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Hayfin Capital Management

- Michaela, an MD, is the Head of Portfolio Monitoring at Hayfin Capital Management LLP since March 2024.
- Previously, she served as a Director, RQA - Private Debt at BlackRock from October 2018 to March 2024.
- She worked as a Consultant from January 2016 to September 2018.
- At Mubadala GE Capital PJSC from September 2011 to August 2015, she held roles as VP of Global Portfolio Management and VP of Special Situations.
- From April 2004 to September 2011, she held various positions at GE Capital, including Director / Workout, Associate Director, and Associate.
- Prior to that, she was a Senior Risk Specialist at GE Insurance Solutions from August 2003 to April 2004.
- Between July 2000 and July 2003, she worked as a Senior Financial Analyst at Stern Stewart & Co.
- She earned a BSc in Statistics / Actuarial Science from the University of the Witwatersrand from 1996 to 2000.

Ares Management Corporation, which offers primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, PE, real estate and infrastructure asset classes, has appointed Stefano Questa as Partner and Co-Head of Europe for Alternative Credit. Ares Management Corporation, which offers primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, PE, real estate and infrastructure asset classes, has appointed Stefano Questa as Partner and Co-Head of Europe for Alternative Credit. Questa, who will serve alongside Eli Appelbaum, has over 21 years of experience, having previously served as Partner and Portfolio Manager for Private Credit at Hayfin Capital Management. During his previous role he invested across special situation strategies and was responsible for the firms asset investing activities. Earlier in his career, he was a Managing Director at Sixth Street Partners, where he was responsible for real estate and asset backed special situations in Europe. Prior to this, Questa worked at Goldman Sachs for over ten years both in its investment banking and principal investing divisions. Questa holds an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. The Ares Alternative Credit strategy is one of the largest investors in asset based credit managing approximately $32.1bn in assets under management as of 30 September, 2023. The team pursues a differentiated strategy of providing scaled solutions tailored to owners of large, diversified portfolios of assets that seek to generate resilient, contractual cash flows across market cycles.

Ares Management Appoints Stefano Questa as Co-Head for Alternative Credit Europe

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Hayfin Capital Management is a leading alternative asset management firm. Since the firm’s founding in 2009, Hayfin has invested over €30 billion of capital across more than 440 portfolio companies. Hayfin focuses on delivering best-in-class risk-adjusted returns for its investors across four strategies: Direct Lending, Special Opportunities, High-Yield Credit and Private Equity Solutions. Hayfin’s headquarters in London and offices in Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York, Paris, Singapore and Tel Aviv position the firm as an established provider of local lending solutions to companies in multiple European jurisdictions and other geographies.

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