Mark has more than 14 years of experience in market intelligence, data analysis, and publishing, primarily focussed on research into distribution and product-development trends in the asset management industry. At Research in Finance, he leads projects including the UK Private Investment Markets Study and European Fund Selector Study.

Kevin has over 25 years’ experience in financial services, specialising in client management, investment research coverage, block and position trading, and operations management. Kevin was President and COO of SP Investment Management overseeing the operations and trading and is one of the creators of the Private Shares Fund, serving as the Fund’s President. Kevin holds a finance degree from Tulane University and an MBA, magna cum laude, from Columbia Business School.

Albane oversees activities in private credit across existing funds GCP Infrastructure Investments and GCP Asset Backed Income, as well as leading new strategies in this asset class. Albane joins from abrdn where she was Head of European Private Placements. She was responsible for the origination and underwriting of new transactions, as well as monitoring of existing private placement investments across the different portfolios. She was also the lead fund manager on a number of Multi-Sector Private credit funds investing in a range of private credit asset classes including Private Placement, Infrastructure Loans and Commercial Real Estate Debt.

Prior to abrdn, Albane worked at Insight Asset Management as a credit analyst covering Utilities and Transportation. Albane has 17 years of experience in credit markets. She has a Master’s Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Bordeaux (France).

James is responsible for investment Schroders Capital private asset business development for the UK intermediary market. James joined Schroders in 2015 on the graduate programme, before taking up his current role in 2018. James has a BSc in Economics from the University of Bath and is a CFA charterholder.

Anish joined in 2012 and is a Managing Director within M&G’s Alternatives team. Responsible for the Real Assets investment team, overseeing an investment programme with a $4bn+ footprint, invested across infrastructure, agriculture & natural capital. Member of the Alternatives Investment Committee covering Private Equity, Real Assets and Diversifying Strategies. 10 years’ experience in Alternatives investing across a range of asset-classes. Led the growth of Pru UK’s Real Assets portfolio, expanding it into more global and sustainable opportunities. Significant experience in early-stage and/or highly negotiated opportunities. Anish has a Bsc (Hons) in Economics from University College London and is a CFA Chaterholder.

 Duncan joined Schroders Greencoat in 2022. He works within the private markets business, with a particular focus on enhancing Schroders Greencoat’s footprint in the Defined Contribution market. He has spent his career helping institutional investors get access to real assets. Prior to Schroders Greencoat, Duncan worked at WTW, where he most recently headed up their secure income assets capability, playing a key role in identifying, investing in, and managing a broad range of cashflow generating real assets for UK and European pension funds. He also assisted in the education and capital raising in these areas. Prior to this, Duncan spent time heading WTW’s global Infrastructure Research team, along with consulting to large DC corporate plans. Duncan holds a BComm (Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Sydney, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Jack joined Schroders Greencoat in 2022 and is part of Schroders Greencoat's private markets team focusing on fund-raising activities and investor relations with clients in the UK and Asia. Prior to joining Schroders Greencoat, Jack worked as the Investment Director responsible for Impact Strategies at BlueOrchard Finance Ltd, the Swiss private markets Impact Investment specialist within the Schroders Group. There he was responsible for product development and capital raising across Infrastructure, Private Equity, Private Debt and Public Debt impact solutions. He started his investment management career at Schroders in 2011 where he was responsible for UK based clients. Jack is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), holds a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Leeds and the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).