Tikehau Capital : appoints Christoph Zens as Head of its Collateralised Loan Obligations business

Paris & London, February, 23rdh 2021

Tikehau Capital appoints Christoph Zens as Head of its Collateralised Loan

Obligations business

• • Christoph Zens will lead the CLO team in London, succeeding Debra Anderson, who will retire in Q2 2021 following a transition period

• • Christoph Zens joins the existing CLO team, which includes Lorcan Kinsella, portfolio manager and trader, and Elizabeth Ryan, Head of CLO Transaction Management

• • This hire underpins Tikehau Capital's commitment to its CLO strategy, as it continues to focus on developing this business line, building on the success achieved so far

Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, today announces the appointment of Christoph Zens as Head of its CLO business1, based in London. Christoph will assume the role from Debra Anderson who will retire in Q2 2021. The appointment underpins the firms' commitment to its CLO business, in line with market demand.

Christoph joins from Commerzbank where he spent more than a decade, most recently as an Investment Director within the Debt Fund Management team, which he helped build and develop. In this role, Christoph's responsibilities included managing the Bosphorus series of CLOs and private credit funds, as well as sourcing new investments in the European primary and secondary leveraged loan and bond market. Christoph's prior experience includes roles in LBO origination and CLO investment analysis, covering loan and high yield bond financings across multiple industries, company profiles and credit cycles.

Since launching its CLO strategy in 2014, Tikehau Capital has completed c. EUR 2bn in new issuances across five CLOs and launched its sixth CLO warehouse. Having helped launch and develop Tikehau Capital's CLO franchise, Debra Anderson will retire in Q2 2021 after Christoph joins the CLO Team, ensuring a smooth transition.

Mathieu Chabran, co-founder of Tikehau Capital, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Christoph to Tikehau Capital as we look to continue to build on the success of our CLO strategy across Europe. Christoph brings deep CLO expertise, and we look forward to leveraging his experience as we continue to grow to meet investors' demand. We would also like to thank Debra for her hard work, expertise and dedication, developing and growing Tikehau Capital's CLO business to where it is today. We wish her all the very best."

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ABOUT TIKEHAU CAPITAL

Tikehau Capital is a global alternative asset management group with €28.5 billion of assets under management (as of 31 December 2020). Tikehau Capital has developed a wide range of expertise across four asset classes (private debt, real assets, private equity and capital markets strategies) as well as multi-asset and special opportunities strategies.

Tikehau Capital is a founder led team with a differentiated business model, a strong balance sheet, proprietary global deal flow and a track record of backing high quality companies and executives.

Deeply rooted in the real economy, Tikehau Capital provides bespoke and innovative alternative financing solutions to companies it invests in and seeks to create long-term value for its investors, while generating positive impacts on society. Leveraging its strong equity base (€2.8 billion of shareholders' equity as of 30 June 2020), the firm invests its own capital alongside its investor-clients within each of its strategies.

Controlled by its managers alongside leading institutional partners, Tikehau Capital is guided by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and DNA, shared by its 570 employees (as of 30 June 2020) across its 11 offices in Europe, Asia and North America. Tikehau Capital is listed in compartment A of the regulated Euronext Paris market (ISIN code: FR0013230612; Ticker: TKO.FP).

For more information, please visit:www.tikehaucapital.com

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