Simon Hood

Background

About Simon Hood

Senior Asset Manager/International Banker with through the cycle sell & buy side experience. Non Executive Director & Strategic Advisor with special interest in credit strategies,investment trusts and the SME sector. Advisor to Family Office & to SME Companies. Charitable sector fundraising & volunteer roles. Business research consultant in the Credit markets - performing/ distressed debt Successful track record of establishing and portfolio managing two institutional asset management businesses investing in and managing portfolios of Credit (leveraged loans,high yield,mezzanine,structured finance) through some of the earliest European CLO/ Credit Fund market value structures. Initiated Strategic Alliance between two asset managers of Private Debt products in the Structured Credit space. Experienced Fund Raiser -fund placement and distribution experience of private & public debt products (investment grade & non investment grade) and some secondary equity issues (including EIS) to pension funds, insurance companies, private banks,sovereign wealth funds,asset managers,family offices, local authorities, investment consultants.These have included Direct Lending (UK,US, Italy & Spain ) Leveraged Loans, Mezzanine,Credit Opportunities,Debt Recovery,Structured Finance,Hedge Funds, Secondary Equity placements for SME's including Biomass, agricultural products and healthy food sector. Member of Investment, Underwriting & Risk Committees. Founding Board Member Loan Market Association ("LMA"), first Chairman Documentation Committee. Expert Witness in the High Court of Justice. Interest in Independent Chairman / Non Executive Director roles