Callum Bell

Head of Direct Lending at Investec Direct Lending

Speaker

Callum joined Investec in 2010 and leads the Direct Lending franchise at Investec and is a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee. He has direct responsibilities for the Direct Lending business with responsibilities for sponsor coverage, origination and structuring of private debt solutions for mid-market European corporates and PE clients. The team have a flexible lending mandate that spans underwriting, unitranche and club/bilateral financing solutions and is a market leader across their target markets.

Callum has 20 years of investment banking, strategy consulting and leveraged finance experience in Europe. Prior to joining Investec, Callum was a Director and in the Leveraged Finance team at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Callum holds a Chemical Engineering degree (Hons) from the University of Auckland (NZ), a Bachelor of Business from Massey University (NZ) and an MBA from Cambridge University (UK).