Prior to joining Blantyre, Johann was an Associate at Moelis & Company focusing on Financial Restructuring, M&A and Capital Markets Advisory across EMEA covering various sectors. Previously, he was an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Team at UniCredit covering European Financial Sponsor backed buy-outs across various industries as well as add-on financings. He also worked at Lazard and IKB in investment banking. Prior to this he founded and exited three start-ups. Johann served in the German Military and was part of the Close Protection Team assuring the security of high military and Government officials.

Johann holds an MSc in Finance from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel (EBS), an MSc in Real Estate from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and a BA in Business from Lauder Business School, Vienna. He speaks English and German.

Miguel joined Blantyre in September 2019 after completing his MBA programme. Prior to joining Blantyre as a Summer Intern, Miguel was an associate in the Restructuring Team at Goldman Sachs, focusing on restructuring advisory and stressed new capital opportunities across various industries in EMEA. He started his career in the Credit Risk Management and Advisory Group at Goldman Sachs.

Miguel was part of the 2019 MBA Class at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, is a CFA charterholder and has a double degree in Law and Business with a Major in Finance from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE). He speaks English and Spanish.

Kai joined Blantyre in February 2022 and serves as transaction counsel on the investment team. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis where he worked for 8 years primarily in the restructuring and special situations team, advising on transactions throughout EMEA.

Kai holds a LLB in Law from the University of Law in London and a B.A. from the University of Cambridge.

Daniele joined Blantyre in January 2019 on a six-month secondment from KPMG’s Rome office where he was a Senior Consultant in Restructuring and decided to join Blantyre full time in January 2020. He has worked on several Italian debt restructuring projects across various sectors. He also specializes in analysing and identifying stressed and distressed companies. Prior to KPMG, he worked within the commercial department, as a business analyst, at Grandi Stazioni Retail.

Daniele holds a M.Sc. (Hons) in Business Administration from LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome and a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Federico II University of Naples. He speaks English and Italian.

Hugo joined Blantyre in May 2021 as an Investment Executive. Prior to joining Blantyre, Hugo worked at PJT Partners for three years, as an Associate in the Restructuring Group. He participated in several transactions, covering debt and creditor advisory, distressed M&A and broader capital structure advisory.

Hugo holds a Masters in Business and Corporate Finance from Grenoble Ecole de Management, and has completed a full-year exchange program at Warwick University Business School in the U.K. He speaks French and English.

Henry joined Blantyre in September 2022. Prior to joining Blantyre, Henry worked at OpCapita where he was a private equity associate for two and a half years focussed on turning around operationally underperforming businesses in the European consumer, retail, and leisure sectors. Henry started his career at in the London office of Evercore where he covered FIG and Energy M&A for five years.

Henry holds a BEng degree in Engineering Design (Mechanical) from the University of Bristol. During his course at Bristol, he worked as a Nuclear Engineering Consultant for a year.

Rob joined Blantyre in March 2022 as an intern on the investment team and was hired as an employee in February 2023. Prior to that, he spent two years as an Associate in the Financial Sponsors team at Investec, focusing on European mid-market M&A. He started his career within audit at EY before moving to the Transaction Advisory department at Grant Thornton, advising on M&A, restructurings, and capital raising. During this period, he was also seconded to ITV Plc, INTU Plc, and RWE, offering c-suite financial advisory.

Rob holds an MBA from London Business School, graduating on the Dean’s List, and is a chartered accountant (ICAS), qualifying as a national prizewinner. He holds a Master of Mathematics (Mmath) from the University of East Anglia.

James joined Blantyre in June 2023 as an Investment Executive. Prior to joining Blantyre, James worked at Lazard for six years as an Associate in the Restructuring Group, where he advised companies and creditor groups in restructurings, M&A and broader capital structure solutions. In addition, he spent a year on secondment to UK Government Investments within the Special Situations Group, where he advised ministers and Whitehall departments.

James holds a BSc in Physics from Durham University.

David joined Blantyre in September 2023 after completing his MBA program. Prior to joining Blantyre as a summer intern, David was an Assistant Vice President in the real estate investment team at GIC, where he worked on several private equity and credit transactions in Latin America. Prior to that, he was an analyst in the Investment Banking team at Morgan Stanley, providing M&A and capital markets advisory across industries.

David was part of the 2023 MBA Class at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). He speaks Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Ramesh joined Blantyre in January 2024. Ramesh oversees the business development and capital formation activities for Blantyre Capital. Ramesh has over two decades of experience in senior leadership roles within the asset management industry across institutional marketing, product management and business development. Previously, Ramesh was at Artist Capital, a boutique merchant bank in New York. Prior to that he headed business development for Trend Capital, and was a Partner heading Marketing & Investor Relations at Moon Capital Management. Ramesh started his career at Citi, with 15 years in various roles across the organization. His last role was Managing Director at Citi Alternative Investments in New York, where he was responsible for global product development, marketing and investor relations for Citigroup’s single manager hedge fund and leveraged loan business. Ramesh graduated from the College of Engineering in Madras in Electrical Engineering and received his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Delhi. He is CAIA certified.

Tim joined Blantyre in June 2020 as Head of Investor Partnerships and is responsible for Blantyre’s capital formation and investor relations initiatives.    Prior to joining Blantyre, Tim was a Managing Principal/Research Consultant with Meketa Investment Group. He joined Meketa in 2008 and upon leaving was overseeing the research and evaluation a wide variety of public and private credit investment strategies globally. He worked with various investor types including pension, corporate, insurance company and family office. His work included the development of portfolio strategy, as well as working with clients to build bespoke credit programs and accounts. In 2015 Tim relocated to the U.K. to help the firm launch their London office. Tim has more than fifteen years of experience in the investment industry and has prior experience working at Commonwealth Financial Network and Federal Street Advisors.

Tim holds a B.S. from Northeastern University.

Katrina joined Blantyre in May 2021 has over 13 years of experience advising private fund managers on the establishment, structuring and maintenance of investment funds as well as on legal, compliance and regulatory matters.  As Blantyre’s General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Katrina is responsible for legal and compliance matters related to Blantyre Capital and the funds it manages.  Prior to joining Blantyre, Katrina was the General Counsel of Horizon Asset LLP and before that, she served as legal counsel at Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP.  Katrina started her career at Simmons & Simmons LLP, specialising in financial services, in particular, private funds.  During her career, she has spent time working in the Middle East as well as London.

Katrina holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of East Anglia and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School.

Brian has over 20 years of legal and securities regulatory experience. Most recently, he served as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Trend Capital Management since 2014, and previously as the Chief Compliance Officer of Bayview Asset Management LLC. Brian also held Senior Counsel and Senior Trial Counsel positions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Division of Enforcement). He started his legal career in the corporate and litigation groups of Weil, Gotshal Manges LLP. Brian received his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Sam joined Blantyre in February 2020 as Finance Director. Sam was promoted to Chief Financial Officer later the same year, and is responsible for accounting and financial management for the Blantyre funds and management company.  Sam has more than 20 years of experience in asset management, primarily in alternative investments and has worked in investment firms covering a variety of asset classes as Chief Financial Officer. Sam started his career in the Investment Management Group at Ernst & Young. Sam holds a BA in geography from the University of Sheffield.