MV Senior Team
MV Credit has a balanced and diverse mix of over 60 professionals. The team possesses deep sector expertise and comprises a broad mix of investment, structuring, finance, and portfolio monitoring professionals.
The management team at MV Credit consists of the four Managing Partners (Rafael Calvo, Nicole Downer, Frédéric Nadal and Murtaza Merchant), together with two Partners (Francois Decoeur and Roland Toppen).
Notably, the MV Credit management team is uniquely stable and there have been very few departures at a senior level since inception. Together it has successfully navigated several credit cycles.

Hubert Allemani
Portfolio Manager and Trader – Paris
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Catherine Arnfield
Co-Head of Credit Monitoring Team
Credit Monitoring Team

Helene Barikmo
Vice President
Investment Team

Kimberly Bednarczuk
Senior Financial Controller
Finance

Mariam Benfdil
Vice President of Operations, Structuring Solutions
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Yasmin Bou-Hamze
Analyst
Investor Solutions

Sebastien Boulègue
Head of Operations, Structuring Solutions
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Ludovic Brulé, CFA
Head of Portfolio Management
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Rafael Calvo
Managing Partner
Direct lending and Investment

Serghei Caisin
Investment Oversight Analyst
Investment Team

Henna Chohan
Accountant
Finance

Nuria Claver
Analyst
Investment Team member

Emma Coleman
Corporate Accountant
Finance

Francois Decoeur
Partner
Direct Lending and Investment

Nicole Downer
Managing Partner
Co-head, Business Development

Harry Elliott
Vice President
Investor Solutions

Nicolas Escribano
Director
Investment Team Member

Alizée Feidt
Analyst
Investor Solutions

Freya Field
Associate
Investor Solutions

Malek Ghali
Managing Director
Investment Team member

Arnaud Heck
Managing Director, Head of MV Credit France
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Emilie Huyghues-Despointes
ESG Officer
ESG

Anita Isichei
Head of HR
HR

Guy Israel
Director
Investment Team member

Anne-Marie Kesselman
Social Media and PR Manager
Marketing

Billyana Kuncheva
Portfolio Manager
Conducting Officer for Portfolio Management

Carole Lambilliotte
Associate
Credit Monitoring Team

Julia Lassarat
Finance Director
Finance

Oscar Mellors
Associate
Investor Solutions

Anne-Sophie du Merle
Portfolio Manager
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Murtaza Merchant
Managing Partner
Co Head, Business Development

Frédéric Nadal
Managing Partner
CEO and Co-Founder

Sandra Pereira
Head of Credit Research
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Emmanuel Petter
Analyst
Investment Team member

Sascha Regenbrecht
Conducting Officer
Risk Management

Laetitia Roland
Risk Manager
Risk Management

Arnaud Schmitt
Senior Credit Analyst
CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans

Tina Sharp
Co-Head of Credit Monitoring Team
Credit Monitoring Team

Meltem Sevdiren
Chief Compliance Officer
Risk & Compliance

Charlotte Taylor-Evans
Head of Legal
General Counsel

Roland Toppen
Partner
Chief Financial Officer