Private Credit and Distressed: Positioning Portfolios for the Next Stage of the Cycle

Anders Bertramsen

Head of External Products

Nordea Asset Management Fund Selection Team

Anders Betramsen works within the Nordea entity known as Nordea Alternatives & Manager Selection, who handles everything towards external managers in the Nordea Group. Anders has the dedicated responsibility of selecting and monitoring fixed income managers. Anders joined Nordea in September 2010. Previously Anders has held positions at Handelsbanken Asset Management, Teachers’ Pension & Life and Kirstein Finansrådgivning. At Handelsbanken his primary responsibility was tactical asset allocation and manager selection, while at the Teachers’ Pension & Life and at Kirstein Finansrådgivning his sole focus was Manager Selection.

Lea Vaisalo

Head of Structuring, Director

Nordea Asset Management Fund Selection Team

Lea Vaisalo (former Nielsen), Head of Structuring, Director Nordea Asset Management Responsible for structuring and portfolio solutions within Nordea’s External Products unit with current focus on illiquid alternatives. She has close to 17 years of industry experience; 10 years spent in London working with fund & derivative solutions in and the remaining on the buyside, first as Senior Portfolio Manager at pension fund PKA and subsequently Nordea. Lea holds a MSc in Financial Econometrics and Economics and her areas of expertise range across asset classes and implementation forms.