Annabel Downs is an Executive Director in the Asset Finance group within Private Credit of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She is responsible for leading asset-backed finance transactions across Europe and sits on the board of a number of portfolio companies, focused on purchasing and financing portfolios. Annabel covers a variety of asset classes including consumer, SME, specialty mortgages, fund finance, hard assets and others. Annabel also co-heads the GS Asset & Wealth Management Women’s Network for Europe. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2011. Annabel holds a MSci degree in Theoretical Physics from Imperial College London.

Helen has over 18 years of experience in the fund finance lending market and adds significant experience across the full spectrum of debt solutions offered to private capital funds and fund managers. Her role within the Bank focuses on structuring solutions across subscription finance, NAV and pref, GP/co-Investment and hybrid. She is also responsible for building and originating relationships with existing clients and new to Bank clients. Helen also sits on the Executive Committee of the FFA for EMEA and is the Chairwoman of the FFA Advisory Council for EMEA. Within the Bank, Helen leads the BID (belonging, inclusion and diversity) initiative within Fund Solutions and is part of the leadership team that facilitates One Investec College – a networking and education programme that develops cross selling within difference business units.

Mr. Hashemi is a Principal in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on alternative credit, including asset-based finance (ABF) investments. Prior to joining Ares in 2018, Mr. Hashemi was an Analyst at Shawbrook Bank, where he focused on structured finance origination. Previously, Mr. Hashemi was an Assistant Director at The Royal Bank of Scotland, where he worked on the financial institutions structured finance team. Mr. Hashemi holds a B.A. (Hons) from The University of Warwick in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Shelley Morrison leads the strategy for Fund Finance at Abrdn. She has extensive experience in the origination, structuring and execution of fund level debt facilities across multiple asset classes. She has been with abrdn since 2019. Before joining abrdn, Shelley was a Director in the Fund Finance team at RBS for 6 years where she managed a portfolio of subscription loans, NAV loans and GP finance to global funds across Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure and Real Estate. Prior to that, she worked in structured asset finance at RBS and Lloyds for 10 years, with a focus on commercial ship finance. Shelley holds the both the IMC and CISI certificate in Corporate Finance and the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing. Shelley sits on the Fund Finance Association EMEA Executive Committee and Women in Fund Finance Committee. Shelley received a first class MA (honours) degree in Geography and an MSc in Social and Political Theory, both from the University of Edinburgh.