Head of Alternative Credit, Pension Protection Fund
Sanjay leads the PPF’s Alternative Credit portfolio and was the interim Head of Alternatives (2019-2022) until that role was disbanded. He has almost 30 years’ investment experience across private markets and sub-investment grade credit. He is responsible for portfolio strategy and investment activity, with a portfolio of tailored SPVs and direct investments, holding primary and secondary transactions and co-investments. His mandate covers all sub-investment grade credit markets across public/private, performing/non-performing, long/short, corporate/infrastructure/real estate/asset backed sectors for the PPF's balance sheet. Before joining the PPF, Sanjay spent more than 20 years at Mercer, having begun his career at Eagle Star Life Assurance. At Mercer, he was their global head of private debt and member of the investment committee, managing Mercer’s discretionary fund of funds, responsible for portfolio strategy, construction, implementation, and running due diligence teams in US, Europe and Asia. Sanjay is a leading industry shaper, with external roles including UK Private Capital’s Private Credit Forum, the Alternative Credit Council’s Investor Manager Committee, the UN PRI Private Debt Advisory Council and the Managed Funds Association’s Institutional Investor Advisory Council.