Bio

Ian has over 24 years’ experience in European distressed debt and special opportunity investing. He joined Alchemy in May 2006 to establish the Special Opportunities business which has since raised £2.3bn across four funds. Prior to joining Alchemy, Ian co-founded the Global Special Situations Group at Mizuho lnternational in 2002, a proprietary investment group focused on distressed securities. Between 1998 and 2002 he was in a proprietary investing role at Salomon Brothers (latterly Salomon Smith Barney), investing in distressed debt. Prior to this he was the principal European distressed analyst in the Global Loan Trading business of Citibank based in London. Ian has a degree in Modern History from the University of Leeds.