Vijay Padmanabhan

Managing Director, Private Credit at Cambridge Associates

Speaker

Vijay is a Managing Director at Cambridge Associates and leads the manager research for European private credit. Vijay and has over 15 years of experience as a credit investor. He helps lead the firm’s private credit efforts in Europe, performing due diligence on investment opportunities in credit, special situations, and distressed markets. Vijay is based in London.

Prior to joining CA in July 2022, Vijay spent 15 years in credit investing, most of which was in London. Vijay also spent a couple of years in Mumbai and Hong Kong investing in credit markets in the Asian region. During his career in investing, Vijay deployed over $5bn across various types of credit – both public and private - across credit cycles. Vijay worked on credit teams at Citigroup, Post Advisory, Fidelity and KKR. He has held a number of 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.