Our Fund Solutions team

Grant Crosby

Head of Fund Solutions

Heads up the UK Fund Solutions business. Investec has built an international franchise which originates, structures and provides capital solutions to the private capital funds market (i.e. private equity, infrastructure, real estate and credit funds) from key geographies where we have expertise. The team is run out the UK and focusses on fund managers that invest in the UK, Europe and the USA, irrespective of where they are domiciled.
 
Grant has been with Investec for 15 years and has experience working in the Advisory, Leveraged Finance and now the Fund Solutions business.

Oliver Bartholomew

Fund Solutions

I work with the Fund Solutions origination team to help support our existing clients and drive new opportunities. This includes assisting with funding requests and taking these through our credit process. I also help to guide clients through both the initial deal process and the deal management phases to ensure they’re well supported at all times.

Additionally, I work with the team on the portfolio and risk management side of the business.

Kate Bezuidenhout

Fund Solutions

I work within the Fund Solutions team focusing on developing, tailoring and managing bespoke financial solutions for funds and fund managers across private equity, infrastructure and real estate. I have been involved in providing solutions for each stage of the fund lifecycle, namely portfolio-based NAV lending facilities for funds, subscription facilities for funds and solutions to assist GPs with their co-invest.

Olivia Deroy

US Origination and Relationship Management

Based in NYC, I work in the Fund Solutions origination team supporting existing US clients as well as driving new opportunities. I focus on developing, tailoring and managing bespoke financial solutions for US private capital funds and fund managers. This includes providing a range of products such as subscription facilities and solutions to assist GPs with their co-invest. My aim is to help clients improve returns, optimise balance sheets, unlock liquidity, and facilitate opportunistic transactions.

Eloise Donovan

Fund Solutions

Working across the Deal Management and Origination teams, I assist throughout the life cycle of deals in providing a range of bespoke financing solutions such as capital call bridging, NAV facilities and GP financing to private equity funds and fund managers.

I have been with Investec since April 2020 and have a background in risk management.

Vitali Druzinin

Fund Solutions

I lead Investec’s distribution efforts across Fund Solutions product set. I’m responsible for managing existing as well as developing new relationships with institutional and banking counterparties which alongside Investec support liquidity needs of funds and fund managers by providing capital for transactions originated by the team.

I’m also a member of the Investment Committee that helps identify opportunities which could be of interest to our lending partners.

Libby Eastman

Fund Solutions

I provide personal assistance to our global head of Fund Solutions and also support the Fund Solutions team. I’m responsible for diary and email management, travel arrangements and preparing and processing documentation. I also work closely with the marketing and events team to help develop and deliver exceptional events and communications to our clients.

Max Glanz

Fund Solutions

My role in Fund Solutions is to support both the origination and the relationship management teams in providing innovative leverage solutions to GPs and Funds. I've worked on a variety of products across the fund lifecycle, including subscription facilities, GP facilities, NAV financing and GP-led secondaries.

I joined Investec in 2020 as a CA(SA) trainee in South Africa, before joining Fund Solutions in 2022.

Harry Gray

Fund Solutions Analyst – NFR Team

I joined Investec in 2014, originally working in the Global Lending Operations as a Transaction Manager. In 2019 I then had the opportunity to work in the Investec Sydney office for 6 months where my main focus would be Fund Finance. I would continue to support the Fund Solutions business back in London and in 2023 I had the opportunity join the Fund Solutions team where I now support existing clients through the New Facility Requests (NFR’s) process.

Helen Griffiths

Head of Structuring

My role within the team is one that enables, advises and mitigates legal risk for both our clients and Investec. Using my experience from state practice, I’m responsible for structuring, negotiating and managing deals across multiple business models and different jurisdictions.

My participation in the initial structuring of deals and the guidance that I add as they progress through the credit and documentation stages, allows the team to provide a streamlined service for clients, providing them with holistic and seamless financing solutions. 

Clients can benefit from working with a team that has an experienced, involved and innovative embedded legal team. This helps to ensure that deals are run efficiently by skilled, solution driven people.

By working on transactions from the outset, I have a good understanding of our clients’ needs and their broader market challenges. This ensures that I can provide relevant legal advice and input that’s appropriate throughout our commercial relationship. 

I am a point of contact for our clients and can help with queries they may have from a legal and deal management perspective.

Jonathan Harvey

Fund Solutions

Jonathan is one of the original members of the Fund Solution team and has bene involved directly in its strategic development since inception. During this time, Jonathan has been responsible for setting up the European Fund Solution business and developing the Capital Call product. Jonathan currently heads up the relationship management function within the Fund Solution’s team, with responsibility for providing the full Fund Solutions product set to the existing client base.
 
Jonathan has been with Investec since 2007 and has experience working in the Structured Property Finance, Specialised Lending and the Fund Solutions business.

Hannerie Hay

Fund Solutions

I have been a member of the Fund Solutions team since January 2024. As legal counsel with experience gained in private practice and in-house across different lending products, I work closely with the origination teams from the early stages of a transaction, through the negotiation process, to deal execution, whilst ensuring the bank’s legal risk is managed appropriately.  I am a point of contact for our clients and can help with queries they may have from a legal and deal management perspective.

Thomas Hudson

Fund Solutions

My role in the UK Fund Solutions team is to provide a range of flexible leverage solutions to funds and fund managers across private equity, secondaries and other fund strategies.

I have been involved in providing solutions for each stage of the fund lifecycle, namely subscription facilities, financing GP-led transactions for continuation vehicles, NAV facilities for funds as well as solutions to assist GPs with their co-invest. Our aim is to help clients improve returns, optimise balance sheets, create liquidity and facilitate opportunistic transactions.

Steven Hurley

Fund Solutions

I work in the Fund Solutions team, focused on developing strategic distribution programs and enhancing the teams execution platform.

I’ve been with Investec for 17 years, and have experience in leading business enablement teams supporting multiple lending sectors.

Lucas Hunt

Fund Solutions Analyst

As part of UK Fund Solutions team, my role is to provide a range of innovative and flexible debt solutions to both funds and fund managers across private equity, secondaries, infrastructure, and real estate strategies. This includes capital call bridging facilities, GP financing, and portfolio NAV financing. I also work with existing clients’ requests for new facilities by managing the execution process, credit analysis, and monitoring funds’ performances. I joined the team in September 2023, having graduated from University of Leeds in Mechanical Engineering.

Stuart Ingledew

Fund Solutions

Working in the UK Fund Solutions team, I provide a range of flexible financing solutions to private equity funds and fund management teams. I work with a range of primary, secondary and fund of funds based throughout the UK and Europe to provide GP facilities, capital call facilities, concentrated NAV facilities and secondary leverage. My aim is to help clients improve returns, optimise balance sheets, create liquidity and facilitate opportunistic transactions.

Additionally, I am working on the concentrated NAV financing strategy, which will enable third party investors the opportunity to gain exposure to the concentrated NAV financing product.

Thomas Jewers

Fund Solutions

I have around 3 years of Fund Finance experience, supporting UK and Western European Mid-Market Funds across the following sectors: Infrastructure, Renewables and Private Equity. Across these sectors I have provided an end-to-end Fund Finance offering, from origination and structuring through to deal execution.

Moreover, I also have experience working in Structured Finance, working within the Specialist Asset Finance and Large Corporate Real Estate Finance Teams.

I work with the UK and Europe focussed side of the Fund Finance team to maintain and grow existing client relationships and to drive new opportunities. This includes supporting funds through all stages of their lifecycle and providing our clients with innovative and flexible financing solutions, including capital call bridging, general partner financing and portfolio NAV financing.

Bryden Jones

Fund Solutions Analyst

As a member of the UK Fund Solutions team, my role is to provide flexible and customised financing solutions to funds and their management teams at every stage of a fund's lifecycle. I support the team in evaluating funding requests for capital call bridging facilities, GP financing, and NAV financing, and work closely with both new and existing clients to execute financing solutions that meet their specific needs.Prior to joining the team in August 2023, I worked at Deloitte in their Banking & Capital Markets Audit and Debt Capital Markets Advisory businesses.

Hannah Lynskey

Fund Solutions

I joined Investec in September 2016, first within Investec Asset Finance as a data analyst but looking for a new challenge internally, I then moved on to join the Fund Solutions desk in March 2021. I now work in the New Facility Request (NFR) team, supporting our clients from the moment a request comes in, through to funding. My responsibilities span the credit and the execution process for NFRs, liaising between all our key stakeholders.

Alan Macdonald

Fund Solutions

I joined the Investec Fund Finance team in 2016 as legal counsel.  I work closely with the origination teams throughout the transaction process and will be involved in deal structuring, negotiation and deal execution. I am a point of contact for our clients and can help with queries they may have from a legal and deal management perspective.

Olivia Marsters

Fund Solutions

I work in the Fund Solutions origination team supporting existing clients as well as driving new opportunities. I focus on bespoke solutions for GPs and Funds covering each stage of the fund lifecycle and multiple layers of the capital structure. This includes providing a range of products such as portfolio-based NAV facilities, subscription facilities and facilities to assist GPs with their co-invest. My aim is to help clients improve returns, optimise balance sheets, unlock liquidity and facilitate opportunistic transactions. Prior to Investec, I worked in financial advisory and debt solutions providing structured facilities to UK & European corporate clients.

Douglas McGovern

Fund Solutions

I have over 3 years of Fund Finance experience, supporting UK and Western European funds across Private Equity, Private Credit, and Private Equity Real Estate. Across these sectors I have provided an end-to-end Fund Finance offering, from origination and structuring through to deal execution.

I work with the UK and Europe focussed side of the Fund Finance team to maintain and grow existing client relationships and to drive new opportunities. This includes supporting funds through all stages of their lifecycle and providing our clients with innovative and flexible financing solutions, including capital call bridging, general partner financing and portfolio NAV financing.

Nokulunga Mdluli

Fund Solutions - Syndication

I work within the Syndications team at Investec responsible for syndicating products originated by Fund Solutions, and managing relationships with external lenders. I cover both Bank and Institutional investors across multiple geographies with appetite for our bespoke financing solutions including GP Facilities, Capital Call Facilities and NAV facilities. I have over 8 years of banking experience and prior to joining Investec in 2022, I worked in the Loan Syndications team at Standard Chartered Bank supporting multi-billion dollar syndicated transactions across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa for multi-national Corporates, Financial Institutions and Sovereign borrowers.

Laura Moss

Fund Solutions

An experienced corporate lending lawyer, with over nine years post-qualification experience gained in private practice and in-house across various lending products, including fund finance and leveraged finance. Works alongside the commercial team to negotiate and execute lending transactions, whilst ensuring the bank’s legal risk is managed appropriately.

Victor Ovensehi

Fund Solutions

I joined Investec in October 2019 through the Corporate & Investment Banking graduate scheme and rotated with various teams around the bank. After that, I rolled off into the UK Fund Solutions team at the beginning of 2021 as an analyst on our New Facility Requests team. My primary responsibility lies in supporting the team with managing the execution process for new facility requests, credit analysis, and monitoring our existing client fund performances.

Jahnu Parvataneni

Fund Solutions

As an Analyst in the UK Fund Solutions team, I focus on delivering a variety of innovative and flexible debt solutions within the Private Equity sector. I collaborate closely with our clients to design and implement tailored capital call facilities that effectively address their funding requirements. My role includes managing client requests for new facilities, conducting credit analyses, monitoring fund performance, and overseeing the execution process. I began my journey at Investec as a Summer Intern and transitioned to the Fund Solutions team in 2024.

Michael du Plessis

Fund Solutions

My primary focus is on the syndication of deals across all product types within the Fund Solutions desk. This syndication leg of the team enables Investec to remain competitive in arranging larger facilities by partnering with institutional capital, as well as other banks. Apart from ensuring our existing relationships are growing, I also assist in sourcing new capital to meet increasing financial needs of our GPs.

David Ratsatsi

Fund Solutions

As a member of the UK Fund Solutions team, I collaborate with our Origination and Relationship Management teams to deliver innovative and flexible financing solutions to private capital funds (including private equity, infrastructure and credit funds) as well as their fund managers. My experience encompasses working on Subscription facilities, GP facilities, NAV financing, and Secondaries, all focused on assisting clients in enhancing returns, optimizing balance sheets, and creating liquidity. I joined Investec in 2021 through the Chartered Accountancy "CA(SA)" graduate programme and transitioned into the Fund Solutions team in 2023.

Nicola Rodrigues

Fund Solutions

I am responsible for developing and executing bespoke financing solutions for both funds and fund managers. This includes providing solutions for each stage of the fund lifecycle, including capital call bridging, GP and portfolio NAV financing across private equity, infrastructure and real estate.

Prior to Investec, I worked in Transaction Services assisting private equity firms on both buy and sell side financial due diligence. I hold a Bachelor of Business Science (Finance and Accounting) Honours degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

Nick Rusling

Fund Solutions

Nick joined Investec in 2016 and has focussed on articulating the risk/reward profile of fund finance to institutional investors/rating agencies and structuring loans for distribution. He is also responsible for the portfolio. Prior to joining Investec he worked at Barclays in the Debt Finance team originating in both Leveraged Finance and Corporate transactions. Nick studied History and Cambridge University.

Lydia Scott

Fund Solutions Analyst – NFR Team

In 2017, I started my career at Investec within the Operations space, gaining exposure in Treasury & Trading and Group Lending. More recently in June 2022, I joined the Fund Solutions team as an Analyst working with our clients across the Private Equity sector to implement capital call facilities that meet their funding needs. Day to day, I manage the credit process and assist in the execution of legal documentation.

Michael Slane

Fund Solutions

Working within Investec Fund Solutions the team and I provide a breadth of financing and risk solutions to the funds sector including private equity, real estate, private credit and the investors in alternative assets. I’ve been with Investec since 2009, firstly in the fixed income business before launching Investec’s Risk Solutions offering for Financial Institutions in 2016 and moving into my current role as Co-Head of Origination in 2019.

Cameron Slater

Fund Solutions

As a part of the UK Fund Solutions team, I facilitate the provision of flexible debt solutions to suit both funds and their management teams. This includes leverage for private equity, secondaries, infrastructure, and real estate fund strategies.

In my role I am able to work across deal teams in an origination capacity and to help unlock value for existing clients. I have been able to work on transactions across the fund lifecycle, including subscription facilities, NAV financing, GP-facilities, and GP-led secondary opportunities.

Paris Taylor

Fund Solutions

I joined the Fund Solutions team as legal counsel in October 2024, having previously been on secondment with the team. Before joining Investec, I worked in private practice for US and UK law firms in Melbourne and London. As legal counsel, I am embedded within the Fund Solutions team and assist with deal negotiation and execution while ensuring that transactions meet Investec’s internal risk appetite. I am a point of contact for our clients and can help with any queries they may have from a legal and deal management perspective.

Sharon Thandi

Fund Solutions

Based in New York, I am part of the Fund Solutions business, focusing on origination and relationship management for US clients. My focus is on delivering tailored debt solutions for funds and managers across various private market asset classes, including fund-level products such as subscription facilities, private equity secondaries financing, and bespoke General Partner solutions.

With over 10 years of banking experience, I joined Investec in 2022 after working at Lloyds Bank, where I held roles in their Fund Financing, Sponsor Coverage, and Restructuring businesses. I graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA in Economics and Politics.

Matt Wilbur

Fund Solutions

Based in New York, I work in the Fund Solutions team supporting both origination and relationship management efforts to provide tailored lending solutions for private capital funds. This includes fund-level solutions such as subscription facilities and continuation vehicle financing, as well as bespoke General Partner solutions to finance commitments to funds, access working capital, or assist in succession planning.