The fusion of diversity and experience.

Our team

Sona has grown to include 84 investment and 72 business professionals, many of whom have long-standing working relationships that go back as far as 20 years for many of the senior members.

We regard our investment team as one of the most experienced teams within the industry with an average experience of 19 years across all portfolio managers and senior analysts. Having a skilled and diverse team is incredibly important to Sona.

Our team construct facilitates innovative solutions and a broadened perspective.

  • 156
    Person team
  • 84
    Investment professionals
  • 19
    Average years senior investment team experience
  • 18
    Languages
  • 22
    Nationalities

Partners

John Aylward

John Aylward

Founder, Chief Investment Officer

Shaan Lal

Shaan Lal

Partner, Head of Convertibles

Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith

Partner, Head of Capital Markets

 JP Berkery

JP Berkery

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

Christopher Louw

Christopher Louw

Partner, Head of US High Yield

Jonathan Williamson

Jonathan Williamson

Partner, European High Yield

Owain Griffiths

Owain Griffiths

Partner, Head of Capital Solutions

Albert Marino

Albert Marino

Partner, Head of Strategic Development

Henrik Johnsson

Henrik Johnsson

Partner, Chief Executive Officer

Thrishan Ramakrishnan

Thrishan Ramakrishnan

Partner, Head of Spread Products

Leadership Team

Gautam Chhabra

Gautam Chhabra

Managing Director, Capital Solutions

Mark Dawson

Mark Dawson

Managing Director, Head of Treasury & Portfolio Finance

Abigail Draper

Abigail Draper

Managing Director, Business Development and Investor Relations

Gabriel Erasmus

Gabriel Erasmus

Interim Chief Risk Officer

Jared Erbst

Jared Erbst

Portfolio Manager, Head of Structured Credit and Insurance Solutions

Michael Faasen

Michael Faasen

Director, Head of Fund Accounting

Chris Hart

Chris Hart

Portfolio Manager, Head of Emerging Markets

David Hill

David Hill

Chief Financial Officer

Steve Holdener

Steve Holdener

Director, Head of HK Operations & Compliance

Lee Hope

Lee Hope

Managing Director, Head European Leveraged Finance Research

Farrukh Iqbal

Farrukh Iqbal

Portfolio Manager, Asset-Based Finance

Ujjwala Jain

Ujjwala Jain

Director, Head of Systems Development

Adam Jakimo

Adam Jakimo

Portfolio Manager, Head of US CLOs

Jusdeep Judge

Jusdeep Judge

Managing Director, European Leveraged Finance Research

Karim Kassam

Karim Kassam

Managing Director, Capital Solutions

Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly

Head of Equities

Patrick Keneally

Patrick Keneally

Managing Director, Investment Strategy

Joon Kim

Joon Kim

Portfolio Manager, Head of APAC

Constantine Knox

Constantine Knox

Chief Legal Officer

Nicholas Lebo

Nicholas Lebo

Director, Head of UK Compliance

Shannan Lin

Shannan Lin

Director, Head of US Operations

Oleg Melentyev

Oleg Melentyev

Director, US Credit Strategy

Craig Nicol

Craig Nicol

Managing Director, Global Credit Strategy

Aymeric Paillat

Aymeric Paillat

Portfolio Manager, Structured Credit

 Malay Patel

Malay Patel

Portfolio Manager, Structured Credit

Katherine Reece

Katherine Reece

Managing Director, Head of Human Resources

Siddhanth Sarin

Siddhanth Sarin

Managing Director, Capital Markets

Justin Shih

Justin Shih

Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Narina Valimahomed

Narina Valimahomed

Managing Director, Business Development and Investor Relations

Ludovic Walter

Ludovic Walter

Portfolio Manager, Co-Head European CLOs

Jacob Walton

Jacob Walton

Portfolio Manager, Co-Head European CLOs

Lawrence Xu

Lawrence Xu

Portfolio Manager, Financials