Alper Kilic has joined global investment manager Ninety One as head of emerging markets alternative credit.
In the London-based role, he is responsible for the continued growth of the emerging markets alternative credit platform and the development of further investment solutions.
Ninety One holds £127.4 billion in assets under management. Across its emerging markets business, the firm last year closed the Africa Credit Opportunities Fund 3 at US$260 million and launched an emerging market transition debt strategy to support the energy transition.
Mimi Ferrini, co-chief investment officer, commented: “Emerging market private credit and infrastructure strategically invests at the intersection of return and impact, and this is where we as an organisation believe there is a tremendous opportunity
Kilic has more than 25 years of sell-side industry experience, focused on trade finance and loan origination. The majority of his career has been spent at Standard Chartered Bank, where most recently he was global head of project and export finance.
Prior to this, he was regional head of loan syndications for Africa and regional head of corporate finance for Europe.
Earlier in his career, Kilic was a director at Citigroup overseeing the origination and sales of EMEA trade finance products.
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