Speakers

Speakers

Ian Bell

CEO | PCS

Ian Bell has worked in securitisation in various capacities since 1988, first as a lawyer and partner at Clifford Chance, then as general counsel and head of structured finance at Standard & Poor’s Europe and finally as CEO of PCS.

Andrew Bryan

Knowledge Director | Clifford Chance

Jonas Bäcklund

CEO | Revel Partners

Jonas Bäcklund is a seasoned financial services executive with over 25 years of experience in structured finance. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles across the Nordics, the UK and the US. He was instrumental in establishing Nordea’s successful Significant Risk Transfer programme and has successfully structured, placed, and managed numerous structured credit transactions.


Jonas holds an MSc and PhD from Uppsala University and was a visiting scholar at the Wharton School.


Jonas will be sharing his insights on the evolving Nordic securitisation market, drawing from his extensive experience in structured finance and risk transfer strategies.

Fredrik Dahlstrøm

Head of Securitisation | Nordea (Stockholm)

Fredrik Dahlstrøm has over twenty years of experience in the financial industry, with a focus on securitisation, real estate and structured finance. Fredrik is currently Director of Securitisation at Nordea, one of the largest banks in Scandinavia.


Dahlstrøm began their career in 1997 at JP Bank, where they worked in securitisation and corporate bonds. In 1999 they moved to E. Öhman J:or Fondkommission, where they advised clients on structured financings involving securitisation, debt and equity.


Dahlstrøm has been with Nordea since 2001, and has held various positions within the bank, including Head of Real Estate and Structured Finance, and Head of Capital Markets. In their current role as Director of Securitisation, they are responsible for originating and structuring securitisation transactions for the bank.


Fredrik Dahlstrøm has a MSc in Economy from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a degree in Finance, Economics and Political Science from Lund University. 


Idar Fagereng

SVP - Active Portfolio Management | DNB

Veronika Hillesland

Senior Advisor | Finanstilsynet (FSA Norway)

Morten Holme

Secured Funding Leader | Santander (Norway)

Maria Lehtimäki

Partner | Waselius

Maria is the head of structured finance and securitisation at the independent Finnish law firm Waselius. She advises financial institutions, investors and corporates on securitisation and structured finance transactions across a variety of asset classes and industries, including aviation. She also advises clients on cross-border leveraged financing and capital markets transactions and related regulatory matters and has experience in special situations financing and distressed investments.

Markus Nilssen

Partner | BAHR

Harry Noutsos

CTO | PCS

Harry Noutsos started working in securitisation in 2000 where, after working in research and structuring at CSFB, he took on responsibilities for modelling and structuring at Bank of America and Santander before taking the position Global Head of ABS for ING.

Henrik Ossborn

Partner | Vinge

Henrik Ossborn is a partner in the banking and finance group at Vinge. He advises on a broad range of finance transactions, with a particular focus on securitisations, supply chain financings, project finance and other asset-based financings. He is a leading practitioner in this field with extensive experience, having worked on these types of transactions for more than 20 years. Henrik has acted for banks, investors and originators across Europe.

Jesus Río Cortés

Partner | Apollo

Mr. Río Cortés joined Apollo in 2019 in Credit and is a partner responsible for investing in asset-backed credit for funds managed by Apollo and Athene Asset Management. Prior to that time, Mr. Río Cortés was an MD in the Securitised Products Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from August 2011 to September 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Río Cortés was an MD in the Capital Markets Solutions Group at Société Générale CIB from April 2010 to August 2011, and an MD in the Structured Finance Group at Bear Stearns / JPMorgan from September 2004 to April 2010. Between June 1995 and September 2004, Mr Río Cortes worked also for McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs and C.A. Indosuez.
 
Mr. Río Cortés graduated from ESADE (Barcelona, Spain) with a Licenciado degree in Finance and Economics, and from UNED (Madrid, Spain) with a Licenciado degree in Law, and received his M. Sc. in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Sloan School.

Martijn Van Der Molen

Managing Director | CRC

Erik Welin

Loan Officer | EIB

Adam Young

Head of Investments | Hoist Finance