Jon Ford
Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Europe Strategy - Avenue Europe Strategy
Mr. Ford is responsible for directing the investment activities of the Avenue Europe Strategy. Since joining the Firm in 2009 as a Portfolio Manager, he has led the evolution of Avenue Europe’s focus towards private credit, particularly asset-backed lending. Mr. Ford has been involved in a large number of investments, including asset-backed lending, specialty finance and special situations.
Prior to joining Avenue, Mr. Ford was the Head of European Research for the Distressed Products Group at Deutsche Bank, focused on European investments across the capital structure. Previously, Mr. Ford worked in the Corporate Restructuring Group at Close Brothers Group, where he worked on a number of high profile European restructuring and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Prior to this, Mr. Ford worked in the Banking & Capital Markets division of PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant.
Mr. Ford received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Birmingham (1996).