Speakers
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Orla Walsh Head of Europe Private Credit Portfolio Management – Barings
Orla is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in Barings’ Global Private Finance Group. Orla has worked in the industry since 2009, most recently for StepStone Group where she built out the European Private Debt asset class and team. Prior to that, Orla held roles at The Carlyle Group, Goldman Sachs and European Investment Bank. She holds a Bachelor of Business Studies and a master's degree in business, economics and social studies from Trinity College Dublin.
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Mairéad O’Dowd Director, UK & Ireland, Global Client Group – Barings
Mairéad is a member of Barings’ Global Distribution Group and is responsible for managing relationships with institutional clients and investment consultants in the UK and Ireland. Mairéad has worked in the industry since 2010. Prior to joining Barings in June 2023, she was a client and sales director at abrdn. Mairéad holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Masters degree from University College Dublin. She is a CFA Charterholder and has certificates in ESG and Climate Investing from CFA UK.
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Kelly Tran Managing Director, Institutional Sales – MFS Investment Management
Kelly, CFA, is Managing Director of UK & Ireland at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, she is responsible for new business development for the institutional business across defined benefit clients, defined contribution clients and consultant relations. She is based in London.
Kelly joined MFS in 2021 in her current role. Previously, she held various roles over a seven year period with Newton Investment Management/Bank of New York Mellon including client director, commercial sustainability leader and head of UK sales. She also spent eight years at J.P. Morgan Private Bank managing multi-asset portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth clients, covering Russia, Greece and Israel.
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Benoit Anne Senior Managing Director, Head of Market Insights– MFS Investment Management
Benoit is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Market Insights at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he leads the Market Insights team while also focusing on fixed income strategy. He is based in London and joined MFS in 2021.
Previously, Benoit was a managing director in charge of asset allocation and market strategy at Liberty Mutual Investments, based in Boston. He was also the global head of Emerging Markets Strategy at Société Générale and worked as senior director and head of EMEA Strategy at Merrill Lynch. He began his career in the 1990s in Washington, DC, where he served as an economist both at the Institute of International Finance and the International Monetary Fund.
