Tikehau recruits Alonso for private debt team

In her new role, Alonso focus on the firm's lending business in the UK, Spain, Germany and Scandinavia under private debt fund managers Jean-Baptiste Feat and Cécile Mayer-Levi.

Her career in leveraged finance began at UBS Investment Bank, where she worked as an associate director for leveraged and acquisition finance between 1996-2000.

Alonso then joined Merrill Lynch as vice president for leveraged and acquisition finance before moving to HVB-UniCredit in 2001, where she was vice president in charge of mezzanine investments for two years.

Between 2003-2009, Alonso held the position of managing director for leveraged and acquisition finance at Morgan Stanley.

Most recently, she was recruited by healthcare multinational GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as vice president in the corporate finance department. Alonso's duties covered GSK's funding requirements, risk management, ratings and M&A activity.

This announcement marks Tikehau's third hire since the start of 2015. In January, the firm recruited UniCredit's Jean-Pierre Mustier as a partner within its private equity division, Tikehau Capital. 

The following week, Ignazio Rocco di Torrepadula joined as senior adviser at Tikehau's new office in Milan. The move came as part of the firm's strategy to increase its direct investment activities in Italy, including minority equity, direct lending and real estate.

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