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1998 with Bank of Scotland and holds a BA Hons. in Accountancy and Finance degree from Heriot-Watt<br />

University. Leona is responsible for sourcing, analysing and transacting new senior debt and mezzanine<br />

investment opportunities. She is also a member of the Babson Capital Europe Credit Committee.<br />

David Hirschmann, Director, joined in May 2002 from UBS Warburg where he spent eighteen months working in<br />

the investment banking division focusing on financial sponsors coverage and fundraising. Prior to joining UBS<br />

Warburg David spent fifteen months at ABN Amro in Paris, as a credit analyst working on structured and<br />

leveraged finance deals. David holds an Economic and Finance degree from HEC, the French premier business<br />

school. David's responsibilities include analysing and transacting new investment opportunities primarily for<br />

Babson Capital Europe’s mezzanine fund.<br />

Martin Horne, Director, joined in 2002 from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein where he was a Vice President in<br />

the European Leverage Team that focused on lead arranging and underwriting senior, mezzanine and high yield<br />

debt facilities for financial sponsor driven Leverage Buyouts throughout Europe. Prior to that Martin spent 3 years<br />

with both KPMG Corporate Finance and National Westminster Bank. Martin is responsible for originating and<br />

executing deals from both the primary and secondary market. Martin is also a member of the Babson Capital<br />

Europe Credit Committee.<br />

Stuart Mathieson, Director, joined in May 2002 from PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was as an executive in<br />

their Lender Services division in London, working on a number of insolvency cases and lending reviews. Stuart<br />

graduated with a BSc in Chemistry from Keble College, Oxford in 1998 and qualified as an ACA with<br />

PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001. Stuart’s responsibilities include analysing and transacting new investment<br />

opportunities as well as working alongside Zak Summerscale on portfolio management, trading and the analysis<br />

and ongoing monitoring of loan and high yield debt securities.<br />

Mark Wilton, Director, joined Babson Capital Europe in 2005 from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) where he<br />

worked in the Corporate & Structured Finance (CSF) business since January 2002. During his time at RBS, Mark<br />

was influential in the successful growth of the London CSF team, which more than doubled its income within this<br />

period. Mark led a number of high profile transactions, structuring and arranging both senior debt and mezzanine<br />

finance in support of private equity sponsored deals. Prior to RBS, Mark spent 5 years working as a corporate<br />

finance adviser for both Catalyst Corporate Finance, an independent boutique and PricewaterhouseCoopers<br />

(PwC). Mark qualified as an ACA in 1996 at PwC and holds a BSc(Hons) in Management Sciences from<br />

Loughborough University. Mark has joined Babson to work on the development of the mezzanine business.<br />

Eva Kaijser, Associate Director, joined in September 2005 from CIBC World Markets where she worked in their<br />

European Leveraged Finance division in London. Prior to joining CIBC Eva spent five years at ABN Amro in<br />

Amsterdam and London, originating and executing transactions in their loan syndication and leveraged finance<br />

departments. Eva holds a Masters degree in Business Economics from Maastricht University, The Netherlands.<br />

Eva's responsibilities include analysing and transacting new investment opportunities for Babson Capital Europe.<br />

Rebecca Sheppard, Associate Director, joined in May 2006 from Barclays Capital where she spent two years<br />

working in their Leveraged Finance Origination team in London covering transactions across Europe. Prior to<br />

joining Barclays, Rebecca spent 5 years with Deloitte where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant, working in<br />

their Financial Services and Private Equity Transaction Services teams. During her time at Deloitte, Rebecca was<br />

seconded to ICG where she was involved in raising their 2003 Mezzanine Fund. Rebecca holds an Economics<br />

degree from Durham University. Her current responsibilities include analysing and transacting new investment<br />

opportunities for Babson Capital Europe.<br />

Robert Faulkner, Investment Executive, joined in 2001 from Century Life, where he worked in Investment<br />

Administration. Prior to Century Life, he spent two years at Barclays as a Corporate Services Assistant within an<br />

Asset Securitisation team. Since joining Babson Capital Europe, Robert has worked as a Finance Assistant<br />

within the Fund Monitoring team, and more recently as a Portfolio Executive within the Portfolio Monitoring team.<br />

Here he gained excellent experience and working knowledge of the leveraged loan environment, and was<br />

responsible for the performance analysis of individual portfolio assets. Robert’s responsibilities include analysing<br />

and transacting new investment opportunities.<br />

Ben Greene, Investment Executive, joined in February 2006 from Deloitte where he worked in the Quantitative<br />

Risk Consulting group within the Financial Services Advisory division. Within this group Ben carried out a range<br />

of projects around the management and monitoring of market and credit risk within banks and corporate<br />

treasuries, as well as performing specialist derivative valuation and accounting work. Ben graduated with an MA<br />

Cantab in Economics from the University of Cambridge, and qualified as an ACA with Deloitte in 2003. Ben also<br />

obtained the Securities & Investment Institute Diploma in 2005. Ben’s responsibilities include assisting with<br />

structuring and financial risk modelling for new funds, as well as analysing and transacting new investment<br />

opportunities.<br />

Jerome Renck, Investment Executive, joined in 2005 from CapVest Limited, a London based Private Equity firm,<br />

where he focused on mid-market LBO deals across the UK and continental Europe. Prior to joining CapVest,<br />

Jerome worked with Change Capital Partners as an intern focusing on European retail sector LBO deals and also<br />

spent two years as a trader with Paris based hedge fund Unit Finance Conseil. Jerome holds a B.S. in<br />

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