Bio

Chi-pa started working for Alcentra in 2022 and has a dual role, leading Alcentra’s Portfolio Analytics team and Investment Risk. Prior to joining, Chi-pa spent three years in FMCG, before eight years in investment banking, initially at JPMorgan and then Morgan Stanley, focusing on credit. His initial roles were in Leveraged Finance and Telecoms and Media Debt Capital Markets, but after three years he moved to derivatives marketing, where he led the UK banks desk: structuring and developing synthetic structured credit products. He also spent time developing solutions to address bank IAS and regulatory capital issues. In 2009, Chi-pa co-founded a consultancy, Calimere Point Risk Advisory, and advised its blue-chip client base for 14 years on a wealth of data and risk initiatives. Chi-pa graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in Natural Sciences.