Veld Capital, a European private credit specialist investor, has promoted Konstantin Karchinov and Sebastien Wigdo to partner, and appointed Richard Kirkby as chief financial officer.
Veld Capital, a European private credit specialist investor, has promoted Konstantin Karchinov and Sebastien Wigdo to partner, and appointed Richard Kirkby as chief financial officer (CFO).
Veld Capital was formed at the end of last year following the carve-out of AnaCap Financial Partners’s successful credit business, including all of its legacy funds.
Karchinov joined Veld Capital (as AnaCap Credit) in 2009 and previously served as managing director, with senior oversight and responsibility for deal origination and execution of credit investments. Prior to AnaCap Credit, Karchinov worked at JPMorgan, where he was a part of the Principal Investments team in New York and later London, focusing on whole loans portfolios, asset-backed lending as well as servicing and origination platforms.
Wigdo joined Veld Capital (as AnaCap Credit) in June 2019, and previously acted as managing director, with senior oversight and responsibility for deal origination and execution of real estate-backed investments. Prior to joining Veld, he worked at King Street Capital for six years, where he was part of the Investment team in London, and at Deutsche Bank for five years, initially within the M&A team in Paris and later in Acquisition Finance in London.
Kirkby joins Veld Capital from CVC Credit Partners, where he had been head of fund accounting, having previously worked in risk management at Davidson Kempner European Partners. He will take responsibility for finance across Veld Capital’s dedicated platform, including all funds and management entities.
