SuperReturn Private Credit Europe

Stuart is the Head of European Private Credit and Capital Solutions. He currently chairs the Capital Solutions investment committee and is a member of several firm investment committees including Europe Private Credit, North America Private Credit, APAC Private Credit, European High Yield and MassMutual Ventures Europe & Asia fund. Stuart joined Barings in 2002 and has extensive investment experience encompassing the sub-investment grade public and private credit markets, restructuring and special situations investments. Prior to joining Barings, he worked in the Business Recovery Services team in London at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is currently a board member of Trafalgar Entertainment and has extensive experience of working closely with a number of businesses whilst at Barings. Stuart holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Keble College, Oxford and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

Matt is Head of Europe, Portfolio Finance. He was previously European Head of Direct Private Investments at MassMutual where he led a team originating, structuring, executing, and managing investment grade portfolio and GP financing transactions. Prior to joining MassMutual, Matt spent ten years at Investec Plc where he was a founding member of the Fund Finance team and Head of Origination and NAV Financing. At Investec, Matt deployed bank and institutional investor capital into GP and Fund Finance solutions. Prior to that, Matt was at Barclays, investing in senior and subordinated credit. Matt graduated from Loughborough University with a MEng in Aeronautical Engineering and is an Associate of Corporate Treasurers.   

Rupert Gill is Head of European Real Estate Debt Portfolio Management, responsible for the management of the group, providing oversight of strategy development and the execution of investment solutions. Rupert also sits on the European Real Estate Debt Investment and Valuation Committees and leads the European Real Estate Debt Portfolio Management team that covers Private Debt Real Estate mandates encompassing both co-mingled funds and SMAs in Europe. Rupert joined the team in 2024 from BlackRock where he was Head of European Real Estate Debt for nearly seven years, having been hired by BlackRock to build its European team and raise its first commingled European Real Estate Debt Fund. He has also held senior positions at LNR Partners Europe / Hatfield Philips International, Lloyds Bank and ABN Amro Bank.