Team & Culture

A range of perspectives.
Common goals.

Our team consists of a diverse group of talented and dedicated individuals working across the globe. From our long-tenured, senior leaders to our newest professionals, we each bring a unique skillset to our work—but we share a commitment to performance excellence and trusted partnership. A spirit of open collaboration, rigorous problem solving, and entrepreneurialism energizes our culture and fuels the results we look to deliver to our investors.

OUR CULTURE

Our success—and our partners’ success—starts with our culture

  • Analytical rigor and diligence

    We bring credit expertise to the table to navigate situational, transactional, and business complexity—and we’re proud of our ability to capitalize on certain opportunities that others might miss. We work diligently, comprehensively evaluating alternatives, in an effort to create credit solutions that produce strong risk-adjusted investment outcomes.

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    Intellectual curiosity and creativity

    Our people are consistently looking to question, learn, and evolve. We seek to unlock value in credit markets by applying deep experience, creativity and a flexible mindset—regularly supporting one another to bring our best ideas, so we can succeed together.

  • Spirit of partnership

    Internally and with our partners, collaboration is at the center of our work. We work together across functions and geographies to help our investors and portfolio companies achieve their goals—building long-term relationships with our partners and growing with them as their needs evolve.

  • Service mindset and humility

    We are grateful for the confidence our investors place in us and seek to re-earn it every day. We aim to deliver proactive, high-quality service in an effort to meet and surpass our investors’ expectations. We welcome feedback and strive to learn from our past experiences to continuously improve.

OUR LEADERSHIP

OUR TEAM

Meet some of the people behind our success

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Title
Team
Location
Harrison Aaron
Vice President
Investment Team, New York
Investment Team
New York
LinkedIn

Mr. Aaron is a Vice President at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2021, Mr. Aaron worked as an Analyst at Lazard in the Restructuring group. Mr. Aaron holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University.

Serge Adam
Managing Director
Investment Team, New York
Investment Team
New York
LinkedIn

Mr. Adam is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners and the co-Portfolio Manager for the Liquid Credit strategies, which include various Funds and Managed Accounts. Prior to joining HPS in 2011, Mr. Adam was a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Sandell Asset Management, where he managed its credit portfolio. Prior to joining Sandell in 2001, he was a Vice President in Banco Santander’s proprietary distressed group. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Adam worked at Lehman Brothers where he was an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance group of the Investment Banking division. Mr. Adam holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sogo Akintaro
Executive Director
Investment Team, London
Investment Team
London
LinkedIn

Mr. Akintaro is an Executive Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2018, Mr. Akintaro was an Analyst in Credit Suisse’s Financial Sponsors group. Mr. Akintaro holds a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Mark Albert
Managing Director
Investment Team, Dallas
Investment Team
Dallas
LinkedIn

Mr. Albert is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2016, Mr. Albert was a Managing Director of Crescent Capital Group LP and a member of Crescent’s Management Committee. Prior to Crescent, Mr. Albert worked at various Investment Banking firms, including Credit Suisse First Boston, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, and Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he was responsible for covering Financial Sponsor groups. Mr. Albert holds an AB from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Xavier C. Allen
Vice President
Business Development, San Francisco
Business Development
San Francisco
LinkedIn

Mr. Allen is a Vice President at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2023, Mr. Allen was a Vice President & Regional Wealth Management Consultant with American Century Investments. Prior to American Century Investments, Mr. Allen was a Vice President at Cion Investments. Prior to that, Mr. Allen held various roles at Resource Securities and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Allen holds a BS in Business Administration from the Bennet S. LeBow College of Business at Drexel University.

Scott Anchin
Managing Director
Investment Team, New York
Investment Team
New York
LinkedIn

Mr. Anchin is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2024, Mr. Anchin worked with portfolio companies across a variety of industries, serving on the boards of directors and as executive management. Previously Mr. Anchin worked in the Corporate Turnaround and Restructuring practice at Alvarez and Marsal, where he served as both an advisor and in interim management roles for stressed and distressed businesses. Mr. Anchin holds a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Kelly Andrew
Executive Director
Investment Team, Chicago
Investment Team
Chicago
LinkedIn

Mr. Andrew is an Executive Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2017, Mr. Andrew worked as an Analyst at JPMorgan in Leveraged Finance. Mr. Andrew is a CFA charterholder and holds a BA in Economics and Finance from Concordia College.

Alexandra Andrioti
Executive Director
Business Development, London
Business Development
London
LinkedIn

Ms. Andrioti is an Executive Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2018, Ms. Andrioti worked as an Associate at Finisterre Capital. Prior to that, Ms. Andrioti worked as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Leverage Finance Investment Banking Group. Ms. Andrioti holds a BSc in Economics from University of Sussex.

Eric Ang
Executive Director
Investment Team, Singapore
Investment Team
Singapore
LinkedIn

Mr. Ang is an Executive Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2024, he was a Director at Värde Partners. Prior to Värde, Mr. Ang was a Senior Associate at Providence Equity Partners. Mr. Ang began his career as an Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He holds a BSc in Operations Research & Information Engineering from Cornell University.

Jon Ashley
Managing Director
Investment Team, New York
Investment Team
New York
LinkedIn

Mr. Ashley is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners and co-Portfolio Manager of the Asset Value Funds. Prior to joining HPS in 2014, Mr. Ashley was a Managing Director of Fortress Investment Group since its founding in 1998. Mr. Ashley was most recently in charge of the firm's Private Equity business in Europe and was a member of the firm's management committee. Prior to that, Mr. Ashley was responsible for the global capital markets activities of the Private Equity business. Prior to Fortress, Mr. Ashley worked at UBS, Blackrock, Morgan Stanley and Skadden Arps. Mr. Ashley holds a BA from Tufts University and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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