Managing Director & Head of Business Development for Alantra Asset Management with +30 yrs of private and public credit markets experience. Prior to joining Alantra, he spent nearly 15 yrs as Business Development Director at Cairn Capital, a U.K. based credit alternative asset manager where Manuel was responsible for continental Europe & U.S. markets across public and private institutional investors, private banks and family office. He also spent 8 yrs at JP Morgan in various senior credit positions and was a member of the European Credit Sales Management Team. Earlier in his career, he worked for Citibank also within the European debt capital markets division. Holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Villanova University.