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Nicholas Bamber
Nicholas Bamber
Global Head of Private Credit

Nicholas is Global Head of Private Credit with responsibility for L&G’s private credit business comprising corporate, alternative, infrastructure and real estate debt assets.

Nicholas joined L&G in 2016 from RBS where he held a range of senior roles serving the financing needs of borrowers in Europe. Most recently, he was Head of UK Corporate Coverage, and previously led the Corporate Debt Capital Markets businesses across both investment-grade and non-investment grade and Western Europe and CEEMEA regions.

Nicholas’ earlier career focused on the private placement market working in both New York and London. He advised on several of the ground-breaking transactions for this market extending the size, maturity, sector and currency limitations that had constrained it. The team that Nicholas led at RBS brought more borrowers to the private market than any other over the past two decades and he is a regular speaker at industry events. 

Nicholas graduated from Durham University (BA) and London Business School (MBA).

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Alastair Stewart

Alastair Stewart

Alastair is the Head of Investments for Venture Capital. He has over 20 years of experience working across technology venture capital, investment banking and within the global healthcare sector. Prior to joining Legal & General, he was a Partner at IP Group plc, one of the largest global university-linked investment platforms, where he worked for c. 10 years across healthcare and leading the group’s fund management & advisory business. His earlier career involved roles in the healthcare advisory teams of JPMorgan and Jefferies. He holds a BSc in biology and an MBA from London Business School.

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Lushan Sun

Lushan Sun

Lushan Sun focuses on market insights, tactical views and long-term thematic trends across private market asset classes.

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Matteo Colombo

Matteo joined L&G in 2015 and leads the firm on its digital infrastructure investments. He is a Non-Executive Director across portfolio companies such as Kao Data, and is also a member of L&G's Private Markets leadership team. Prior to L&G, Matteo worked in infra-private equity at Terra Firma, investing in and managing asset backed-businesses, and at Morgan Stanley before that.

Matteo is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and speaks English, Italian, French and Japanese. Matteo graduated with a Masters in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (MEng) from Cambridge University. 

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