & Capital Solutions at Barings. He currently serves as the chairman of the Capital Solutions investment committee and is a member of several other investment committees within the company, including European Private Credit, North America Private Credit, APAC Private Credit, European High Yield, and the MassMutual Ventures Europe & Asia Fund. Mathieson has been with Barings since 2002.