Tod Trabocco and Veronica Bateman Join Aksia’s Private Credit Team

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--We are pleased to announce that experienced private credit professionals Tod Trabocco and Veronica Bateman have joined Aksia, further strengthening Aksia’s global Private Credit platform.

Tod has joined the New York office as a Managing Director, Private Credit Strategist, reporting to Tim Nest (Head of Private Credit Research) and Patrick Adelsbach (Co-Head of Advisory Americas). Tod will work with the investment research team, the portfolio advisory team and clients on investment sourcing and evaluation along with portfolio strategy. Tod has over 25 years of credit markets experience. Most recently, he was the Head of Product and Strategy at Industrial Transportation Equipment (ITE) Management. Prior to ITE, he was head of Private Credit research and manager selection at Cambridge Associates where he chaired the credit investment committee and before that Tod had private credit roles at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, LBC Credit Partners, and was a credit analyst at Moody’s.

Veronica has joined the London office as a Senior Vice President, Private Credit Strategist, where she will be involved in all phases of the research and investment process, reporting to Tim and Valerie Benard (Head of Aksia Europe). Veronica has over 19 years of credit markets experience providing specialist transaction structuring, debt placement and restructuring advice to private equity funds, portfolio companies and corporate clients across Europe. Most recently, Veronica was a Managing Partner at Talbot Leyborne Partners, a debt advisory firm. Prior to that, she was a Managing Director at Capital Markets Initiative and previously worked in European Financial Sponsor Coverage and Leveraged Finance at both Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, based in London.

Aksia continues to expand its global private credit investment team with experienced professionals. Tod and Veronica’s expertise will be helpful in the ever-changing and expanding Private Credit asset class.

About Aksia:

Aksia LLC, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (collectively, “Aksia”) is a specialist portfolio advisory firm providing alternative investment solutions to clients across private equity, private credit, hedge funds, natural resources, infrastructure, and real estate. Aksia advises on over $270 billion of client alternative allocations (as of July 31, 2022), and employs over 380 professionals organized into specialist teams, including 175 investment research, operational due diligence, and risk management professionals. The firm is 100% employee owned by its 16 partners and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Diego, London, Tokyo, Chicago, Athens, and Hong Kong.