Dan Robinson

Head of Alternative Credit EMEA at DWS Group

Speaker

Dan joined DWS in 2023 to lead DWS’s European Alternative Credit business and has over 23 years of experience in credit at influential investment firms.

Most recently, Dan was Managing Partner of Capital Asset Solutions at Man Group responsible for multi-asset credit in the insurance, institutional and retail channels as well as private equity-led offshore reinsurance growth strategy. Dan also served as Global Head of CLOs and Loans responsible for developing Man’s structured credit and leverage loan business. Prior to joining Man Group, he was Chief Investment Officer (Europe) for CIFC Asset Management, responsible for the firm's investment activity in the region. He was also the senior portfolio manager and chaired the asset allocation committee for their Global Multi-Asset Credit Fund. Prior to this, Dan was Head of Liquid Credit (Europe) for Apollo Global Management, responsible for all investment activities in the region across leveraged loans, high yield bonds and CLO strategies. Between 2003 and 2015, he was a Managing Director at Oaktree Capital, responsible for high yield and leverage loan investing as well as establishing Oaktree's CLO business in 2014.

He began his career at KPMG Corporate Restructuring, where he gained his ACA qualification. Dan holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh.