Gravis taps abrdn for private credit chief

investmentweek.co.uk:

Poulin joined from abrdn, where she was head of European private placements.

In her new role, she will oversee Gravis' activities in private credit across existing investment trusts — the £1.1bn GCP Infrastructure Investments and £400m GCP Asset Backed Income — which terminated merger talks in September after a number of shareholders expressed opposition to the move.

Poulin joined from abrdn, where she was head of European private placements, and has also served as lead fund manager of the Secure Income and Cash Flow fund, which invests in a range of private credit assets classes, since its inception in 2017.

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Poulin began her career at Credit Agricole Investment Banking, before joining Insight Investment and later Ignis Asset Management, which was acquired by Standard Life Investment in 2014. As part of its merger with then Aberdeen Asset Management, Poulin transferred to abrdn.

Phil Kent, Gravis CEO, said: «I am looking forward to welcoming Albane to Gravis and continuing to evolve and enhance our expertise in private credit. 

»Her experience in this important asset class will deepen our resource so we can take full advantage of opportunities to build attractive returns for our investors."

Poulin added: «The company is full of very talented people working in a very positive environment, and the focus on sustainable, hard assets is very much in line with my past experience. 

»In keeping with my previous roles, my own focus will be on fund management and new strategies. I have launched eight different funds in the past decade and I am excited to be joining Gravis at a time when it is looking to grow its assets and its client base."

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