Vijay Padmanabhan

Managing Director, Private Credit at Cambridge Associates

Panellist

Vijay Padmanabhan is a Managing Director at Cambridge Associates.

Vijay is based in our London office and has over 15 years of experience as a credit investor. He leads manager research for European private credit and helps steer the firm’s private credit efforts in Europe. He also performs due diligence on investment opportunities in credit, special situations, and distressed markets.

Prior to joining CA in 2022, Vijay spent most of his career in London with a few years in Mumbai and Hong Kong investing in the credit markets in the Asian region. During his career, he worked on credit teams at Citigroup, Post Advisory, Fidelity, and KKR, and has deployed over $5 billion across various types of credit—both public and private—and across credit cycles. He has also held several senior roles on credit committees, including overseeing restructuring situations across different jurisdictions. Previously, Vijay was a Partner at PwC, leading restructuring efforts in India where he managed one of the largest insolvencies in the country.

Vijay received his MBA from the London Business School, UK. He received his MS from Virginia Tech, USA and his Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Madras, India.